📍 6229 S Tyler St, Tacoma, Pierce County, 98409
Gray Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Tacoma, Pierce County. The school has 521 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tacoma School District school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.6:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gray Middle School enrolls 521 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 27% Hispanic or Latino, 20% White and 19% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 142 | 27% |
| White | 105 | 20% |
| Black or African American | 100 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 86 | 17% |
| Asian | 54 | 10% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 24 | 4.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 | 1.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
406 of the school's 521 students (78%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 344 qualify for free lunch and 62 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gray Middle School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district WA-60, state senate district 29, state house district 29.
Gray Middle School is one of 69 schools in Tacoma School District, based in TACOMA, Washington. The district serves 28,847 students district-wide and employs 1,634 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 521 students, Gray Middle School is larger than the district average of about 418 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize