Is Aylen Junior High a good school?

Aylen Junior High ranks 254 th of 535 Washington middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Aylen Junior High?

In the 2023-24 school year, 713 students attended Aylen Junior High.

What is the racial makeup of Aylen Junior High?

Students at Aylen Junior High are 52% White, 21% Hispanic, 12% Two or more races, 6% Asian, 5% African American, 2% Pacific Islander, 2% American Indian.

What high school do graduates of Aylen Junior High attend?

Students who attend Aylen Junior High usually go on to attend Puyallup High School

Aylen Junior High

Summary:

Aylen Junior High is a public middle school located in Puyallup, Washington, serving grades 7-9 with a student population of 711. The school is part of the Puyallup School District, which is ranked 88 out of 247 districts in Washington and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Aylen Junior High has a more diverse student population compared to some nearby schools, with a higher percentage of Hispanic (20.39%) and multi-racial (12.24%) students. Academically, the school's performance, as measured by SBAC and WCAS test scores, is generally lower than the Puyallup School District and Washington state averages across various subjects and grade levels. However, the school's performance for Hispanic students is notably stronger, with this subgroup ranking higher than the state average in several test areas. Aylen Junior High also has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 36.01% to 43.6% over the past few years, which is higher than the rates at some nearby schools like Sumner Middle School and Lakeridge Middle School.

Interestingly, Aylen Junior High has seen a significant increase in its per-student spending, from $9,072 in 2019-2020 to $16,424 in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the nearby schools. However, the school's student-teacher ratio has fluctuated over the past few years, ranging from 18.8 to 21.4 students per teacher, which is generally higher than the nearby schools. These factors suggest that Aylen Junior High is making efforts to support and improve the educational outcomes for its diverse student population, despite some academic challenges compared to higher-performing nearby schools.

Detail:

Public 7-9

101 15th St SW
Puyallup, WA 98371-5251

(253) 841-8723

District: Puyallup School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
254^th of 535 Washington Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,424

Students who attend Aylen Junior High usually attend:

High:

Puyallup High School

Feeder schools for Aylen Junior High:

Elementary:	Fruitland Elementary
	Karshner Elementary
	Maplewood Elementary
	Waller Road Elementary

Student/teacher ratio: 21.4

Number of students: 713

Racial breakdown:

White:

51.9%

Hispanic:

20.8%

Two or more races:

12.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 44.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Aylen Junior High ranks better than 52.5% of middle schools in Washington. It also ranks last among 7 ranked middle schools in the Puyallup School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 49.33. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Aylen Junior High is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (51.9%), Hispanic (20.8%), two or more races (12.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 44.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Aylen Junior High is 21.4. 3 middle schools in the Puyallup School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Aylen Junior High employs 33.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Aylen Junior High is $16,424, which is the 2^nd highest among 7 middle schools in the Puyallup School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Aylen Junior High:

SchoolDigger ranks Aylen Junior High 254^th of 535 Washington public middle schools. (See Aylen Junior High in the ranking list.)

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Puyallup School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Puyallup School District 88^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Aylen Junior High

