Is Mcloughlin Middle School a good school?

Mcloughlin Middle School ranks in the bottom 0.9% of Washington middle schools.

How many students attend Mcloughlin Middle School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 911 students attended Mcloughlin Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Mcloughlin Middle School?

Students at Mcloughlin Middle School are 45% Hispanic, 32% White, 8% Two or more races, 8% Pacific Islander, 4% African American, 3% Asian.

What high school do graduates of Mcloughlin Middle School attend?

Students who attend Mcloughlin Middle School usually go on to attend Fort Vancouver High School

Mcloughlin Middle School

Summary:

Mcloughlin Middle School is a public middle school in Vancouver, Washington, serving 911 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Vancouver School District, which is ranked 159 out of 247 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Mcloughlin Middle School faces significant challenges, consistently performing below district and state averages in standardized test scores. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 17.96% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 41.06% for the district and 52.63% for the state. In math, only 10.8% of students were proficient or better, compared to 30.34% for the district and 41.68% for the state. The school has been ranked among the lowest-performing middle schools in Washington, consistently ranking in the bottom 10% of all middle schools in the state. Mcloughlin Middle School struggles to support the academic achievement of various student subgroups, including African American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, and Special Education students, as well as students from low socioeconomic backgrounds and English Language Learners.

When comparing Mcloughlin Middle School to other middle schools in the area, such as Shahala Middle School and Jason Lee Middle School, it becomes clear that Mcloughlin is an outlier in terms of academic performance and overall school quality. However, the significant increase in spending per student at Mcloughlin, from $9,338 in 2019-2020 to $17,636 in 2021-2022, suggests that the school and district are committed to improving the educational outcomes for their students. By closely examining the school's instructional practices, resource allocation, and support systems for struggling students, there may be opportunities to implement more effective strategies and interventions that can lead to meaningful improvements in academic achievement.

Detail:

Public 6-8

5802 MacArthur Blvd
Vancouver, WA 98661-7491

(360) 313-3600

District: Vancouver School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
530^th of 535 Washington Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $17,636

Students who attend Mcloughlin Middle School usually attend:

High:

Fort Vancouver High School

Feeder schools for Mcloughlin Middle School:

Elementary:	George C Marshall Elementary
	Martin Luther King Elementary
	Peter S Ogden Elementary
	Roosevelt Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 17.5

Number of students: 911

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

45.0%

White:

32.3%

Two or more races:

7.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 84.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Mcloughlin Middle School ranks worse than 99.1% of middle schools in Washington. It also ranks last among 6 ranked middle schools in the Vancouver School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 5.67. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Mcloughlin Middle School has the largest middle school student body size in the Vancouver School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (45%), White (32.3%), two or more races (7.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 84.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Vancouver School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Mcloughlin Middle School is 17.5, which is the 2^nd best among 6 middle schools in the Vancouver School District. (See more...)

Compare Mcloughlin Middle School employs 51.8 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Mcloughlin Middle School is $17,636, which is the 3^rd highest among 6 middle schools in the Vancouver School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Mcloughlin Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Mcloughlin Middle School 530^th of 535 Washington public middle schools. (See Mcloughlin Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Vancouver School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Vancouver School District 159^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Mcloughlin Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Mcloughlin Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	25.91	335^th	421	20.4%
2005	24.42	346^th	425	18.6%
2006	24.94	356^th	449	20.7%
2007	27.28	355^th	463	23.3%
2008	28.96	354^th	466	24.0%
2009	27.43	381^st	476	20.0%
2010	37.04	320^th	483	33.7%
2011	29.02	375^th	492	23.8%
2012	18.45	434^th	497	12.7%
2013	11.20	465^th	498	6.6%
2015	12.64	398^th	445	10.6%
2016	8.56	423^rd	443	4.5%
2017	9.18	408^th	435	6.2%
2018	8.34	415^th	437	5.0%
2019	7.29	489^th	512	4.5%
2021	10.01	503^rd	529	4.9%
2022	7.74	525^th	541	3.0%
2023	7.18	526^th	539	2.4%
2024	5.67	530^th	535	0.9%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Mcloughlin Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	8.35	160^th	166	3.6%
2019	13.62	225^th	246	8.5%
2021	32.37	176^th	250	29.6%
2022	17.51	231^st	257	10.1%
2023	13.26	223^rd	244	8.6%
2024	12.13	228^th	243	6.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Mcloughlin Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	24.99	40^th	50	20.0%
2023	17.72	55^th	57	3.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Mcloughlin Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	10.61	210^th	210	0.0%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	10.86	335^th	349	4.0%
2019	10.39	433^rd	448	3.3%
2021	14.80	435^th	458	5.0%
2022	10.47	464^th	475	2.3%
2023	9.82	452^nd	463	2.4%
2024	7.69	448^th	455	1.5%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Mcloughlin Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	12.60	59^th	59	0.0%
2021	40.84	16^th	27	40.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Mcloughlin Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	6.83	366^th	376	2.7%
2019	6.54	434^th	452	4.0%
2021	10.57	447^th	469	4.7%
2022	8.33	464^th	479	3.1%
2023	6.32	458^th	464	1.3%
2024	5.01	458^th	464	1.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Mcloughlin Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	7.53	358^th	371	3.5%
2019	7.41	436^th	453	3.8%
2021	10.89	451^st	476	5.3%
2022	7.12	472^nd	480	1.7%
2023	7.20	460^th	470	2.1%
2024	6.85	456^th	466	2.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Mcloughlin Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	8.35	111^th	111	0.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Mcloughlin Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	13.67	243^rd	259	6.2%
2019	12.52	330^th	344	4.1%
2021	17.36	325^th	353	7.9%
2022	14.68	330^th	360	8.3%
2023	12.37	321^st	336	4.5%
2024	9.52	337^th	344	2.0%

