Is Lochburn Middle School a good school?

Lochburn Middle School ranks in the bottom 0.4% of Washington middle schools.

How many students attend Lochburn Middle School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 510 students attended Lochburn Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Lochburn Middle School?

Students at Lochburn Middle School are 41% Hispanic, 16% African American, 15% Two or more races, 14% White, 9% Pacific Islander, 4% Asian.

What high school do graduates of Lochburn Middle School attend?

Students who attend Lochburn Middle School usually go on to attend Clover Park High School

Lochburn Middle School

Summary:

Lochburn Middle School is a public middle school in Lakewood, Washington, serving 510 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Clover Park School District, which is ranked 183 out of 247 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Lochburn Middle School has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Washington middle schools over the past several years, with a 0-star rating.

Lochburn Middle School significantly underperforms compared to state and district averages in academic performance, with only 14.54% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 7.61% proficient or better in math. The school has a more diverse student population, with higher percentages of Hispanic, African American, and Pacific Islander students, who consistently rank in the bottom 20% of Washington middle schools. Over 85% of Lochburn students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage. Despite a significant increase in per-student spending, from $11,341 in 2019-2020 to $20,156 in 2021-2022, the school's academic outcomes have not improved.

In contrast, nearby schools like Thomas Middle School and Hudtloff Middle School, which serve similar student demographics, have achieved higher academic performance. This suggests that Lochburn Middle School may need to re-evaluate its resource allocation and instructional strategies to better support student learning and address the root causes of its consistent underperformance.

Detail:

Public 6-8

5431 Steilacoom Blvd SW
Lakewood, WA 98499-3122

(253) 583-5420

District: Clover Park School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
533^rd of 535 Washington Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $20,156

Students who attend Lochburn Middle School usually attend:

High:	Clover Park High School
	General William H. Harrison Preparatory School

Feeder schools for Lochburn Middle School:

Elementary:	Dower Elementary School
	Four Heroes Elementary
	Tyee Park Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 15.4

Number of students: 510

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

41.0%

African American:

16.5%

Two or more races:

15.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 85.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Lochburn Middle School ranks worse than 99.6% of middle schools in Washington. It also ranks last among 3 ranked middle schools in the Clover Park School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 3.91. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Lochburn Middle School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (41%), African American (16.5%), two or more races (15.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 85.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Clover Park School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lochburn Middle School is 15.4, which is the lowest among 4 middle schools in the Clover Park School District! (See more...)

Compare Lochburn Middle School employs 33 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lochburn Middle School is $20,156, which is the 2^nd highest among 3 middle schools in the Clover Park School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lochburn Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Lochburn Middle School 533^rd of 535 Washington public middle schools. (See Lochburn Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Clover Park School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Clover Park School District 183^rd of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Lochburn Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Lochburn Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	12.35	396^th	421	5.9%
2005	9.99	398^th	425	6.4%
2006	12.58	412^th	449	8.2%
2007	7.85	448^th	463	3.2%
2008	9.48	440^th	466	5.6%
2009	10.21	446^th	476	6.3%
2010	11.57	446^th	483	7.7%
2011	10.91	465^th	492	5.5%
2012	6.81	475^th	497	4.4%
2013	10.14	468^th	498	6.0%
2015	13.94	392^nd	445	11.9%
2016	9.55	417^th	443	5.9%
2017	5.62	422^nd	435	3.0%
2018	6.00	423^rd	437	3.2%
2019	6.50	492^nd	512	3.9%
2021	7.16	514^th	529	2.8%
2022	6.57	530^th	541	2.0%
2023	7.21	525^th	539	2.6%
2024	3.91	533^rd	535	0.4%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Lochburn Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	6.36	163^rd	166	1.8%
2019	15.45	218^th	246	11.4%
2021	10.19	241^st	250	3.6%
2022	8.60	250^th	257	2.7%
2023	6.39	234^th	244	4.1%
2024	5.66	239^th	243	1.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Lochburn Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	35.45	84^th	135	37.8%
2019	35.89	59^th	100	41.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Lochburn Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	24.86	225^th	268	16.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lochburn Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	8.34	341^st	349	2.3%
2019	12.69	420^th	448	6.3%
2021	12.15	448^th	458	2.2%
2022	10.19	466^th	475	1.9%
2023	10.12	450^th	463	2.8%
2024	6.46	452^nd	455	0.7%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Lochburn Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	49.01	26^th	59	55.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Lochburn Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	4.01	370^th	376	1.6%
2019	5.51	439^th	452	2.9%
2021	7.80	463^rd	469	1.3%
2022	4.57	475^th	479	0.8%
2023	8.20	446^th	464	3.9%
2024	3.10	463^rd	464	0.2%

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Rank History for Military Connected students at Lochburn Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	54.29	23^rd	50	54.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Lochburn Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	7.41	359^th	371	3.2%
2019	7.67	435^th	453	4.0%
2021	7.66	465^th	476	2.3%
2022	8.77	465^th	480	3.1%
2023	6.10	466^th	470	0.9%
2024	4.80	465^th	466	0.2%

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Rank History for Asian students at Lochburn Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	21.40	131^st	152	13.8%
2022	21.08	131^st	161	18.6%

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Rank History for African American students at Lochburn Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	12.89	63^rd	66	4.5%
2019	21.45	95^th	111	14.4%
2021	18.41	97^th	106	8.5%
2022	24.95	84^th	104	19.2%
2023	14.85	86^th	96	10.4%
2024	14.58	83^rd	90	7.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Lochburn Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	10.84	253^rd	259	2.3%
2019	12.43	331^st	344	3.8%
2021	12.29	347^th	353	1.7%
2022	12.24	344^th	360	4.4%
2023	14.28	311^th	336	7.4%
2024	7.47	344^th	344	0.0%

