Is Chinook Middle School a good school?

Chinook Middle School ranks 60 th of 535 Washington middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Chinook Middle School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 735 students attended Chinook Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Chinook Middle School?

Students at Chinook Middle School are 38% Asian, 32% White, 13% Hispanic, 12% Two or more races, 4% African American.

What high school do graduates of Chinook Middle School attend?

Students who attend Chinook Middle School usually go on to attend Bellevue High School

Chinook Middle School

Summary:

Chinook Middle School is a high-performing public middle school in Bellevue, Washington, serving 814 students in grades 6-8. It is part of the Bellevue School District, which is ranked 18th out of 247 districts in the state and has a 5-star rating.

Chinook Middle School consistently ranks among the top middle schools in Washington, with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger and particularly strong performance in English Language Arts, where 68.74% of students are proficient or better, compared to the state average of 52.63%. The school's diverse student population, with 35.5% White, 34.89% Asian, and a range of other racial backgrounds, is a key strength. Chinook also ranks 8th out of 78 Washington middle schools for its support and education of English Language Learners, earning a 5-star rating in this area.

While Chinook Middle School's academic performance is generally stronger than nearby Tillicum Middle School and Tyee Middle School in the Bellevue School District, it lags behind some of the top-performing schools in the Lake Washington School District, such as Rose Hill Middle School and Stella Schola. However, Chinook Middle School remains a highly competitive and desirable option for families in the Bellevue area.

Detail:

Public 6-8

2001 98th Ave NE
Bellevue, WA 98004

(425) 456-6300

District: Bellevue School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
60^th of 535 Washington Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $17,771

Students who attend Chinook Middle School usually attend:

High:

Bellevue High School

Student/teacher ratio: 17.6

Number of students: 735

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

37.6%

White:

32.4%

Hispanic:

12.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 24.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Chinook Middle School ranks better than 88.8% of middle schools in Washington. It also ranks 4^th among 5 ranked middle schools in the Bellevue School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 87.3. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Chinook Middle School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Asian (37.6%), White (32.4%), Hispanic (12.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 24.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Chinook Middle School is 17.6, which is the 2^nd best among 5 middle schools in the Bellevue School District. (See more...)

Compare Chinook Middle School employs 41.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Chinook Middle School is $17,771, which is the 2^nd highest among 5 middle schools in the Bellevue School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Chinook Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Chinook Middle School 60^th of 535 Washington public middle schools. (See Chinook Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Bellevue School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Bellevue School District 18^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Chinook Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Chinook Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	85.53	41^st	421	90.3%
2005	94.48	18^th	425	95.8%
2006	90.31	24^th	449	94.7%
2007	92.96	16^th	463	96.5%
2008	88.90	25^th	466	94.6%
2009	89.10	28^th	476	94.1%
2010	89.37	27^th	483	94.4%
2011	90.23	24^th	492	95.1%
2012	90.33	23^rd	497	95.4%
2013	89.84	23^rd	498	95.4%
2015	94.17	17^th	445	96.2%
2016	93.46	19^th	443	95.7%
2017	88.44	37^th	435	91.5%
2018	87.10	51^st	437	88.3%
2019	88.26	48^th	512	90.6%
2021	89.25	50^th	529	90.5%
2022	88.52	54^th	541	90.0%
2023	87.69	58^th	539	89.2%
2024	87.30	60^th	535	88.8%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Chinook Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	82.80	27^th	166	83.7%
2019	84.42	33^rd	246	86.6%
2021	90.30	14^th	250	94.4%
2022	78.34	44^th	257	82.9%
2023	84.03	26^th	244	89.3%
2024	83.97	35^th	243	85.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Chinook Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	97.84	1^st	135	99.3%
2019	83.76	12^th	100	88.0%
2021	74.18	10^th	50	80.0%
2022	80.62	10^th	63	84.1%
2023	91.27	4^th	57	93.0%
2024	87.85	8^th	78	89.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Chinook Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	53.46	82^nd	268	69.4%
2019	66.48	43^rd	231	81.4%
2021	45.30	91^st	210	56.7%
2022	37.82	109^th	199	45.2%
2023	31.23	111^th	167	33.5%
2024	67.73	39^th	179	78.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Chinook Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	36.59	230^th	349	34.1%
2019	59.58	140^th	448	68.8%
2021	60.69	134^th	458	70.7%
2022	53.27	173^rd	475	63.6%
2023	61.11	146^th	463	68.5%
2024	67.27	113^th	455	75.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Chinook Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	84.85	52^nd	376	86.2%
2019	87.59	40^th	452	91.2%
2021	91.02	38^th	469	91.9%
2022	90.25	41^st	479	91.4%
2023	88.36	44^th	464	90.5%
2024	88.90	41^st	464	91.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Chinook Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	86.67	44^th	371	88.1%
2019	87.34	50^th	453	89.0%
2021	87.09	53^rd	476	88.9%
2022	85.93	57^th	480	88.1%
2023	85.97	60^th	470	87.2%
2024	84.67	62^nd	466	86.7%

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Rank History for Asian students at Chinook Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	74.42	33^rd	123	73.2%
2019	74.91	34^th	152	77.6%
2021	83.01	26^th	149	82.6%
2022	80.52	35^th	161	78.3%
2023	82.66	27^th	145	81.4%
2024	79.01	33^rd	148	77.7%

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Rank History for African American students at Chinook Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2021	48.13	49^th	106	53.8%
2022	79.08	14^th	104	86.5%
2023	61.51	32^nd	96	66.7%
2024	56.18	33^rd	90	63.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Chinook Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	63.27	77^th	259	70.3%
2019	72.99	66^th	344	80.8%
2021	76.21	56^th	353	84.1%
2022	69.51	76^th	360	78.9%
2023	62.43	98^th	336	70.8%
2024	63.66	97^th	344	71.8%

