Best Middle Schools in Washington for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Washington!

Every year, the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Washington test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 179)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
530591003922	1	Northshore Learning Options	Public, Alternative	K-12	18101 Avondale Road NE	Woodinville	98077	King County	Northshore School District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(425) 408-6000	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								99.4%	81.7%	17.76%
530771003620	2	Robert Eagle Staff Middle School	Public	6-8	1330 N 90th St	Seattle	98103	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 413-2300	676	39	17.4	30.8%	376 (55.6%)	60 (8.9%)	98 (14.5%)	44 (6.5%)	4 (0.6%)	4 (0.6%)	80 (11.8%)	$18,954			$1,231			$17,723	98.9%	93.5%	5.42%
530771002017	3	Catharine Blaine K-8 School	Public	K-8	2550 34 Av W	Seattle	98199	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-1920	450	25	18.2	6.4%	310 (68.9%)	5 (1.1%)	32 (7.1%)	41 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	59 (13.1%)	$18,840			$1,347			$17,493	98.3%	97.6%	0.75%
530771002716	4	Salmon Bay K-8 School	Public	K-8	1810 NW 65 St	Seattle	98117	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-1720	657	38	17.1	10.4%	468 (71.2%)	8 (1.2%)	38 (5.8%)	24 (3.7%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	97 (14.8%)	$19,743			$1,214			$18,529	97.8%	94.8%	3.00%
530771001307	5	Tops K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	2500 Franklin Av E	Seattle	98102	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-3510	475	30	16.1	32.8%	205 (43.2%)	67 (14.1%)	36 (7.6%)	78 (16.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	84 (17.7%)	$20,233			$1,503			$18,730	97.2%	93.1%	4.12%
530771001207	6	Madison Middle School	Public	6-8	3429 45th AVE SW	Seattle	98116	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-9200	981	48	20.5	20.0%	612 (62.4%)	54 (5.5%)	98 (10.0%)	57 (5.8%)	4 (0.4%)	4 (0.4%)	139 (14.2%)	$18,382			$1,280			$17,102	96.6%	94.0%	2.63%
530591002571	7	Timbercrest Middle School	Public	6-8	19115 215 Wy NE	Woodinville	98077	King County	Northshore School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 408-6900	661	32	20.7	8.0%	466 (70.5%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (9.7%)	68 (10.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (8.8%)	$16,297			$515			$15,782	96.1%	94.4%	1.70%
530771001212	8	McClure Middle School	Public	6-8	1915 1 Av W	Seattle	98119	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-1900	429	22	19.8	18.9%	266 (62.0%)	15 (3.5%)	43 (10.0%)	29 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (15.2%)	$20,233			$1,756			$18,477	95.5%	89.2%	6.37%
530423003708	9	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	95.0%	98.7%	3.72%
530669001862	10	Kopachuck Middle School	Public	6-8	10414 56th St NW	Gig Harbor	98335	Pierce County	Peninsula School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 530-4100	462	23	20.3	17.5%	359 (77.7%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (9.3%)	7 (1.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	48 (10.4%)	$16,286			$515			$15,770	94.4%	90.8%	3.57%

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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.

Educational resources:

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Public School Districts and Their Services: A Comprehensive Guide

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.