Is Blue Heron Middle School a good school?

Blue Heron Middle School ranks 230 th of 535 Washington middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Blue Heron Middle School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 222 students attended Blue Heron Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Blue Heron Middle School?

Students at Blue Heron Middle School are 74% White, 11% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 4% Asian, 2% African American.

What high school do graduates of Blue Heron Middle School attend?

Students who attend Blue Heron Middle School usually go on to attend Port Townsend High School

Blue Heron Middle School

Summary:

Blue Heron Middle School is a public middle school in Port Townsend, Washington, serving 265 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Port Townsend School District, which is ranked 59 out of 247 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating.

While Blue Heron Middle School has a higher percentage of White students (78.49%) compared to nearby schools, its academic performance is generally lower than the district and state averages. In 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rates in SBAC English Language Arts (53.55%) and Math (31.28%) fell below the Port Townsend School District (55.54% and 35.04%) and the state (52.63% and 41.68%) averages. Additionally, the school's statewide ranking has declined over the years, from 88 out of 498 Washington middle schools in 2012-2013 (4-star rating) to 230 out of 535 in 2023-2024 (3-star rating).

Compared to nearby middle schools, such as South Whidbey Middle, Sequim Middle School, and Coupeville Middle School, Blue Heron Middle School generally performs at a lower level in terms of test scores, rankings, and ratings. This suggests that the school may face unique challenges or have room for improvement in certain areas, despite its higher spending per student and lower student-teacher ratio compared to the nearby schools.

Detail:

Public 6-8

3939 San Juan Ave
Port Townsend, WA 98368-3323

(360) 379-4540

District: Port Townsend School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
230^th of 535 Washington Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $19,882

Students who attend Blue Heron Middle School usually attend:

High:

Port Townsend High School

Feeder schools for Blue Heron Middle School:

Elementary:

Salish Coast Elementary

Student/teacher ratio: 12.5

Number of students: 222

Racial breakdown:

White:

74.3%

Hispanic:

10.8%

Two or more races:

9.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 52.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Blue Heron Middle School is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2018 the calculated Average Standard Score was 71.73. (See more...)

Compare Details Blue Heron Middle School ranks better than 57% of middle schools in Washington. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 53.5. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (74.3%), Hispanic (10.8%), two or more races (9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 52.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Blue Heron Middle School is 12.5. (See more...)

Compare Blue Heron Middle School employs 17.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Blue Heron Middle School is $19,882.

Schooldigger 2018 Rankings:

Blue Heron Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Blue Heron Middle School 230^th of 535 Washington public middle schools. (See Blue Heron Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

Special Education students:

Port Townsend School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Port Townsend School District 59^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Blue Heron Middle School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Blue Heron Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2010	48.94	580^th	1088	46.7%
2011	61.51	413^th	1092	62.2%
2012	52.60	557^th	1097	49.2%
2013	55.58	520^th	1106	53.0%
2015	43.74	614^th	1067	42.5%
2016	55.41	475^th	1053	54.9%
2017	65.67	370^th	1056	65.0%
2018	71.73	295^th	1054	72.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Multi-racial students at Blue Heron Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	72.78	27^th	128	78.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Blue Heron Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	19.43	574^th	637	9.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Blue Heron Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	62.34	239^th	854	72.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Blue Heron Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	60.54	406^th	1004	59.6%
2021	71.01	252^nd	1008	75.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Blue Heron Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	54.31	413^th	1025	59.7%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Blue Heron Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	52.27	415^th	833	50.2%
2021	53.87	414^th	943	56.1%

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

Rank History for Blue Heron Middle School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Blue Heron Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	57.02	179^th	421	57.5%
2005	52.96	206^th	425	51.5%
2006	52.02	206^th	449	54.1%
2007	49.41	235^th	463	49.2%
2008	65.34	138^th	466	70.4%
2009	52.80	218^th	476	54.2%
2010	64.23	149^th	483	69.2%
2011	61.07	171^st	492	65.2%
2012	58.82	188^th	497	62.2%
2013	76.70	88^th	498	82.3%
2019	62.12	173^rd	512	66.2%
2021	50.16	239^th	529	54.8%
2022	43.40	283^rd	541	47.7%
2023	52.20	223^rd	539	58.6%
2024	53.50	230^th	535	57.0%

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Rank History for middle school Multi-racial students at Blue Heron Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	55.25	97^th	250	61.2%
2023	46.77	124^th	244	49.2%

