Baker Middle School
8320 S I St, Tacoma, WA, 98408 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Baker Middle School
School Level Middle school
Grades Offered Grades 6 - 8
County Pierce County, WA
Students & Faculty
Total Students 718 students
% Male / % Female 51%  /  49%
Total Classroom Teachers 41 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 6 - 242 students
Grade 7 - 224 students
Grade 8 - 252 students
This School
(WA) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:18 1:20
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(WA) School Average
% American Indian 2% 2%
% Asian 24% 7%
% Hispanic 11% 13%
% Black 21% 5%
% White 43% 69%
Additional Student Information
This School
(WA) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 40% 29%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 18% 9%
% Migrant Students Enrolled 1% n/a
School Performance:
(WA) Statewide Testing Performance
School Statewide Performance View Education Department Test Scores
School District:
School District Name Tacoma 10 School District
This School's Agency
(WA) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 65 7
Number of Students Managed 32,744 students 2,552 students
District Total Revenue $332,837,000 $20,919,000
District Expenditure $369,102,000 $21,384,000
District Revenue / Student $10,165 $8,197
District Expenditure / Student $11,272 $8,379
In the News:
  • Tacoma school levy vote likely (Tacoma News Tribune)
    posted on November 14, 2009 at 08:21:34 am
    The Tacoma School Board is leaning strongly toward asking voters to approve a $140 million capital levy in February, less than a year after voters rejected a school bond package more than twice that size.
  • School gardens: Students learn by growing (Tacoma News Tribune)
    posted on September 19, 2009 at 07:28:41 am
    As school goes back this fall, some students are heading back outside. They’ll spend hours weeding, picking, munching, feeding worms – and learning, too. School gardens are not new, but more and more schools are realizing they’re not a luxury. In fact, they’re a unique way of bundling together science, nutrition, environmental and social issues that give kids ownership of their surroundings ...
  • NAACP seeks race review of principal’s rape charge (Tacoma News Tribune)
    posted on September 10, 2009 at 07:32:23 am
    The NAACP plans to again request a federal Department of Justice review of the case against former Tacoma school principal Harold Wright Jr. to see whether there was racial bias in his prosecution on rape charges.
  • Tacoma: NAACP wants federal review of rape case (Tacoma News Tribune)
    posted on September 8, 2009 at 07:24:21 am
    The NAACP office in Seattle has called a news conference Wednesday in Tacoma where it says it will ask the Justice Department to review the case of a former school principal to see if his civil rights are being violated.
  • NAACP asking federal review of Tacoma rape case (Seattle Times)
    posted on September 7, 2009 at 09:38:01 pm
    The NAACP office in Seattle has called a news conference Wednesday in Tacoma where it says it will ask the Justice Department to review the case of a former school principal to see if his civil rights are being violated.
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (98408)
School Zip (98408)
(WA) State Average
Population (Approximate) 29,095 people 5,781,196 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 19% 29%
Population Average Age 34 years old 35 years old
Average Household size 2.6 persons 2.5 persons
Median Household Income $38,030 $46,419
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.3 rooms 5.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 63 years old 37 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (98408)


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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 66% / 34% 64% / 36%
School Map:
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2. Tlc @ Park Ave Middle School - 10 students - 1.0 mi. away - view location
3. 5-12 Learning Community - 149 students - 1.6 mi. away - view location
4. Gray Middle School - 663 students - 2.0 mi. away - view location
5. Stewart Middle School - 644 students - 2.1 mi. away - view location
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