WashingtonSchoolsRidgeline Middle School

Ridgeline Middle School

PublicRegular
Yelm, Washington · Yelm School District
Teachers34.0FTE
Ratio17.0:1students per teacher
Students578enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students578
Grade Span6–8
Student:Teacher17.0:1
Free/Reduced Lunch47%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
24%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
27
20.6%vs prior yr
Enrollment
568
1.7%vs prior yr
Years of Data
5
2020–2024
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

15.0:116.3:117.6:118.8:120.1:121.4:12020202120222023202420.5:117.7:117.4:117.0:121.0:1Ridgeline Middle SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

562578594611627643262830313335202020212022202320246375855745785683133333427EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment637585574578568
Teacher FTE3133333427
Pupil : Teacher ratio20.5:117.7:117.4:117.0:121.0:115.4:1

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.