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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Blue Heron Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	40.28	142^nd	268	47.0%
2019	34.69	144^th	231	37.7%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Blue Heron Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	60.32	136^th	448	69.6%
2021	50.34	194^th	458	57.6%
2022	38.34	295^th	475	37.9%
2023	51.35	207^th	463	55.3%
2024	60.03	153^rd	455	66.4%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Blue Heron Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	64.20	147^th	452	67.5%
2021	50.70	210^th	469	55.2%
2022	50.13	214^th	479	55.3%
2023	53.62	198^th	464	57.3%
2024	65.18	147^th	464	68.3%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Blue Heron Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	57.33	174^th	453	61.6%
2021	49.26	214^th	476	55.0%
2022	34.74	313^th	480	34.8%
2023	47.56	214^th	470	54.5%
2024	42.11	256^th	466	45.1%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Blue Heron Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	57.59	130^th	344	62.2%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Blue Heron Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	52.32	219^th	470	53.4%
2021	42.45	273^rd	480	43.1%
2022	36.03	313^th	488	35.9%
2023	42.11	274^th	488	43.9%
2024	49.28	239^th	486	50.8%

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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 Blue Heron Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1995	408	4	11	8	12	n/a	n/a	0	443
1996	408	4	11	8	12	n/a	n/a	0	443
1997	395	3	11	4	8	n/a	n/a	0	421
1998	385	2	6	2	9	n/a	n/a	0	404
1999	402	4	7	3	8	n/a	n/a	0	424
2000	380	6	8	4	9	n/a	n/a	0	407
2001	361	8	10	11	7	n/a	n/a	0	397
2002	366	11	19	9	13	n/a	n/a	0	418
2003	366	11	19	9	13	n/a	n/a	0	418
2004	330	8	15	12	15	n/a	n/a	0	380
2005	318	9	19	11	13	n/a	n/a	1	371
2006	276	7	20	12	12	n/a	n/a	3	330
2007	284	8	17	14	13	n/a	n/a	1	337
2008	271	7	22	9	10	n/a	n/a	1	320
2009	269	5	17	16	12	n/a	n/a	4	323
2010	447	12	23	25	13	n/a	n/a	12	532
2011	391	9	6	30	3	4	26	0	469
2012	328	7	12	33	2	3	30	0	415
2013	340	5	10	32	1	3	22	0	413
2014	317	7	8	25	3	2	20	0	382
2015	327	6	9	25	3	3	19	0	392
2016	312	7	7	30	3	1	16	0	376
2017	327	5	6	34	5	2	16	0	395
2018	336	5	8	37	5	3	24	0	418
2019	233	3	5	28	4	1	22	0	296
2020	218	2	4	28	3	1	24	0	280
2021	194	1	5	24	2	1	21	0	248
2022	186	1	6	24	1	0	32	0	250
2023	208	6	5	19	2	0	25	0	265
2024	165	4	8	24	1	0	20	0	222

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 Blue Heron Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1995	443	0.0	0.0	n/a
1996	443	0.0	0.0	n/a
1997	421	0.0	0.0	n/a
1998	404	17.8	22.7	n/a
1999	424	17.7	24.0	n/a
2000	407	17.8	22.9	n/a
2001	397	18.5	21.5	n/a
2002	418	21.3	19.6	40.7
2003	418	21.3	19.6	40.7
2004	380	20.0	19.0	45.3
2005	371	19.5	19.0	43
2006	330	15.0	22.0	41.3
2007	337	14.4	23.4	41.1
2008	320	16.5	19.4	40.4
2009	323	16.4	19.7	38.6
2010	532	30.8	17.2	49.4
2011	469	24.1	19.4	48.4
2012	415	21.8	18.9	54.7
2013	413	22.9	17.9	55.9
2014	382	n/a	n/a	55.8
2015	392	27.0	14.5	57.4
2016	376	25.0	15.0	55.1
2017	395	23.2	17.0	51.9
2018	418	23.9	17.4	51.2
2019	296	17.8	16.6	50.7
2020	280	17.4	16.0	51.1
2021	248	16.2	15.2	49.2
2022	250	18.2	13.7	46.4
2023	265	18.2	14.5	48.3
2024	222	17.7	12.5	52.7

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 Blue Heron Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1995	443	0.0	0.0	n/a
1996	443	0.0	0.0	n/a
1997	421	0.0	0.0	n/a
1998	404	17.8	22.7	n/a
1999	424	17.7	24.0	n/a
2000	407	17.8	22.9	n/a
2001	397	18.5	21.5	n/a
2002	418	21.3	19.6	40.7
2003	418	21.3	19.6	40.7
2004	380	20.0	19.0	45.3
2005	371	19.5	19.0	43
2006	330	15.0	22.0	41.3
2007	337	14.4	23.4	41.1
2008	320	16.5	19.4	40.4
2009	323	16.4	19.7	38.6
2010	532	30.8	17.2	49.4
2011	469	24.1	19.4	48.4
2012	415	21.8	18.9	54.7
2013	413	22.9	17.9	55.9
2014	382	n/a	n/a	55.8
2015	392	27.0	14.5	57.4
2016	376	25.0	15.0	55.1
2017	395	23.2	17.0	51.9
2018	418	23.9	17.4	51.2
2019	296	17.8	16.6	50.7
2020	280	17.4	16.0	51.1
2021	248	16.2	15.2	49.2
2022	250	18.2	13.7	46.4
2023	265	18.2	14.5	48.3
2024	222	17.7	12.5	52.7

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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