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Rank History for Pacific Islander students at Lochburn Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	41.44	6^th	11	45.5%
2019	39.01	17^th	31	45.2%

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Rank History for White students at Lochburn Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	11.46	436^th	470	7.2%
2021	12.63	450^th	480	6.3%
2022	7.96	478^th	488	2.0%
2023	11.28	454^th	488	7.0%
2024	5.35	476^th	486	2.1%

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Data source: test scores: Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Lochburn Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	347	116	133	27	8	n/a	n/a	0	631
1989	353	124	148	37	3	n/a	n/a	0	665
1990	355	159	171	43	9	n/a	n/a	0	737
1991	363	179	157	50	15	n/a	n/a	0	764
1992	371	205	181	57	13	n/a	n/a	0	827
1993	331	184	148	49	11	n/a	n/a	0	723
1994	324	197	153	47	23	n/a	n/a	0	744
1995	344	177	144	59	19	n/a	n/a	0	743
1996	344	177	144	59	19	n/a	n/a	0	743
1997	299	198	159	69	18	n/a	n/a	0	743
1998	344	219	152	67	19	n/a	n/a	0	801
1999	348	192	154	79	20	n/a	n/a	0	793
2000	326	219	118	80	27	n/a	n/a	0	770
2001	307	254	127	102	12	n/a	n/a	0	802
2002	294	172	122	128	7	n/a	n/a	0	723
2003	294	172	122	128	7	n/a	n/a	0	723
2004	302	167	124	133	12	n/a	n/a	0	738
2005	281	164	119	137	15	n/a	n/a	0	716
2006	248	176	99	153	15	n/a	n/a	1	692
2007	223	169	86	156	10	n/a	n/a	0	644
2008	195	162	93	153	9	n/a	n/a	18	630
2009	167	133	87	189	8	n/a	n/a	27	611
2010	137	113	94	188	9	n/a	n/a	29	570
2011	99	74	46	214	0	27	91	0	551
2012	114	93	44	210	1	34	71	0	567
2013	101	101	47	226	1	36	65	0	577
2014	91	81	39	226	2	45	76	0	560
2015	104	84	30	213	1	42	75	0	549
2016	108	81	35	205	1	45	71	0	546
2017	103	107	37	217	3	58	75	0	600
2018	103	86	38	246	5	54	80	0	612
2019	92	99	26	260	1	67	81	0	626
2020	107	95	26	236	2	71	100	0	637
2021	85	90	28	215	4	62	86	1	571
2022	80	79	20	215	4	51	94	0	543
2023	72	84	20	209	2	46	77	0	510

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Lochburn Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	631	32.0	19.7	0
1989	665	33.0	20.1	n/a
1990	737	33.3	22.1	0
1991	764	35.9	21.2	n/a
1992	827	38.4	21.5	n/a
1993	723	37.2	19.4	n/a
1994	744	38.8	19.2	n/a
1995	743	34.4	21.6	n/a
1996	743	34.4	21.6	n/a
1997	743	38.0	19.6	n/a
1998	801	39.5	20.3	n/a
1999	793	39.6	20.0	n/a
2000	770	38.5	20.0	n/a
2001	802	36.6	21.9	n/a
2002	723	41.4	17.5	74.6
2003	723	41.4	17.5	74.6
2004	738	39.0	18.9	73.4
2005	716	39.3	18.2	71.4
2006	692	39.1	17.7	75.7
2007	644	38.2	16.9	75.5
2008	630	32.9	19.1	80.1
2009	611	34.5	17.7	84.4
2010	570	31.0	18.3	90.2
2011	551	30.1	18.3	81.7
2012	567	31.8	17.8	84.5
2013	577	30.0	19.2	89.3
2014	560	n/a	n/a	88.8
2015	549	32.0	17.1	89.4
2016	546	32.0	17.0	91.9
2017	600	32.5	18.4	88.8
2018	612	33.8	18.0	89.4
2019	626	36.0	17.3	83.7
2020	637	37.5	16.9	86.8
2021	571	33.5	17.0	87.6
2022	543	34.0	15.9	87.8
2023	510	33.0	15.4	85.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Lochburn Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	631	32.0	19.7	0
1989	665	33.0	20.1	n/a
1990	737	33.3	22.1	0
1991	764	35.9	21.2	n/a
1992	827	38.4	21.5	n/a
1993	723	37.2	19.4	n/a
1994	744	38.8	19.2	n/a
1995	743	34.4	21.6	n/a
1996	743	34.4	21.6	n/a
1997	743	38.0	19.6	n/a
1998	801	39.5	20.3	n/a
1999	793	39.6	20.0	n/a
2000	770	38.5	20.0	n/a
2001	802	36.6	21.9	n/a
2002	723	41.4	17.5	74.6
2003	723	41.4	17.5	74.6
2004	738	39.0	18.9	73.4
2005	716	39.3	18.2	71.4
2006	692	39.1	17.7	75.7
2007	644	38.2	16.9	75.5
2008	630	32.9	19.1	80.1
2009	611	34.5	17.7	84.4
2010	570	31.0	18.3	90.2
2011	551	30.1	18.3	81.7
2012	567	31.8	17.8	84.5
2013	577	30.0	19.2	89.3
2014	560	n/a	n/a	88.8
2015	549	32.0	17.1	89.4
2016	546	32.0	17.0	91.9
2017	600	32.5	18.4	88.8
2018	612	33.8	18.0	89.4
2019	626	36.0	17.3	83.7
2020	637	37.5	16.9	86.8
2021	571	33.5	17.0	87.6
2022	543	34.0	15.9	87.8
2023	510	33.0	15.4	85.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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