Is Harbor Ridge Middle School a good school?

Harbor Ridge Middle School ranks 93 rd of 535 Washington middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Harbor Ridge Middle School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 597 students attended Harbor Ridge Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Harbor Ridge Middle School?

Students at Harbor Ridge Middle School are 72% White, 14% Two or more races, 10% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

What high school do graduates of Harbor Ridge Middle School attend?

Students who attend Harbor Ridge Middle School usually go on to attend Peninsula High School

Harbor Ridge Middle School

Summary:

Harbor Ridge Middle School is a public middle school in Gig Harbor, Washington, serving 596 students in grades 6-8. As part of the highly-ranked Peninsula School District, Harbor Ridge consistently outperforms state and district averages in academic achievement, making it a standout institution in the region.

Harbor Ridge Middle School's academic performance is particularly impressive, with 64.78% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 50.34% in Math, compared to state averages of 52.63% and 41.68%, respectively. The school also excels in the performance of specific student subgroups, with Hispanic and multi-racial students ranking among the top in the state. Additionally, Harbor Ridge has maintained a consistent high ranking, placing in the top 25% of Washington middle schools over the past 10 years, with a peak ranking of 58th out of 437 schools in 2017-2018.

When compared to nearby schools, Harbor Ridge Middle School stands out as a high-performing institution. For example, Kopachuck Middle School, also in the Peninsula School District, ranked 49th out of 535 Washington middle schools in 2023-2024 and had significantly higher test scores than the Tacoma School District schools. This performance may be attributed to the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio, increased spending per student, and the affluent socioeconomic status of its student population.

Detail:

Public 6-8

9010 Prentice Ave
Gig Harbor, WA 98332-1095

(253) 530-1900

District: Peninsula School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
93^rd of 535 Washington Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,209

Students who attend Harbor Ridge Middle School usually attend:

High:

Peninsula High School

Feeder schools for Harbor Ridge Middle School:

Elementary:

Purdy Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 21.2

Number of students: 597

Racial breakdown:

White:

71.5%

Two or more races:

13.6%

Hispanic:

10.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 20.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Harbor Ridge Middle School ranks better than 82.6% of middle schools in Washington. It also ranks 3^rd among 4 ranked middle schools in the Peninsula School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 79.04. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Harbor Ridge Middle School has the largest middle school student body size in the Peninsula School District. Racial makeup is: White (71.5%), two or more races (13.6%), Hispanic (10.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 20.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Harbor Ridge Middle School is 21.2, which is the highest among 4 middle schools in the Peninsula School District! (See more...)

Compare Harbor Ridge Middle School employs 28 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Harbor Ridge Middle School is $15,209, which is the lowest among 4 middle schools in the Peninsula School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Harbor Ridge Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Harbor Ridge Middle School 93^rd of 535 Washington public middle schools. (See Harbor Ridge Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Peninsula School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Peninsula School District 24^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Harbor Ridge Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Harbor Ridge Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	69.64	113^th	421	73.2%
2005	73.68	100^th	425	76.5%
2006	72.28	108^th	449	75.9%
2007	79.33	65^th	463	86.0%
2008	83.22	54^th	466	88.4%
2009	76.03	87^th	476	81.7%
2010	81.83	62^nd	483	87.2%
2011	81.94	63^rd	492	87.2%
2012	72.98	101^st	497	79.7%
2013	80.45	68^th	498	86.3%
2015	68.38	128^th	445	71.2%
2016	71.72	105^th	443	76.3%
2017	79.12	82^nd	435	81.1%
2018	85.65	58^th	437	86.7%
2019	78.05	95^th	512	81.4%
2021	78.32	104^th	529	80.3%
2022	77.08	110^th	541	79.7%
2023	73.90	123^rd	539	77.2%
2024	79.04	93^rd	535	82.6%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Harbor Ridge Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	83.22	26^th	166	84.3%
2019	75.94	55^th	246	77.6%
2021	85.45	30^th	250	88.0%
2022	80.39	40^th	257	84.4%
2023	73.87	52^nd	244	78.7%
2024	70.65	63^rd	243	74.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Harbor Ridge Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	50.67	94^th	268	64.9%
2019	59.84	55^th	231	76.2%
2021	48.38	84^th	210	60.0%
2022	46.62	84^th	199	57.8%
2023	45.22	83^rd	167	50.3%
2024	79.06	24^th	179	86.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Harbor Ridge Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	93.86	15^th	349	95.7%
2019	64.45	119^th	448	73.4%
2021	71.53	64^th	458	86.0%
2022	61.59	124^th	475	73.9%
2023	39.72	273^rd	463	41.0%
2024	81.62	51^st	455	88.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Harbor Ridge Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	87.40	41^st	376	89.1%
2019	77.59	76^th	452	83.2%
2021	78.76	87^th	469	81.4%
2022	79.11	85^th	479	82.3%
2023	77.97	87^th	464	81.3%
2024	77.79	92^nd	464	80.2%

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Rank History for Military Connected students at Harbor Ridge Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	82.85	5^th	50	90.0%
2021	81.34	3^rd	44	93.2%
2022	88.48	4^th	51	92.2%
2023	70.03	7^th	40	82.5%
2024	57.07	18^th	46	60.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Harbor Ridge Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	79.69	71^st	371	80.9%
2019	76.20	93^rd	453	79.5%
2021	76.98	93^rd	476	80.5%
2022	73.98	111^th	480	76.9%
2023	68.29	126^th	470	73.2%
2024	78.91	85^th	466	81.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Harbor Ridge Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	90.78	14^th	259	94.6%
2019	59.74	115^th	344	66.6%
2021	83.92	38^th	353	89.2%
2022	92.39	19^th	360	94.7%
2023	81.65	42^nd	336	87.5%
2024	83.27	35^th	344	89.8%

