WashingtonSchoolsColumbia Middle School

Columbia Middle School

PublicRegular
MOSES LAKE, Washington · Moses Lake School District
Teachers47.0FTE
Ratio18.5:1students per teacher
Students871enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students871
Grade Span6–8
Student:Teacher18.5:1
Free/Reduced Lunch61%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
18%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
40
14.9%vs prior yr
Enrollment
875
0.5%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

14.9:116.4:117.9:119.4:120.9:122.4:12020202120222023202420.8:119.2:118.7:118.5:121.9:1Columbia Middle SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

859875891908924940394143444648202020212022202320249348658788718754545474740EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment934865878871875
Teacher FTE4545474740
Pupil : Teacher ratio20.8:119.2:118.7:118.5:121.9:115.4:1

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.