Best Middle Schools in Washington

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the WCAS and SBAC test scores by the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction. The most recent update was on Tuesday, September 10, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 535)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
530423001843	1	Northstar Middle School	Public	6-8	10903 NE 53rd St	Kirkland	98033	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-1760	89	4	21.1	3.4%	30 (33.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.5%)	49 (55.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.6%)	$16,957			$862			$16,095	99.7			(n/a)
530423002568	2	International Community School	Public, Magnet	6-12	11133 NE 65th ST	Kirkland	98033	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	Yes	No	No	(425) 936-2380	405	23	17.9	3.7%	109 (26.9%)	5 (1.2%)	17 (4.2%)	247 (61.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.4%)	$18,755			$507			$18,248	99.7	99.6	2
530825002484	3	Libby Center	Public	K-8	2900 E 1St Ave	Spokane	99202	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 354-7500	554	35	15.8	31.0%	390 (70.4%)	2 (0.4%)	83 (15.0%)	29 (5.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (8.3%)	$13,183			$914			$12,269	99.5	99.8	1	2
530423002726	4	Environmental & Adventure School	Public, Magnet	6-8	8040 NE 132nd	Kirkland	98034	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	Yes	No	No	(425) 936-2355	137	6	22.8	3.6%	83 (60.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.2%)	39 (28.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (8.8%)	$15,453			$506			$14,947	99.1	98.9	5	1
530423001841	5	Evergreen Middle School	Public	6-8	6900 208th AVE NE	Redmond	98053	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-2320	771	41	18.8	10.2%	193 (25.0%)	18 (2.3%)	71 (9.2%)	450 (58.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (4.7%)	$18,475			$1,231			$17,244	98.8	98.1	7	2
530423002983	6	Stella Schola	Public, Magnet	6-8	13505 NE 75th Street	Redmond	98052	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	Yes	No	No	(425) 936-2475	89	3	28.7	7.9%	33 (37.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.5%)	44 (49.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (7.9%)	$13,172			$506			$12,666	98.7	99.1	3	3
530423003708	7	Timberline Middle School	Public	6-8	9900 Redmond Ridge Drive NE	Redmond	98053	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-2820	752	37	20.2	9.7%	248 (33.0%)	13 (1.7%)	63 (8.4%)	375 (49.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (6.6%)	$17,372			$506			$16,866	98.6	98.5	6	1
530039003149	8	International School	Public	6-12	445 128th Ave SE	Bellevue	98005	King County	Bellevue School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 456-6500	593	31	19.2	8.4%	159 (26.8%)	7 (1.2%)	33 (5.6%)	328 (55.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (10.3%)	$16,581			$578			$16,002	98.5	98.9	4	4
530375001495	9	Beaver Lake Middle School	Public	6-8	25025 SE 32nd St	Issaquah	98029	King County	Issaquah School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 837-4150	807	36	22.5	9.3%	304 (37.7%)	19 (2.4%)	77 (9.5%)	332 (41.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	73 (9.0%)	$16,747			$1,321			$15,426	97.7	96.7	15	6
530423002435	10	Inglewood Middle School	Public	6-8	24120 NE 8th ST	Sammamish	98074	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-2360	1,211	56	21.5	5.4%	523 (43.2%)	17 (1.4%)	81 (6.7%)	496 (41.0%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	82 (6.8%)	$16,586			$1,030			$15,556	97.6	97.8	8	2

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SBAC English Language Arts, SBAC Math, WCAS Science test scores released by the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on September 10, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.