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Rank History for Pacific Islander students at Mcloughlin Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	25.99	10^th	11	9.1%
2019	29.50	25^th	31	19.4%

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Rank History for White students at Mcloughlin Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	5.55	315^th	325	3.1%
2019	7.60	451^st	470	4.0%
2021	9.28	465^th	480	3.1%
2022	6.94	479^th	488	1.8%
2023	7.00	473^rd	488	3.1%
2024	4.42	481^st	486	1.0%

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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 Mcloughlin Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	499	35	48	10	10	n/a	n/a	0	602
1989	485	42	51	12	12	n/a	n/a	0	602
1990	507	37	47	17	12	n/a	n/a	0	620
1991	530	38	46	18	13	n/a	n/a	0	645
1992	551	29	58	28	14	n/a	n/a	0	680
1993	856	50	64	32	22	n/a	n/a	0	1024
1994	890	52	62	35	27	n/a	n/a	0	1066
1995	842	55	76	54	28	n/a	n/a	0	1055
1996	842	55	76	54	28	n/a	n/a	0	1055
1997	710	48	66	61	26	n/a	n/a	0	911
1998	716	51	73	60	23	n/a	n/a	0	923
1999	652	62	61	63	21	n/a	n/a	0	859
2000	665	60	65	66	28	n/a	n/a	0	884
2001	674	61	56	76	34	n/a	n/a	0	901
2002	659	81	50	111	42	n/a	n/a	0	943
2003	659	81	50	111	42	n/a	n/a	0	943
2004	621	75	47	116	35	n/a	n/a	0	894
2005	591	79	43	111	30	n/a	n/a	0	854
2006	539	88	53	113	20	n/a	n/a	3	816
2007	546	73	57	115	20	n/a	n/a	6	817
2008	489	70	58	123	18	n/a	n/a	13	771
2009	477	67	64	119	19	n/a	n/a	19	765
2010	457	67	62	136	13	n/a	n/a	25	760
2011	421	49	36	241	15	30	47	0	839
2012	391	43	36	293	7	50	49	0	869
2013	359	35	36	329	5	63	48	0	875
2014	325	37	33	362	5	50	41	0	853
2015	325	33	33	418	5	57	42	0	913
2016	289	30	34	455	2	49	55	0	914
2017	320	33	33	486	2	54	68	0	996
2018	325	30	33	488	3	59	73	0	1011
2019	350	33	27	473	6	55	71	0	1015
2020	370	21	30	492	9	62	70	0	1054
2021	358	30	24	475	9	58	61	0	1015
2022	287	36	25	450	8	67	68	0	941
2023	294	38	24	410	5	69	71	0	911

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 Mcloughlin Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	602	28.0	21.5	0
1989	602	28.0	21.5	n/a
1990	620	26.1	23.7	0
1991	645	31.0	20.8	n/a
1992	680	31.0	21.9	n/a
1993	1024	46.5	22.0	n/a
1994	1066	46.3	23.0	n/a
1995	1055	50.8	20.8	n/a
1996	1055	50.8	20.8	n/a
1997	911	52.6	17.3	n/a
1998	923	51.2	18.0	n/a
1999	859	48.7	17.6	n/a
2000	884	46.6	19.0	n/a
2001	901	47.9	18.8	n/a
2002	943	49.8	18.9	59.9
2003	943	49.8	18.9	59.9
2004	894	48.0	18.6	64
2005	854	48.0	17.8	68.5
2006	816	50.5	16.2	55
2007	817	46.0	17.8	69.4
2008	771	45.6	16.9	73.1
2009	765	45.6	16.8	72.9
2010	760	39.5	19.2	76.9
2011	839	42.7	19.6	72.7
2012	869	41.7	20.8	80.2
2013	875	45.1	19.3	82.6
2014	853	n/a	n/a	81.6
2015	913	46.0	19.8	82.4
2016	914	48.0	19.0	79.3
2017	996	49.9	19.9	79
2018	1011	51.8	19.5	76.5
2019	1015	58.3	17.4	78.3
2020	1054	56.6	18.6	78
2021	1015	53.0	19.1	75.8
2022	941	53.8	17.4	77.9
2023	911	51.8	17.5	84.5

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 Mcloughlin Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	602	28.0	21.5	0
1989	602	28.0	21.5	n/a
1990	620	26.1	23.7	0
1991	645	31.0	20.8	n/a
1992	680	31.0	21.9	n/a
1993	1024	46.5	22.0	n/a
1994	1066	46.3	23.0	n/a
1995	1055	50.8	20.8	n/a
1996	1055	50.8	20.8	n/a
1997	911	52.6	17.3	n/a
1998	923	51.2	18.0	n/a
1999	859	48.7	17.6	n/a
2000	884	46.6	19.0	n/a
2001	901	47.9	18.8	n/a
2002	943	49.8	18.9	59.9
2003	943	49.8	18.9	59.9
2004	894	48.0	18.6	64
2005	854	48.0	17.8	68.5
2006	816	50.5	16.2	55
2007	817	46.0	17.8	69.4
2008	771	45.6	16.9	73.1
2009	765	45.6	16.8	72.9
2010	760	39.5	19.2	76.9
2011	839	42.7	19.6	72.7
2012	869	41.7	20.8	80.2
2013	875	45.1	19.3	82.6
2014	853	n/a	n/a	81.6
2015	913	46.0	19.8	82.4
2016	914	48.0	19.0	79.3
2017	996	49.9	19.9	79
2018	1011	51.8	19.5	76.5
2019	1015	58.3	17.4	78.3
2020	1054	56.6	18.6	78
2021	1015	53.0	19.1	75.8
2022	941	53.8	17.4	77.9
2023	911	51.8	17.5	84.5

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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