WashingtonSchoolsOrting Middle School

Orting Middle School

PublicRegular
Orting, Washington · Orting School District
Teachers32.0FTE
Ratio19.5:1students per teacher
Students624enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students624
Grade Span6–8
Student:Teacher19.5:1
Free/Reduced Lunch37%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Pupil : Teacher Ratio
21.4:1
(2024)
9.7%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
30
(2024)
6.3%vs prior yr
Enrollment
643
(2024)
3.0%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

14.9:116.3:117.7:119.1:120.5:121.9:12020202120222023202418.1:120.0:119.3:119.5:121.4:115.4:115.4:115.4:115.4:115.4:1Orting Middle SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

571590609629648667303031323333202020212022202320245786606376246433233333230EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment578660637624643
Teacher FTE3233333230
Pupil : Teacher ratio18.1:120.0:119.3:119.5:121.4:115.4:1

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.