Is Mcloughlin Middle School a good school?

Mcloughlin Middle School ranks in the bottom 23.6% of Washington middle schools.

How many students attend Mcloughlin Middle School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,087 students attended Mcloughlin Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Mcloughlin Middle School?

Students at Mcloughlin Middle School are 59% Hispanic, 33% White, 4% Two or more races, 2% Asian, 1% African American.

What high school do graduates of Mcloughlin Middle School attend?

Students who attend Mcloughlin Middle School usually go on to attend Chiawana Senior High School

Mcloughlin Middle School

Summary:

Mcloughlin Middle School is a public middle school located in Pasco, Washington, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 1,078. The school is part of the Pasco School District, which is ranked 214 out of 247 districts in Washington and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Mcloughlin Middle School faces significant academic challenges, with consistently low performance on standardized tests. The school's academic performance, as measured by SBAC/WCAS test scores, is generally lower than the state and district averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts (38.28%) and Math (25.19%) is significantly below the state averages of 52.63% and 41.68%, respectively. The school's performance in Science (25.65%) is also lower than the state average of 49.73%. Mcloughlin Middle School's struggles are particularly pronounced among certain student subgroups, such as English Language Learners and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, who rank in the bottom 25% of Washington middle schools.

When compared to nearby middle schools, such as Ray Reynolds Middle School, Mcloughlin Middle School's performance is generally lower. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 25% of Washington middle schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years. While the school has seen increased per-student spending, this has not translated into improved academic outcomes. The challenges faced by Mcloughlin Middle School highlight the need for targeted interventions and support to address the unique needs of the school's diverse student population.

Detail:

Public 6-8

2803 N Road 88
Pasco, WA 99301-1691

(509) 547-4542

District: Pasco School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
409^th of 535 Washington Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,186

Students who attend Mcloughlin Middle School usually attend:

High:

Chiawana Senior High School

Feeder schools for Mcloughlin Middle School:

Elementary:	James McGee Elementary
	Mark Twain Elementary
	Ruth Livingston Elementary
	Three Rivers Elementary

Student/teacher ratio: 18.8

Number of students: 1,087

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

59.3%

White:

33.4%

Two or more races:

3.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 66.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Mcloughlin Middle School ranks worse than 76.4% of middle schools in Washington. It also ranks 2^nd among 4 ranked middle schools in the Pasco School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 24.34. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (59.3%), White (33.4%), two or more races (3.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 66.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Mcloughlin Middle School is 18.8. 2 middle schools in the Pasco School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Mcloughlin Middle School employs 57.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Mcloughlin Middle School is $16,186, which is the highest among 4 middle schools in the Pasco School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Mcloughlin Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Mcloughlin Middle School 409^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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Female students:

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White students:

Pasco School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Pasco School District 214^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	40.53	269^th	421	36.1%
2005	39.04	284^th	425	33.2%
2006	35.44	316^th	449	29.6%
2007	28.85	350^th	463	24.4%
2008	33.46	321^st	466	31.1%
2009	43.54	274^th	476	42.4%
2010	37.47	318^th	483	34.2%
2011	43.73	300^th	492	39.0%
2012	49.45	251^st	497	49.5%
2013	46.64	275^th	498	44.8%
2015	34.84	290^th	445	34.8%
2016	35.63	283^rd	443	36.1%
2017	34.75	293^rd	435	32.6%
2018	41.24	255^th	437	41.6%
2019	40.30	311^th	512	39.3%
2021	29.93	376^th	529	28.9%
2022	26.04	411^th	541	24.0%
2023	26.39	404^th	539	25.0%
2024	24.34	409^th	535	23.6%

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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
2019	41.79	150^th	246	39.0%
2021	70.54	55^th	250	78.0%
2022	70.50	63^rd	257	75.5%
2023	55.81	94^th	244	61.5%
2024	35.05	159^th	243	34.6%

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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
2019	21.42	83^rd	100	17.0%
2021	22.99	41^st	50	18.0%
2022	19.74	55^th	63	12.7%
2023	21.07	45^th	57	21.1%
2024	22.52	60^th	78	23.1%

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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
2018	26.76	210^th	268	21.6%
2019	9.43	231^st	231	0.0%
2021	24.61	178^th	210	15.2%
2022	18.52	186^th	199	6.5%
2023	17.65	153^rd	167	8.4%
2024	19.93	150^th	179	16.2%

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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	47.63	171^st	349	51.0%
2019	43.57	257^th	448	42.6%
2021	37.39	295^th	458	35.6%
2022	28.25	369^th	475	22.3%
2023	31.23	324^th	463	30.0%
2024	27.70	344^th	455	24.4%

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Rank History for Migrant students at Mcloughlin Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	57.24	10^th	43	76.7%
2019	70.91	6^th	39	84.6%
2021	85.93	1^st	38	97.4%
2022	70.06	6^th	36	83.3%

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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	41.00	227^th	376	39.6%
2019	34.19	313^th	452	30.8%
2021	28.00	343^rd	469	26.9%
2022	24.26	370^th	479	22.8%
2023	23.86	364^th	464	21.6%
2024	28.60	341^st	464	26.5%

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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	36.28	239^th	371	35.6%
2019	44.96	246^th	453	45.7%
2021	32.21	317^th	476	33.4%
2022	26.71	359^th	480	25.2%
2023	26.52	356^th	470	24.3%
2024	19.11	397^th	466	14.8%

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Rank History for Asian students at Mcloughlin Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	43.37	83^rd	152	45.4%

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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
2019	49.41	163^rd	344	52.6%
2021	30.92	234^th	353	33.7%
2022	28.45	259^th	360	28.1%
2023	28.98	240^th	336	28.6%
2024	28.29	252^nd	344	26.7%