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Rank History for all students at Aylen Junior High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	57.44	177^th	421	58.0%
2005	50.10	227^th	425	46.6%
2006	41.80	275^th	449	38.8%
2007	47.40	246^th	463	46.9%
2008	51.15	221^st	466	52.6%
2009	51.09	232^nd	476	51.3%
2010	51.49	236^th	483	51.1%
2011	52.11	236^th	492	52.0%
2012	53.78	222^nd	497	55.3%
2013	46.59	277^th	498	44.4%
2015	44.78	233^rd	445	47.6%
2016	54.10	194^th	443	56.2%
2017	58.34	180^th	435	58.6%
2018	61.73	155^th	437	64.5%
2019	65.66	157^th	512	69.3%
2021	47.19	258^th	529	51.2%
2022	45.44	266^th	541	50.8%
2023	37.43	320^th	539	40.6%
2024	49.33	254^th	535	52.5%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Aylen Junior High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	66.29	61^st	166	63.3%
2019	60.56	97^th	246	60.6%
2021	46.30	127^th	250	49.2%
2022	35.43	161^st	257	37.4%
2023	27.41	184^th	244	24.6%
2024	25.00	195^th	243	19.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Aylen Junior High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	33.69	91^st	135	32.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Aylen Junior High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	40.52	139^th	268	48.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Aylen Junior High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	50.57	155^th	349	55.6%
2019	56.64	162^nd	448	63.8%
2021	56.48	161^st	458	64.8%
2022	49.10	203^rd	475	57.3%
2023	35.61	299^th	463	35.4%
2024	55.98	179^th	455	60.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Aylen Junior High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	51.94	174^th	376	53.7%
2019	62.33	155^th	452	65.7%
2021	41.36	268^th	469	42.9%
2022	43.65	255^th	479	46.8%
2023	33.60	307^th	464	33.8%
2024	45.36	240^th	464	48.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Aylen Junior High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	66.00	110^th	371	70.4%
2019	67.34	126^th	453	72.2%
2021	52.24	197^th	476	58.6%
2022	46.76	223^rd	480	53.5%
2023	38.68	284^th	470	39.6%
2024	51.06	212^th	466	54.5%

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Rank History for Asian students at Aylen Junior High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	48.77	65^th	123	47.2%
2019	55.38	67^th	152	55.9%
2021	57.89	61^st	149	59.1%
2022	50.52	81^st	161	49.7%
2023	47.17	80^th	145	44.8%
2024	57.10	59^th	148	60.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Aylen Junior High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	47.01	132^nd	259	49.0%
2019	50.61	152^nd	344	55.8%
2021	56.95	117^th	353	66.9%
2022	64.04	95^th	360	73.6%
2023	40.39	185^th	336	44.9%
2024	62.73	101^st	344	70.6%

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Rank History for White students at Aylen Junior High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	53.39	143^rd	325	56.0%
2019	63.14	150^th	470	68.1%
2021	43.77	267^th	480	44.4%
2022	36.96	309^th	488	36.7%
2023	33.61	332^nd	488	32.0%
2024	44.84	271^st	486	44.2%

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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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by a parent
Thursday, April 5, 2012

worst school ever. my son was bullied there and they basically let them get away with everything. not to also mention that almost every week we get a call asking us for money for charities to a point beyond annoying Close Quote

Enrollment information for Aylen Junior High

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	592	9	15	5	20	n/a	n/a	0	641
1989	626	12	13	10	16	n/a	n/a	0	677
1990	663	10	17	9	18	n/a	n/a	0	717
1991	674	6	20	12	21	n/a	n/a	0	733
1992	674	8	29	13	22	n/a	n/a	0	746
1993	717	9	30	16	23	n/a	n/a	0	795
1994	743	14	39	20	18	n/a	n/a	0	834
1995	753	19	27	30	12	n/a	n/a	0	841
1996	753	19	27	30	12	n/a	n/a	0	841
1997	735	24	30	41	19	n/a	n/a	0	849
1998	776	23	37	37	23	n/a	n/a	0	896
1999	756	31	45	47	28	n/a	n/a	0	907
2000	762	23	50	35	20	n/a	n/a	0	890
2001	728	16	48	31	16	n/a	n/a	0	839
2002	721	24	45	34	23	n/a	n/a	0	847
2003	721	24	45	34	23	n/a	n/a	0	847
2004	728	26	47	38	28	n/a	n/a	0	867
2005	725	21	41	47	15	n/a	n/a	44	893
2006	682	20	39	68	24	n/a	n/a	27	860
2007	623	9	39	59	18	n/a	n/a	43	791
2008	548	16	39	57	16	n/a	n/a	46	722
2009	551	15	53	63	18	n/a	n/a	37	737
2010	544	44	53	62	25	n/a	n/a	5	733
2011	527	15	27	69	14	11	45	0	708
2012	525	19	25	83	10	7	61	0	730
2013	499	13	21	99	14	6	57	0	709
2014	496	16	19	103	10	7	65	0	716
2015	448	17	18	104	10	3	49	0	649
2016	434	15	21	111	10	5	46	0	642
2017	423	19	30	135	11	5	68	0	691
2018	491	24	40	143	8	5	88	0	799
2019	489	21	46	148	12	10	102	0	828
2020	418	25	29	137	18	7	91	0	725
2021	402	20	35	143	20	2	100	0	722
2022	368	21	42	143	15	6	89	3	687
2023	378	31	44	145	12	9	87	5	711
2024	370	34	42	148	11	17	87	4	713

