WashingtonSchoolsGlacier Middle School

Glacier Middle School

PublicRegular
SeaTac, Washington · Highline School District
Teachers47.0FTE
Ratio16.7:1students per teacher
Students785enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students785
Grade Span6–8
Student:Teacher16.7:1
Free/Reduced Lunch78%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Pupil : Teacher Ratio
22.9:1
(2024)
37%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
35
(2024)
25.5%vs prior yr
Enrollment
803
(2024)
2.3%vs prior yr
Years of Data
5
2020–2024
Counselor : Pupils
ASCA max 1:250
Nurse : Pupils
NASN max 1:750
Psychologist : Pupils
NASP max 1:500
Social Worker : Pupils
SSWAA max 1:250

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

14.8:116.5:118.3:120.0:121.8:123.5:12020202120222023202419.2:119.2:121.4:116.7:122.9:115.4:115.4:115.4:115.4:115.4:1Glacier Middle SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

769815860906951997343741454952202020212022202320249818468557858035144404735EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment981846855785803
Teacher FTE5144404735
Pupil : Teacher ratio19.2:119.2:121.4:116.7:122.9:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.