About Us

Our Mission:
Key Peninsula Middle School is a learning community where parents, staff and students come together to fulfill a common purpose: student growth in academics, the cultivation of personal strengths and talents, and the development of individual responsibilities. Our goal is for students to become self-directed learners. Key Peninsula is a mutually supportive environment where the recognition of differences and the respect for the rights of others are paramount.

Community Use:
Key Peninsula is regularly used by community groups for meetings, athletic events or evening classes. Children's Home Society and other agencies often provide additional community support services through Key Peninsula Middle School. The school's building and play fields are available for community groups and organizations. For information about community use, call the school at 530-4200.

Building Condition:
Key Peninsula was constructed in 1981. Since that time, Key Peninsula Middle School has undergone two remodels and additions, the most recent one completed in 1994. Key Peninsula's facility contains 22 regular teaching stations, 6 portable classrooms, industrial arts area, 2 music rooms, 2 computer labs, one full-size gym, and an additional 1/2 gym, 2 extensive athletic fields, and a regulation cinder track. We take great pride in our facility and the care that students and staff give it.

Budget:
The Peninsula School District's General Fund operating budget for 2002-2003 is $66,626,696.

The approximate average expenditure per student is $7, 402.


Test Results

Public schools in Washington State are required to give two types of tests to students every year.

1. A norm referenced test - Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) - is given to students in grades 3, 6 and 9 and the results from this test indicate the performance of a school in relation to other schools in the nation. For example - an elementary school score of 60 percentile on this test means that the school performed better than 60% of all elementary schools in the nation that took this test.
2. 
   A criterion referenced test, Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) - is given to students in grades 4 (Reading, Writing and Math), grade 5 (Science), grade 7 (Reading, Writing and Math), grade 8 (Science), and grade 10 (Reading, Writing, Math and Science). The results of this test indicate the performance of a school based on a set of academic standards. In Washington these standards are called Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs) and they are explained in more detail at the state's Public Instruction website . An example of interpreting these results, a 7th grade score of 60 in Reading means that 60% of 7th grade students in the school met the state's academic standard in Reading.

The Reading and Math results of the WASL are also used as a yardstick to determine whether schools are meeting the goals set by the "No Child Left Behind" federal legislation. Every year from 2002 to 2014 the percent of students who meet state standards are expected to increase until, in 2014, all students meet the Reading and Math standard. If a school/district has met this yearly goal then they are considered to have met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).

Test and AYP results can be found on the state's Report Card web site. Additional school and district information that can be found on this web site:

• Enrollment
• Gender and ethnicity information
• Free & Reduced Lunch participation
• Attendance rate (elementary & middle school) an graduation rate
  (high school)
• Student/teacher ratio
• Teacher experience & education
• Comparisons to other schools