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 Aylen Junior High

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	641	30.0	21.3	0
1989	677	32.0	21.1	n/a
1990	717	31.4	22.8	0
1991	733	32.9	22.2	n/a
1992	746	33.1	22.5	n/a
1993	795	35.9	22.1	n/a
1994	834	38.0	21.9	n/a
1995	841	38.5	21.8	n/a
1996	841	38.5	21.8	n/a
1997	849	40.3	21.1	n/a
1998	896	43.6	20.6	n/a
1999	907	41.2	22.0	n/a
2000	890	43.2	20.6	n/a
2001	839	43.6	19.2	n/a
2002	847	44.3	19.1	22.7
2003	847	44.3	19.1	22.7
2004	867	41.0	21.1	22.5
2005	893	41.1	21.7	27.2
2006	860	41.2	20.9	25.3
2007	791	37.9	20.9	25.8
2008	722	34.2	21.1	25.1
2009	737	34.2	21.5	26.9
2010	733	35.3	20.7	28.6
2011	708	32.3	21.8	30.4
2012	730	34.9	20.8	35.8
2013	709	33.5	21.1	38.4
2014	716	n/a	n/a	37
2015	649	32.0	20.2	38.4
2016	642	30.0	21.4	39.7
2017	691	32.1	21.4	33.6
2018	799	39.0	20.4	31.4
2019	828	40.2	20.5	32.5
2020	725	33.3	21.7	37.5
2021	722	35.0	20.5	36
2022	687	36.3	18.8	39.9
2023	711	33.2	21.4	43.6
2024	713	33.2	21.4	44.6

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 Aylen Junior High

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	641	30.0	21.3	0
1989	677	32.0	21.1	n/a
1990	717	31.4	22.8	0
1991	733	32.9	22.2	n/a
1992	746	33.1	22.5	n/a
1993	795	35.9	22.1	n/a
1994	834	38.0	21.9	n/a
1995	841	38.5	21.8	n/a
1996	841	38.5	21.8	n/a
1997	849	40.3	21.1	n/a
1998	896	43.6	20.6	n/a
1999	907	41.2	22.0	n/a
2000	890	43.2	20.6	n/a
2001	839	43.6	19.2	n/a
2002	847	44.3	19.1	22.7
2003	847	44.3	19.1	22.7
2004	867	41.0	21.1	22.5
2005	893	41.1	21.7	27.2
2006	860	41.2	20.9	25.3
2007	791	37.9	20.9	25.8
2008	722	34.2	21.1	25.1
2009	737	34.2	21.5	26.9
2010	733	35.3	20.7	28.6
2011	708	32.3	21.8	30.4
2012	730	34.9	20.8	35.8
2013	709	33.5	21.1	38.4
2014	716	n/a	n/a	37
2015	649	32.0	20.2	38.4
2016	642	30.0	21.4	39.7
2017	691	32.1	21.4	33.6
2018	799	39.0	20.4	31.4
2019	828	40.2	20.5	32.5
2020	725	33.3	21.7	37.5
2021	722	35.0	20.5	36
2022	687	36.3	18.8	39.9
2023	711	33.2	21.4	43.6
2024	713	33.2	21.4	44.6

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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