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Rank History for White students at Harbor Ridge Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	76.90	75^th	325	76.9%
2019	72.38	111^th	470	76.4%
2021	68.94	123^rd	480	74.4%
2022	64.38	145^th	488	70.3%
2023	62.01	157^th	488	67.8%
2024	70.68	117^th	486	75.9%

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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 Harbor Ridge Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1992	413	3	2	2	4	n/a	n/a	0	424
1993	431	4	8	4	5	n/a	n/a	0	452
1994	449	4	8	2	5	n/a	n/a	0	468
1995	546	5	16	13	11	n/a	n/a	0	591
1996	546	5	16	13	11	n/a	n/a	0	591
1997	592	3	19	8	12	n/a	n/a	0	634
1998	544	7	20	10	13	n/a	n/a	0	594
1999	544	4	19	9	6	n/a	n/a	0	582
2000	514	6	16	10	1	n/a	n/a	0	547
2001	535	9	19	18	5	n/a	n/a	0	586
2002	438	13	17	12	16	n/a	n/a	0	496
2003	438	13	17	12	16	n/a	n/a	0	496
2004	500	14	22	11	20	n/a	n/a	0	567
2005	513	8	23	10	20	n/a	n/a	5	579
2006	475	3	22	13	17	n/a	n/a	14	544
2007	193	2	7	8	2	n/a	n/a	300	512
2008	278	5	13	12	8	n/a	n/a	200	516
2009	352	8	18	12	7	n/a	n/a	106	503
2010	439	4	23	16	7	n/a	n/a	36	525
2011	476	2	15	37	0	4	42	0	576
2012	470	3	15	36	0	7	58	0	589
2013	473	2	16	30	0	6	47	0	574
2014	465	3	15	34	2	3	56	0	578
2015	468	1	13	35	2	2	49	0	570
2016	498	4	12	42	4	3	50	0	613
2017	465	7	15	39	2	2	48	0	578
2018	470	9	17	43	4	1	53	0	597
2019	457	6	13	55	3	1	72	0	607
2020	465	6	14	58	3	0	67	0	613
2021	430	8	20	56	0	0	57	1	572
2022	433	8	17	60	1	0	57	1	577
2023	441	8	18	69	2	0	58	0	596
2024	427	5	19	61	2	0	81	2	597

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 Harbor Ridge Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1992	424	20.2	20.9	n/a
1993	452	20.4	22.2	n/a
1994	468	22.6	20.7	n/a
1995	591	26.4	22.4	n/a
1996	591	26.4	22.4	n/a
1997	634	29.2	21.7	n/a
1998	594	25.0	23.8	n/a
1999	582	23.8	24.5	n/a
2000	547	23.8	23.0	n/a
2001	586	26.0	22.5	n/a
2002	496	23.2	21.4	18.8
2003	496	23.2	21.4	18.8
2004	567	25.0	22.7	17.3
2005	579	25.0	23.2	15.3
2006	544	26.4	20.6	15.5
2007	512	23.9	21.4	37.3
2008	516	24.8	20.8	25.6
2009	503	24.8	20.3	20.4
2010	525	25.5	20.5	20.9
2011	576	26.5	21.7	19.6
2012	589	26.4	22.2	18.8
2013	574	28.1	20.3	17.9
2014	578	n/a	n/a	19.6
2015	570	26.0	21.9	22.8
2016	613	27.0	22.7	21.2
2017	578	28.7	20.1	19.2
2018	597	28.0	21.2	18.6
2019	607	28.5	21.2	19.3
2020	613	29.5	20.7	16.3
2021	572	28.6	19.9	14.3
2022	577	30.1	19.1	13.3
2023	596	29.7	20.0	18.6
2024	597	28.0	21.2	20.3

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 Harbor Ridge Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1992	424	20.2	20.9	n/a
1993	452	20.4	22.2	n/a
1994	468	22.6	20.7	n/a
1995	591	26.4	22.4	n/a
1996	591	26.4	22.4	n/a
1997	634	29.2	21.7	n/a
1998	594	25.0	23.8	n/a
1999	582	23.8	24.5	n/a
2000	547	23.8	23.0	n/a
2001	586	26.0	22.5	n/a
2002	496	23.2	21.4	18.8
2003	496	23.2	21.4	18.8
2004	567	25.0	22.7	17.3
2005	579	25.0	23.2	15.3
2006	544	26.4	20.6	15.5
2007	512	23.9	21.4	37.3
2008	516	24.8	20.8	25.6
2009	503	24.8	20.3	20.4
2010	525	25.5	20.5	20.9
2011	576	26.5	21.7	19.6
2012	589	26.4	22.2	18.8
2013	574	28.1	20.3	17.9
2014	578	n/a	n/a	19.6
2015	570	26.0	21.9	22.8
2016	613	27.0	22.7	21.2
2017	578	28.7	20.1	19.2
2018	597	28.0	21.2	18.6
2019	607	28.5	21.2	19.3
2020	613	29.5	20.7	16.3
2021	572	28.6	19.9	14.3
2022	577	30.1	19.1	13.3
2023	596	29.7	20.0	18.6
2024	597	28.0	21.2	20.3

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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