WashingtonSchoolsHunt Middle School

Hunt Middle School

PublicRegular
Tacoma, Washington · Tacoma School District
Teachers26.0FTE
Ratio18.6:1students per teacher
Students484enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students484
Grade Span6–8
Student:Teacher18.6:1
Free/Reduced Lunch57%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
3.8%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
29
12%vs prior yr
Enrollment
519
7.2%vs prior yr
Avg Experience
10
years
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

8.0:129.4:150.8:172.1:193.5:1114.9:12021202220232024107.5:119.0:118.6:117.9:1Hunt Middle SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

191261332402473543061219253120212022202320242154004845192212629EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric2021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment215400484519
Teacher FTE2212629
Pupil : Teacher ratio107.5:119.0:118.6:117.9:115.4:1

Teacher Experience & Qualifications (2024)

Average years of experience10.0 yrs
Novice teachers (< 3 yrs)0%
Hold advanced degree82%
Source: State Department of Education teacher workforce reports.

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 20212024 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.