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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	45.60	172^nd	325	47.1%
2019	46.25	265^th	470	43.6%
2021	47.39	247^th	480	48.5%
2022	38.30	301^st	488	38.3%
2023	41.70	276^th	488	43.4%
2024	36.24	315^th	486	35.2%

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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	488	36	17	226	7	n/a	n/a	0	774
1989	444	33	19	282	5	n/a	n/a	0	783
1990	458	42	22	307	6	n/a	n/a	0	835
1991	527	40	23	370	5	n/a	n/a	0	965
1992	530	45	28	448	4	n/a	n/a	0	1055
1993	564	50	32	477	6	n/a	n/a	0	1129
1994	515	49	24	512	3	n/a	n/a	0	1103
1995	494	30	18	585	6	n/a	n/a	0	1133
1996	494	30	18	585	6	n/a	n/a	0	1133
1997	482	29	17	604	6	n/a	n/a	0	1138
1998	448	26	23	595	7	n/a	n/a	0	1099
1999	444	27	17	618	3	n/a	n/a	0	1109
2000	434	27	11	592	4	n/a	n/a	0	1068
2001	436	28	15	646	7	n/a	n/a	0	1132
2002	479	13	26	363	3	n/a	n/a	0	884
2003	479	13	26	363	3	n/a	n/a	0	884
2004	504	20	24	328	5	n/a	n/a	0	881
2005	530	31	27	364	4	n/a	n/a	0	956
2006	585	39	33	406	7	n/a	n/a	0	1070
2007	653	48	43	460	7	n/a	n/a	2	1213
2008	658	50	38	537	10	n/a	n/a	0	1293
2009	682	41	37	542	11	n/a	n/a	9	1322
2010	684	34	41	599	10	n/a	n/a	26	1394
2011	1057	31	41	332	5	1	6	0	1473
2012	750	39	35	682	4	2	51	0	1563
2013	765	46	38	711	6	5	51	0	1622
2014	780	50	45	752	2	2	54	0	1685
2015	803	41	48	831	3	3	70	0	1799
2016	496	19	28	575	3	2	53	0	1176
2017	502	23	30	609	3	5	70	0	1242
2018	555	17	23	615	4	7	59	0	1280
2019	605	11	21	649	5	5	60	0	1356
2020	583	17	19	704	3	2	76	0	1404
2021	392	10	16	627	1	7	56	1	1110
2022	369	12	18	641	3	4	52	0	1099
2023	366	9	17	631	3	5	46	1	1078
2024	363	13	19	645	3	4	39	1	1087

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	774	40.0	19.3	0
1989	783	38.0	20.6	n/a
1990	835	38.0	21.9	0
1991	965	46.1	20.9	n/a
1992	1055	52.0	20.2	n/a
1993	1129	53.0	21.3	n/a
1994	1103	58.5	18.9	n/a
1995	1133	57.9	19.6	n/a
1996	1133	57.9	19.6	n/a
1997	1138	57.5	19.8	n/a
1998	1099	55.0	20.0	n/a
1999	1109	58.0	19.1	n/a
2000	1068	55.4	19.3	n/a
2001	1132	53.7	21.1	n/a
2002	884	46.2	19.1	40.3
2003	884	46.2	19.1	40.3
2004	881	50.0	17.6	38.9
2005	956	50.0	19.1	44.4
2006	1070	54.3	19.7	44.9
2007	1213	62.8	19.3	40.9
2008	1293	71.1	18.2	41
2009	1322	71.1	18.6	41.6
2010	1394	74.2	18.7	47.1
2011	1473	76.3	19.3	45.8
2012	1563	78.4	19.9	47
2013	1622	82.9	19.5	39.5
2014	1685	n/a	n/a	51.9
2015	1799	89.0	20.2	52.4
2016	1176	67.0	17.5	45.9
2017	1242	70.0	17.7	52.4
2018	1280	69.6	18.3	52.4
2019	1356	75.2	18.0	53.2
2020	1404	76.0	18.4	53.1
2021	1110	65.5	16.9	60.2
2022	1099	67.9	16.1	60.1
2023	1078	61.0	17.6	64.2
2024	1087	57.5	18.8	66.1

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	774	40.0	19.3	0
1989	783	38.0	20.6	n/a
1990	835	38.0	21.9	0
1991	965	46.1	20.9	n/a
1992	1055	52.0	20.2	n/a
1993	1129	53.0	21.3	n/a
1994	1103	58.5	18.9	n/a
1995	1133	57.9	19.6	n/a
1996	1133	57.9	19.6	n/a
1997	1138	57.5	19.8	n/a
1998	1099	55.0	20.0	n/a
1999	1109	58.0	19.1	n/a
2000	1068	55.4	19.3	n/a
2001	1132	53.7	21.1	n/a
2002	884	46.2	19.1	40.3
2003	884	46.2	19.1	40.3
2004	881	50.0	17.6	38.9
2005	956	50.0	19.1	44.4
2006	1070	54.3	19.7	44.9
2007	1213	62.8	19.3	40.9
2008	1293	71.1	18.2	41
2009	1322	71.1	18.6	41.6
2010	1394	74.2	18.7	47.1
2011	1473	76.3	19.3	45.8
2012	1563	78.4	19.9	47
2013	1622	82.9	19.5	39.5
2014	1685	n/a	n/a	51.9
2015	1799	89.0	20.2	52.4
2016	1176	67.0	17.5	45.9
2017	1242	70.0	17.7	52.4
2018	1280	69.6	18.3	52.4
2019	1356	75.2	18.0	53.2
2020	1404	76.0	18.4	53.1
2021	1110	65.5	16.9	60.2
2022	1099	67.9	16.1	60.1
2023	1078	61.0	17.6	64.2
2024	1087	57.5	18.8	66.1

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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