WashingtonSchoolsGranite Falls Middle School

Granite Falls Middle School

PublicRegular
Granite Falls, Washington · Granite Falls School District
Teachers22.0FTE
Ratio21.0:1students per teacher
Students462enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students462
Grade Span6–8
Student:Teacher21.0:1
Free/Reduced Lunch50%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Pupil : Teacher Ratio
19.5:1
(2024)
7.1%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
23
(2024)
4.5%vs prior yr
Enrollment
448
(2024)
3.0%vs prior yr
Years of Data
5
2020–2024

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

14.9:116.3:117.7:119.1:120.5:121.9:12020202120222023202421.4:119.8:118.8:121.0:119.5:115.4:115.4:115.4:115.4:115.4:1This schoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

444455466478489500222324242526202020212022202320244704964894624482225262223EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment470496489462448
Teacher FTE2225262223
Pupil : Teacher ratio21.4:119.8:118.8:121.0:119.5:115.4:1

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.