Summary:
ZIP code 98374 in Puyallup includes two middle schools, both serving grades 7–9: Glacier View Junior High and Ferrucci Junior High. Together, they enroll 1,658 students and are part of the Puyallup School District, which ranks in the 70th percentile among Washington districts. The schools have similar overall statewide standings, with Ferrucci ranked 218th and Glacier View ranked 220th out of 514 schools in 2025–26.
Glacier View Junior High is the stronger choice academically in English Language Arts, where 53.23% of students were proficient, slightly above the Washington average. Its ELA performance improved from the previous year, as did its math results. However, science is a significant weakness: 41.22% of students were proficient, well below both the district and state results. Ferrucci Junior High leads in science, with 49.15% proficiency, and had slightly higher overall math performance at 39.63%. Ferrucci’s ranking has also improved over the past three years. Its primary concern is ELA, which fell to 49.38% in 2025–26, including a notably lower 8th-grade result.
Math is the clearest shared priority for both schools. Overall proficiency was below 40% at each school, and math results dropped by about 10 percentage points from 7th to 8th grade. Both schools also had lower 8th-grade ELA results than 7th-grade results, with the decline especially large at Ferrucci. For families comparing the schools, Glacier View may be more appealing for ELA, while Ferrucci offers a clear advantage in science and a slight edge in math. Parents may also wish to ask each school about 8th-grade support, math instruction, and plans to address the recent science decline at Glacier View and ELA decline at Ferrucci.
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