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Rank History for White students at Chinook Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	77.45	72^nd	325	77.8%
2019	83.64	58^th	470	87.7%
2021	78.57	83^rd	480	82.7%
2022	81.19	73^rd	488	85.0%
2023	78.40	88^th	488	82.0%
2024	79.11	79^th	486	83.7%

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Data source: test scores: Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Chinook Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	505	8	47	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	566
1989	497	10	54	6	1	n/a	n/a	0	568
1990	466	10	58	14	1	n/a	n/a	0	549
1991	501	15	65	17	1	n/a	n/a	0	599
1992	514	21	80	13	2	n/a	n/a	0	630
1993	537	26	83	23	1	n/a	n/a	0	670
1994	543	17	84	34	1	n/a	n/a	0	679
1995	557	16	103	28	2	n/a	n/a	0	706
1996	557	16	103	28	2	n/a	n/a	0	706
1997	564	20	104	27	1	n/a	n/a	0	716
1998	569	17	82	32	1	n/a	n/a	0	701
1999	564	15	99	27	0	n/a	n/a	0	705
2000	554	19	110	25	1	n/a	n/a	0	709
2001	604	13	120	29	5	n/a	n/a	0	771
2002	629	15	137	30	4	n/a	n/a	0	815
2003	629	15	137	30	4	n/a	n/a	0	815
2004	619	17	157	25	2	n/a	n/a	0	820
2005	600	10	134	29	1	n/a	n/a	44	818
2006	579	16	145	28	2	n/a	n/a	49	819
2007	552	15	175	24	3	n/a	n/a	54	823
2008	552	13	191	30	3	n/a	n/a	72	861
2009	559	17	200	31	2	n/a	n/a	85	894
2010	569	15	216	40	1	n/a	n/a	78	919
2011	601	18	243	49	2	1	70	0	984
2012	586	15	257	67	2	1	80	0	1008
2013	546	12	239	59	1	1	110	0	968
2014	503	14	241	76	1	1	99	0	935
2015	534	26	285	62	0	2	117	0	1026
2016	517	19	301	76	0	3	103	0	1019
2017	488	15	300	78	0	4	93	0	978
2018	485	22	304	86	0	2	89	0	988
2019	425	29	293	88	1	6	103	0	945
2020	412	23	314	78	1	5	101	0	934
2021	381	20	295	87	1	6	103	0	893
2022	310	27	269	88	3	3	90	1	791
2023	289	31	284	96	3	5	105	1	814
2024	238	32	276	92	2	3	90	2	735

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Chinook Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	566	25.0	22.6	0
1989	568	25.0	22.7	n/a
1990	549	24.2	22.6	0
1991	599	26.0	23.0	n/a
1992	630	26.3	23.9	n/a
1993	670	28.1	23.8	n/a
1994	679	29.1	23.3	n/a
1995	706	29.8	23.7	n/a
1996	706	29.8	23.7	n/a
1997	716	30.6	23.4	n/a
1998	701	30.0	23.4	n/a
1999	705	35.0	20.1	n/a
2000	709	33.2	21.4	n/a
2001	771	37.4	20.6	n/a
2002	815	39.6	20.6	8.7
2003	815	39.6	20.6	8.7
2004	820	42.0	19.5	8.5
2005	818	42.1	19.4	8
2006	819	40.6	20.2	9.4
2007	823	40.8	20.2	9.2
2008	861	42.7	20.2	10.1
2009	894	42.7	20.9	10
2010	919	42.6	21.5	13
2011	984	43.6	22.5	13.2
2012	1008	48.6	20.7	12.8
2013	968	47.3	20.4	11.2
2014	935	n/a	n/a	9.4
2015	1026	50.0	20.5	12.9
2016	1019	54.0	18.8	13.5
2017	978	50.6	19.3	12.3
2018	988	49.0	20.1	10.1
2019	945	48.5	19.4	11.3
2020	934	47.0	19.8	11.8
2021	893	49.2	18.1	12.5
2022	791	43.6	18.1	12.8
2023	814	42.2	19.2	21
2024	735	41.5	17.6	24.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Chinook Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	566	25.0	22.6	0
1989	568	25.0	22.7	n/a
1990	549	24.2	22.6	0
1991	599	26.0	23.0	n/a
1992	630	26.3	23.9	n/a
1993	670	28.1	23.8	n/a
1994	679	29.1	23.3	n/a
1995	706	29.8	23.7	n/a
1996	706	29.8	23.7	n/a
1997	716	30.6	23.4	n/a
1998	701	30.0	23.4	n/a
1999	705	35.0	20.1	n/a
2000	709	33.2	21.4	n/a
2001	771	37.4	20.6	n/a
2002	815	39.6	20.6	8.7
2003	815	39.6	20.6	8.7
2004	820	42.0	19.5	8.5
2005	818	42.1	19.4	8
2006	819	40.6	20.2	9.4
2007	823	40.8	20.2	9.2
2008	861	42.7	20.2	10.1
2009	894	42.7	20.9	10
2010	919	42.6	21.5	13
2011	984	43.6	22.5	13.2
2012	1008	48.6	20.7	12.8
2013	968	47.3	20.4	11.2
2014	935	n/a	n/a	9.4
2015	1026	50.0	20.5	12.9
2016	1019	54.0	18.8	13.5
2017	978	50.6	19.3	12.3
2018	988	49.0	20.1	10.1
2019	945	48.5	19.4	11.3
2020	934	47.0	19.8	11.8
2021	893	49.2	18.1	12.5
2022	791	43.6	18.1	12.8
2023	814	42.2	19.2	21
2024	735	41.5	17.6	24.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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