Is Garry Middle School a good school?

Garry Middle School ranks in the bottom 14.6% of Washington middle schools.

How many students attend Garry Middle School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 569 students attended Garry Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Garry Middle School?

Students at Garry Middle School are 51% White, 18% Two or more races, 17% Hispanic, 5% Pacific Islander, 4% Asian, 3% African American, 2% American Indian.

What high school do graduates of Garry Middle School attend?

Students who attend Garry Middle School usually go on to attend Rogers High School

Garry Middle School

Summary:

Garry Middle School is a public middle school in Spokane, Washington, serving 569 students in grades 6-8. The school faces significant challenges, with consistently underperforming academic results, a diverse student population with a high percentage of low-income families, and a low ranking compared to other middle schools in the state.

Garry Middle School's academic performance lags behind the Spokane School District and the state of Washington, with only 30.48% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 48.46% for the district and 52.63% for the state. The school has a more diverse student population, with 50.79% White, 17.05% Hispanic, 5.45% Pacific Islander, and 17.75% two or more races. Additionally, 87.87% of Garry students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, much higher than nearby schools. Despite these challenges, the school's spending per student ($18,600 in 2021-2022) and low student-teacher ratio (12.4 in 2022-2023) suggest that resources are not being effectively translated into improved academic outcomes.

In comparison, nearby schools like Sacajawea Middle School and Highland Middle School have significantly higher academic performance and rankings, despite serving similar student populations. This suggests that Garry Middle School may be able to learn from the practices and strategies employed by these higher-performing schools. The persistent academic underperformance and unique demographic profile of Garry Middle School highlight the need for targeted interventions and a comprehensive review of the school's practices to address these challenges and improve student outcomes.

Detail:

Public 6-8

725 E Joseph Ave
Spokane, WA 99207-3499

(509) 354-5200

District: Spokane School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
457^th of 535 Washington Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,600

Students who attend Garry Middle School usually attend:

High:

Rogers High School

Feeder schools for Garry Middle School:

Elementary:	Arlington Elementary
	Lidgerwood Elementary
	Whitman Elementary

Student/teacher ratio: 12.4

Number of students: 569

Racial breakdown:

White:

50.8%

Two or more races:

17.8%

Hispanic:

17.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 87.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Garry Middle School ranks worse than 85.4% of middle schools in Washington. It also ranks 7^th among 9 ranked middle schools in the Spokane School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 17.74. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Garry Middle School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (50.8%), two or more races (17.8%), Hispanic (17%). (See more...)

Compare Details 87.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Garry Middle School is 12.4, which is the lowest among 9 middle schools in the Spokane School District! (See more...)

Compare Garry Middle School employs 45.8 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Garry Middle School is $18,600, which is the 3^rd highest among 9 middle schools in the Spokane School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Garry Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Garry Middle School 457^th of 535 Washington public middle schools. (See Garry Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Spokane School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Spokane School District 123^rd of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Garry Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Garry Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	25.37	338^th	421	19.7%
2005	28.90	326^th	425	23.3%
2006	24.39	361^st	449	19.6%
2007	19.69	397^th	463	14.3%
2008	16.44	411^th	466	11.8%
2009	35.58	326^th	476	31.5%
2010	25.03	388^th	483	19.7%
2011	12.74	458^th	492	6.9%
2012	23.67	399^th	497	19.7%
2013	26.06	389^th	498	21.9%
2015	24.15	352^nd	445	20.9%
2016	14.19	394^th	443	11.1%
2017	11.23	395^th	435	9.2%
2018	10.96	398^th	437	8.9%
2019	10.07	478^th	512	6.6%
2021	11.54	495^th	529	6.4%
2022	11.86	501^st	541	7.4%
2023	11.95	492^nd	539	8.7%
2024	17.74	457^th	535	14.6%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Garry Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	4.96	166^th	166	0.0%
2019	1.84	246^th	246	0.0%
2021	3.95	250^th	250	0.0%
2022	6.34	254^th	257	1.2%
2023	4.28	243^rd	244	0.4%
2024	4.88	241^st	243	0.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Garry Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	29.79	104^th	135	23.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Garry Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	18.52	252^nd	268	6.0%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	18.07	308^th	349	11.7%
2019	19.06	391^st	448	12.7%
2021	23.03	388^th	458	15.3%
2022	22.95	408^th	475	14.1%
2023	19.98	394^th	463	14.9%
2024	28.40	341^st	455	25.1%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Garry Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	18.89	55^th	59	6.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Garry Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	9.68	349^th	376	7.2%
2019	6.89	432^nd	452	4.4%
2021	11.77	438^th	469	6.6%
2022	11.57	443^rd	479	7.5%
2023	10.85	430^th	464	7.3%
2024	16.83	407^th	464	12.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Garry Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	9.43	349^th	371	5.9%
2019	12.92	416^th	453	8.2%
2021	12.09	444^th	476	6.7%
2022	11.89	443^rd	480	7.7%
2023	12.09	430^th	470	8.5%
2024	19.90	394^th	466	15.5%

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Rank History for African American students at Garry Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	11.28	64^th	66	3.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Garry Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	19.68	225^th	259	13.1%
2019	22.69	281^st	344	18.3%
2021	25.66	263^rd	353	25.5%
2022	21.71	302^nd	360	16.1%
2023	18.03	292^nd	336	13.1%
2024	34.41	219^th	344	36.3%

