📍 402 Yelm Ave. W, Yelm, Thurston County, 98597
Yelm Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Yelm, Thurston County. The school has 696 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Yelm School District school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.3:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Yelm Middle School enrolls 696 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 36 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% White, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 11% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 412 | 60% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 133 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 76 | 11% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 24 | 3.5% |
| Black or African American | 18 | 2.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 17 | 2.5% |
| Asian | 11 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
367 of the school's 696 students (53%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 284 qualify for free lunch and 83 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Yelm Middle School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 2, state house district 2.
Yelm Middle School is one of 10 schools in Yelm School District, based in YELM, Washington. The district serves 5,671 students district-wide and employs 322 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 696 students, Yelm Middle School is larger than the district average of about 567 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe