Is Showalter Middle School a good school?

Showalter Middle School ranks in the bottom 12.3% of Washington middle schools.

How many students attend Showalter Middle School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 600 students attended Showalter Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Showalter Middle School?

Students at Showalter Middle School are 37% Hispanic, 26% Asian, 19% African American, 8% White, 6% Two or more races, 3% Pacific Islander.

What high school do graduates of Showalter Middle School attend?

Students who attend Showalter Middle School usually go on to attend Foster Senior High School

Showalter Middle School

Summary:

Showalter Middle School is a public middle school in Seattle, Washington, serving 574 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Tukwila School District, which is ranked 232 out of 247 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Showalter Middle School consistently performs below the state and district averages in standardized test scores for English Language Arts, Math, and Science. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 28.49% of Showalter students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 52.63% statewide. The school also has a significantly more diverse student population, with 38.85% Hispanic, 23.87% Asian, and 14.63% African American students, and a very high percentage of students from low-income families (81.01% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch). Compared to nearby schools like McKnight Middle School, Islander Middle School, and Aki Kurose Middle School, Showalter Middle School has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of Washington middle schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The persistent academic underperformance at Showalter Middle School, coupled with its high spending per student ($20,551 in 2021-2022), suggests that the school may face significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its diverse and predominantly low-income student population. The school's unique demographic composition and academic struggles highlight the need for targeted interventions and support to address the achievement gap and help students succeed.

Detail:

Public 6-8

4628 S 144th St
Seattle, WA 98168

(206) 901-7800

District: Tukwila School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
469^th of 535 Washington Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $20,551

Students who attend Showalter Middle School usually attend:

High:

Foster Senior High School

Feeder schools for Showalter Middle School:

Elementary:	Cascade View Elementary
	Thorndyke Elementary
	Tukwila Elementary

Student/teacher ratio: 17.7

Number of students: 600

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

37.0%

Asian:

25.8%

African American:

18.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 85%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Showalter Middle School ranks worse than 87.7% of middle schools in Washington. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.32. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Showalter Middle School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (37%), Asian (25.8%), African American (18.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 85% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Showalter Middle School is 17.7. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Showalter Middle School is $20,551.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Showalter Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Showalter Middle School 469^th of 535 Washington public middle schools. (See Showalter Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Tukwila School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Tukwila School District 232^nd of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at Showalter Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	18.18	368^th	421	12.6%
2005	13.59	388^th	425	8.7%
2006	16.05	395^th	449	12.0%
2007	8.62	444^th	463	4.1%
2008	16.00	414^th	466	11.2%
2009	19.99	410^th	476	13.9%
2010	21.35	409^th	483	15.3%
2011	21.59	411^th	492	16.5%
2012	9.99	467^th	497	6.0%
2013	14.39	452^nd	498	9.2%
2015	27.54	328^th	445	26.3%
2016	30.34	313^th	443	29.3%
2017	20.22	356^th	435	18.2%
2018	23.90	337^th	437	22.9%
2019	13.00	464^th	512	9.4%
2021	14.50	477^th	529	9.8%
2022	11.09	506^th	541	6.5%
2023	10.46	501^st	539	7.1%
2024	14.32	469^th	535	12.3%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Showalter Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2021	36.33	159^th	250	36.4%
2022	23.58	207^th	257	19.5%
2023	9.24	231^st	244	5.3%
2024	25.00	196^th	243	19.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Showalter Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	36.99	79^th	135	41.5%
2019	24.23	77^th	100	23.0%
2021	27.44	38^th	50	24.0%
2022	20.84	54^th	63	14.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Showalter Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	28.32	204^th	268	23.9%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	32.49	251^st	349	28.1%
2019	17.22	401^st	448	10.5%
2021	22.59	389^th	458	15.1%
2022	16.50	436^th	475	8.2%
2023	13.81	427^th	463	7.8%
2024	20.73	384^th	455	15.6%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Showalter Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	49.99	23^rd	59	61.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Showalter Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	17.65	319^th	376	15.2%
2019	9.59	422^nd	452	6.6%
2021	17.28	399^th	469	14.9%
2022	11.57	442^nd	479	7.7%
2023	9.85	434^th	464	6.5%
2024	14.89	410^th	464	11.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Showalter Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	26.88	273^rd	371	26.4%
2019	16.37	400^th	453	11.7%
2021	12.82	434^th	476	8.8%
2022	10.71	452^nd	480	5.8%
2023	9.77	440^th	470	6.4%
2024	13.28	422^nd	466	9.4%

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Rank History for Asian students at Showalter Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	9.92	119^th	123	3.3%
2019	13.41	142^nd	152	6.6%
2021	12.26	141^st	149	5.4%
2022	6.65	160^th	161	0.6%
2023	9.11	137^th	145	5.5%
2024	16.75	129^th	148	12.8%

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Rank History for African American students at Showalter Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	50.28	25^th	66	62.1%
2019	17.42	101^st	111	9.0%
2021	29.42	78^th	106	26.4%
2022	20.01	98^th	104	5.8%
2023	12.20	90^th	96	6.3%
2024	20.59	71^st	90	21.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Showalter Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	17.72	234^th	259	9.7%
2019	18.63	298^th	344	13.4%
2021	19.92	308^th	353	12.7%
2022	17.88	314^th	360	12.8%
2023	10.39	327^th	336	2.7%
2024	11.85	326^th	344	5.2%