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Rank History for White students at Garry Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	6.00	314^th	325	3.4%
2019	9.73	441^st	470	6.2%
2021	7.73	473^rd	480	1.5%
2022	8.22	477^th	488	2.3%
2023	8.27	469^th	488	3.9%
2024	14.12	441^st	486	9.3%

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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 Garry Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	466	12	6	8	32	n/a	n/a	0	524
1989	486	21	8	15	23	n/a	n/a	0	553
1990	468	26	7	15	29	n/a	n/a	0	545
1991	477	23	11	9	39	n/a	n/a	0	559
1992	508	24	16	12	39	n/a	n/a	0	599
1993	539	26	14	15	38	n/a	n/a	0	632
1994	574	17	19	13	49	n/a	n/a	0	672
1995	603	20	11	10	37	n/a	n/a	0	681
1996	603	20	11	10	37	n/a	n/a	0	681
1997	580	26	22	13	27	n/a	n/a	0	668
1998	555	25	17	11	29	n/a	n/a	0	637
1999	530	31	12	12	27	n/a	n/a	0	612
2000	539	32	17	16	28	n/a	n/a	0	632
2001	541	32	24	11	31	n/a	n/a	0	639
2002	562	34	17	17	26	n/a	n/a	0	656
2003	562	34	17	17	26	n/a	n/a	0	656
2004	550	40	16	20	31	n/a	n/a	0	657
2005	535	46	19	26	30	n/a	n/a	3	659
2006	496	43	19	27	40	n/a	n/a	10	635
2007	492	38	27	23	54	n/a	n/a	13	647
2008	455	38	29	31	41	n/a	n/a	14	608
2009	429	36	36	39	31	n/a	n/a	24	595
2010	401	38	36	35	36	n/a	n/a	49	595
2011	473	29	11	33	29	29	41	0	645
2012	406	22	17	49	20	35	78	0	627
2013	417	17	20	55	19	32	82	0	642
2014	382	20	21	60	18	20	86	0	607
2015	353	24	18	77	18	15	102	0	607
2016	323	31	14	87	13	16	98	0	582
2017	334	31	17	78	11	19	99	0	589
2018	329	27	19	60	12	21	107	0	575
2019	337	23	23	71	9	28	109	0	600
2020	332	28	18	86	8	38	107	0	617
2021	343	28	15	82	7	31	110	0	616
2022	337	20	14	100	11	33	108	0	623
2023	289	18	22	97	10	31	101	1	569

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 Garry Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	524	30.0	17.4	0
1989	553	27.0	20.4	n/a
1990	545	28.0	19.4	0
1991	559	28.0	19.9	n/a
1992	599	30.6	19.5	n/a
1993	632	30.1	21.0	n/a
1994	672	33.0	20.4	n/a
1995	681	34.9	19.5	n/a
1996	681	34.9	19.5	n/a
1997	668	35.6	18.8	n/a
1998	637	34.0	18.7	n/a
1999	612	34.0	18.0	n/a
2000	632	34.8	18.2	n/a
2001	639	34.2	18.7	n/a
2002	656	39.9	16.4	71
2003	656	39.9	16.4	71
2004	657	41.0	16.0	72.6
2005	659	40.8	16.2	76.7
2006	635	43.1	14.7	74.1
2007	647	41.8	15.5	72.9
2008	608	41.5	14.7	73.4
2009	595	41.5	14.3	73.2
2010	595	36.7	16.1	89
2011	645	41.4	15.5	77.4
2012	627	37.4	16.7	77.8
2013	642	41.2	15.5	83.2
2014	607	n/a	n/a	85
2015	607	36.0	16.8	83
2016	582	41.0	14.1	83.5
2017	589	37.1	15.8	84
2018	575	38.6	14.8	82.8
2019	600	38.4	15.6	86.2
2020	617	37.8	16.3	86.4
2021	616	38.4	16.0	86.5
2022	623	47.4	13.1	85.9
2023	569	45.8	12.4	87.9

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 Garry Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	524	30.0	17.4	0
1989	553	27.0	20.4	n/a
1990	545	28.0	19.4	0
1991	559	28.0	19.9	n/a
1992	599	30.6	19.5	n/a
1993	632	30.1	21.0	n/a
1994	672	33.0	20.4	n/a
1995	681	34.9	19.5	n/a
1996	681	34.9	19.5	n/a
1997	668	35.6	18.8	n/a
1998	637	34.0	18.7	n/a
1999	612	34.0	18.0	n/a
2000	632	34.8	18.2	n/a
2001	639	34.2	18.7	n/a
2002	656	39.9	16.4	71
2003	656	39.9	16.4	71
2004	657	41.0	16.0	72.6
2005	659	40.8	16.2	76.7
2006	635	43.1	14.7	74.1
2007	647	41.8	15.5	72.9
2008	608	41.5	14.7	73.4
2009	595	41.5	14.3	73.2
2010	595	36.7	16.1	89
2011	645	41.4	15.5	77.4
2012	627	37.4	16.7	77.8
2013	642	41.2	15.5	83.2
2014	607	n/a	n/a	85
2015	607	36.0	16.8	83
2016	582	41.0	14.1	83.5
2017	589	37.1	15.8	84
2018	575	38.6	14.8	82.8
2019	600	38.4	15.6	86.2
2020	617	37.8	16.3	86.4
2021	616	38.4	16.0	86.5
2022	623	47.4	13.1	85.9
2023	569	45.8	12.4	87.9

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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