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)
530132000237	271	Lincoln Middle School	Public	7-8	1945 4th Ave	Clarkston	99403	Asotin County	Clarkston School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 758-5506	318	20	15.5	60.4%	252 (79.2%)	2 (0.6%)	31 (9.7%)	4 (1.3%)	10 (3.1%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (5.7%)	$16,766			$539			$16,227	45.8	37.4	319	48
530183000292	272	Crescent School	Public, Alternative	K-12	50350 Hwy 112	Port Angeles	98363	Clallam County	Crescent School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 928-3311	214	19	11	64.0%	161 (75.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.6%)	1 (0.5%)	20 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (9.3%)	$22,915			$2,799			$20,116	45.5	70.4	136	136
530147000276	273	John Sager Middle School	Public	6-8	1775 South College Avenue	College Place	99324	Walla Walla County	College Place School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 525-5300	351	23	15.4	58.7%	159 (45.3%)	7 (2.0%)	172 (49.0%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.0%)	$16,065			$2,369			$13,697	45.4	28.5	388	115
530396001780	274	Mattson Middle School	Public	6-8	16400 SE 251st ST	Covington	98042	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 373-7670	617	32	19.2	54.3%	226 (36.6%)	54 (8.8%)	146 (23.7%)	116 (18.8%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.5%)	66 (10.7%)	$18,001			$391			$17,610	45.3	46.7	255	19
530975001659	275	White Pass Junior Senior High School	Public	7-12	516 Silverbrook Road	Randle	98377	Lewis County	White Pass School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 497-5816	161	10	15.6	65.8%	124 (77.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (18.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.7%)	$23,682			$1,313			$22,369	45.1	34	344	69
530802000540	276	Centennial Middle School	Public	7-8	3000 South Machias Road	Snohomish	98290	Snohomish County	Snohomish School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 563-4525	720	34	20.9	28.3%	535 (74.3%)	6 (0.8%)	100 (13.9%)	16 (2.2%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	46 (6.4%)	$16,059			$208			$15,851	45.1	58	195	81
530393003586	277	Chinook Middle School	Public	6-8	6011 W 10th Place	Kennewick	99338	Benton County	Kennewick School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 222-7500	882	43	20.5	51.1%	526 (59.6%)	19 (2.2%)	257 (29.1%)	17 (1.9%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	55 (6.2%)	$15,240			$1,282			$13,957	45.1	55.1	207	70
530945001601	278	Garrison Middle School	Public	6-8	906 Chase St	Walla Walla	99362	Walla Walla County	Walla Walla Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 527-3040	560	35	15.9	67.3%	266 (47.5%)	8 (1.4%)	251 (44.8%)	5 (0.9%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (4.6%)	$17,978			$2,234			$15,744	44.9	48.1	248	30
530255000374	279	Entiat Middle and High School	Public	6-12	2650 Entiat Way	Entiat	98822	Chelan County	Entiat School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 784-1800	141	12	12.1	70.9%	68 (48.2%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (48.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	$21,711			$2,048			$19,662	44.8	48.8	244	35
530501000767	280	Meridian Middle School	Public	6-8	861 Ten Mile Road	Lynden	98264	Whatcom County	Meridian School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 398-2291	382	23	16.9	47.9%	235 (61.5%)	1 (0.3%)	90 (23.6%)	26 (6.8%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (7.1%)	$17,457			$799			$16,659	44.5	40.7	299	19

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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.