Mercer Middle School
1600 South Columbian Wy
Seattle WA, 98108, King County
Phone: 206-252-8000
Ranking: 
(642 out of 1,485, top 43%)*
(642 out of 1,485, top 43%)*Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Seattle School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | NA | NA | 50 | 41 | 46 | 38 | 40 | 40 | ||||||
| Total Students: | 954 | 982 | 920 | 806 | 739 | 696 | 728 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 320 | 33.5% | 347 | 35.3% | 325 | 35.3% | 319 | 39.6% | 269 | 36.4% | 237 | 34.1% | 246 | 33.8% |
| Grade 7: | 325 | 34.1% | 321 | 32.7% | 316 | 34.3% | 259 | 32.1% | 237 | 32.1% | 231 | 33.2% | 238 | 32.7% |
| Grade 8: | 309 | 32.4% | 314 | 32.0% | 279 | 30.3% | 228 | 28.3% | 233 | 31.5% | 228 | 32.8% | 244 | 33.5% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 496 | 52.0% | 520 | 53.0% | 495 | 53.8% | 438 | 54.3% | 386 | 52.2% | 356 | 51.1% | 368 | 50.5% |
| Female: | 458 | 48.0% | 462 | 47.0% | 425 | 46.2% | 368 | 45.7% | 345 | 46.7% | 332 | 47.7% | 356 | 48.9% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 5 | 0.5% | 9 | 0.9% | 10 | 1.1% | 9 | 1.1% | 10 | 1.4% | 10 | 1.4% | 14 | 1.9% |
| Asian: | 458 | 48.0% | 498 | 50.7% | 481 | 52.3% | 422 | 52.4% | 379 | 51.3% | 361 | 51.9% | 363 | 49.9% |
| Hispanic: | 148 | 15.5% | 146 | 14.9% | 126 | 13.7% | 120 | 14.9% | 101 | 13.7% | 100 | 14.4% | 98 | 13.5% |
| Black: | 220 | 23.1% | 235 | 23.9% | 247 | 26.8% | 209 | 25.9% | 211 | 28.6% | 178 | 25.6% | 207 | 28.4% |
| White: | 78 | 8.2% | 61 | 6.2% | 37 | 4.0% | 40 | 5.0% | 38 | 5.1% | 47 | 6.8% | 46 | 6.3% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 4 | 0.4% | 7 | 0.7% | 4 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 41 | 4.3% | 26 | 2.6% | 15 | 1.6% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 512 | 53.7% | 527 | 53.7% | 517 | 56.2% | 458 | 56.8% | 430 | 58.2% | 363 | 52.2% | 383 | 52.6% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 177 | 18.6% | 186 | 18.9% | 156 | 17.0% | 146 | 18.1% | 114 | 15.4% | 134 | 19.3% | 111 | 15.2% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | NA | NA | 19.64 | 22.44 | 17.52 | 19.45 | 17.40 | 18.20 | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOC | ||||||
| 2011 | Math Year 1 | End of course | % met std | 98.4% | 60% | 62.4% |
| 2012 | Math Year 1 | End of course | % met std | 96.8% | 75.8% | 71% |
| 2013 | Math Year 1 | End of course | % met std | 93.1% | 86.4% | 80.7% |
| 2013 | Math Year 2 | End of course | % met std | 98.3% | 91.4% | 89.4% |
| MSP | ||||||
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 61.4% | 51.8% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 65.8% | 58.8% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 77.7% | 70.2% | 61.4% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.3% | 70.3% | 59.3% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.3% | 68.7% | 64.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 79% | 76.6% | 70.6% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 74.5% | 70.6% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 79.7% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 58% | 64.2% | 55.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.8% | 65.5% | 56.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 67.4% | 59.2% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.0% | 71.6% | 63.7% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.8% | 67.5% | 63.3% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 62.6% | 56.4% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 74.6% | 71.2% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.8% | 74.1% | 68.7% |
| 2010 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 71% | 70.2% |
| 2011 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 75.7% | 71% |
| 2012 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.6% | 74.3% | 71% |
| 2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.8% | 77.8% | 71.0% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 57% | 60.2% | 51.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.7% | 61.6% | 50.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 64.1% | 55.4% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.9% | 69.4% | 53.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.1% | 73.1% | 69.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.9% | 72.7% | 68.6% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.7% | 70.2% | 67.2% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.2% | 73.2% | 66.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.3% | 60.1% | 54.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 69.7% | 61.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 74.7% | 66.3% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.8% | 75.0% | 64.9% |
| WASL | ||||||
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 36.7% | 49.3% | 49.4% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 31% | 49.6% | 49.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 37% | 51.4% | 48.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 57.9% | 50.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 61% | 62.2% | 66.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 51% | 66.8% | 67.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 70.9% | 68.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.1% | 74.4% | 72% |
| 2004 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 32.5% | 43.6% | 46.3% |
| 2005 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 33.1% | 47.3% | 50.8% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 39% | 47.3% | 48.5% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 45% | 53.1% | 54.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 42% | 52.3% | 50.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.2% | 56.2% | 51.8% |
| 2004 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.2% | 55.1% | 60.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.9% | 63.5% | 69% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.2% | 59.2% | 61.5% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.5% | 67.5% | 68.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 63% | 62.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.5% | 62% | 59.3% |
| 2004 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 52% | 55.3% | 57.9% |
| 2005 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 57.8% | 61.2% |
| 2006 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.4% | 65.1% | 64.5% |
| 2007 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.8% | 67.2% | 68.1% |
| 2008 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.3% | 72.8% | 69.7% |
| 2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 74.8% | 69.7% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 35.2% | 47.5% | 48.8% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 41% | 49.5% | 49.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 44.8% | 53.3% | 51.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.4% | 53.8% | 50.8% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 67.7% | 70.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.2% | 63.5% | 64.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.2% | 65.8% | 65.9% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.7% | 69.6% | 67.5% |
| 2004 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 18.3% | 34.5% | 39.4% |
| 2005 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 13.8% | 31.7% | 36.4% |
| 2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 24.5% | 37% | 42.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 28.8% | 41.8% | 44.4% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 30.4% | 45.4% | 47.9% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.7% | 52% | 51.1% |
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* Mercer Middle School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.