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Rank History for White students at Showalter Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	44.33	179^th	325	44.9%
2019	21.52	392^nd	470	16.6%
2021	14.58	436^th	480	9.2%
2022	11.32	462^nd	488	5.3%
2023	17.80	421^st	488	13.7%
2024	27.88	370^th	486	23.9%

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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 Showalter Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	261	31	22	12	10	n/a	n/a	0	336
1989	269	43	28	21	6	n/a	n/a	0	367
1990	265	36	42	12	13	n/a	n/a	0	368
1991	291	44	31	11	10	n/a	n/a	0	387
1992	310	43	34	19	22	n/a	n/a	0	428
1993	348	57	37	34	15	n/a	n/a	0	491
1994	330	93	57	26	13	n/a	n/a	0	519
1995	308	91	68	48	19	n/a	n/a	0	534
1996	308	91	68	48	19	n/a	n/a	0	534
1997	308	123	77	54	17	n/a	n/a	0	579
1998	302	112	100	62	17	n/a	n/a	0	593
1999	290	116	106	79	11	n/a	n/a	0	602
2000	282	143	96	99	15	n/a	n/a	0	635
2001	261	148	112	93	11	n/a	n/a	0	625
2002	251	141	120	113	11	n/a	n/a	0	636
2003	251	141	120	113	11	n/a	n/a	0	636
2004	227	146	119	127	14	n/a	n/a	0	633
2005	194	168	122	128	12	n/a	n/a	0	624
2006	183	138	129	137	15	n/a	n/a	6	608
2007	180	136	127	158	13	n/a	n/a	10	624
2008	168	153	140	175	9	n/a	n/a	19	664
2009	169	136	151	163	8	n/a	n/a	16	643
2010	162	138	170	160	6	n/a	n/a	18	654
2011	130	122	162	180	6	31	30	0	661
2012	117	118	170	176	6	26	37	0	650
2013	79	118	183	165	8	22	44	0	619
2014	93	142	203	164	4	20	38	0	664
2015	91	151	212	173	6	20	37	0	690
2016	91	130	213	183	6	26	35	0	684
2017	74	113	192	197	5	23	32	0	636
2018	76	107	189	196	5	23	33	0	629
2019	69	108	167	222	6	30	27	1	630
2020	61	105	155	238	7	28	37	5	636
2021	55	101	141	221	7	26	44	13	608
2022	56	98	144	206	5	21	42	10	582
2023	55	84	137	223	6	19	43	7	574
2024	50	113	155	222	4	20	36	0	600

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 Showalter Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	336	19.0	17.6	0
1989	367	20.0	18.3	n/a
1990	368	20.3	18.1	0
1991	387	19.9	19.4	n/a
1992	428	23.4	18.2	n/a
1993	491	24.8	19.8	n/a
1994	519	24.7	21.0	n/a
1995	534	28.1	19.0	n/a
1996	534	28.1	19.0	n/a
1997	579	28.8	20.1	n/a
1998	593	29.9	19.8	n/a
1999	602	31.0	19.4	n/a
2000	635	31.0	20.5	n/a
2001	625	32.9	19.0	n/a
2002	636	28.1	22.6	57.4
2003	636	28.1	22.6	57.4
2004	633	30.0	21.1	63.7
2005	624	30.1	20.7	70.4
2006	608	32.4	18.8	72.1
2007	624	29.4	21.2	61.6
2008	664	32.5	20.4	72.9
2009	643	32.5	19.8	69.7
2010	654	33.9	19.2	78.5
2011	661	34.3	19.2	75.5
2012	650	31.9	20.3	79.2
2013	619	32.5	19.0	77.7
2014	664	n/a	n/a	79.1
2015	690	39.0	17.6	78.7
2016	684	40.0	17.1	78.2
2017	636	37.2	17.0	75
2018	629	35.8	17.5	70.7
2019	630	36.4	17.2	72.5
2020	636	36.2	17.5	73.3
2021	608	36.6	16.6	75
2022	582	33.4	17.4	78
2023	574	35.8	16.0	81
2024	600	33.8	17.7	85

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 Showalter Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	336	19.0	17.6	0
1989	367	20.0	18.3	n/a
1990	368	20.3	18.1	0
1991	387	19.9	19.4	n/a
1992	428	23.4	18.2	n/a
1993	491	24.8	19.8	n/a
1994	519	24.7	21.0	n/a
1995	534	28.1	19.0	n/a
1996	534	28.1	19.0	n/a
1997	579	28.8	20.1	n/a
1998	593	29.9	19.8	n/a
1999	602	31.0	19.4	n/a
2000	635	31.0	20.5	n/a
2001	625	32.9	19.0	n/a
2002	636	28.1	22.6	57.4
2003	636	28.1	22.6	57.4
2004	633	30.0	21.1	63.7
2005	624	30.1	20.7	70.4
2006	608	32.4	18.8	72.1
2007	624	29.4	21.2	61.6
2008	664	32.5	20.4	72.9
2009	643	32.5	19.8	69.7
2010	654	33.9	19.2	78.5
2011	661	34.3	19.2	75.5
2012	650	31.9	20.3	79.2
2013	619	32.5	19.0	77.7
2014	664	n/a	n/a	79.1
2015	690	39.0	17.6	78.7
2016	684	40.0	17.1	78.2
2017	636	37.2	17.0	75
2018	629	35.8	17.5	70.7
2019	630	36.4	17.2	72.5
2020	636	36.2	17.5	73.3
2021	608	36.6	16.6	75
2022	582	33.4	17.4	78
2023	574	35.8	16.0	81
2024	600	33.8	17.7	85

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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