Is Frontier Middle School a good school?

Frontier Middle School ranks 380 th of 535 Washington middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Frontier Middle School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 800 students attended Frontier Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Frontier Middle School?

Students at Frontier Middle School are 54% White, 27% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 5% Asian, 3% African American, 2% Not Specified, 1% Pacific Islander.

What high school do graduates of Frontier Middle School attend?

Students who attend Frontier Middle School usually go on to attend Union High School

Frontier Middle School

Summary:

Frontier Middle School is a public middle school in Vancouver, Washington, serving around 800 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Evergreen School District, which is ranked 185 out of 247 school districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Frontier Middle School consistently performs below the state and district averages in standardized test scores for English Language Arts (ELA) and Math. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 31.62% of Frontier students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 52.63% statewide and 39.31% in the Evergreen School District. In Math, only 31.24% of Frontier students were proficient or better, compared to 41.68% statewide and 30.37% in the district. The school also struggles to support certain student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 25% of Washington middle schools for White, Multi-racial, and Special Education students. Additionally, Frontier Middle School has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, with 59.5% of students qualifying in the 2022-2023 school year.

When compared to other middle schools in the area, Frontier Middle School consistently performs at the lower end. For example, Shahala Middle School, which is only 4.36 miles away, outperforms Frontier in both ELA and Math proficiency by a significant margin. Frontier Middle School's statewide ranking has also steadily declined over the past several years, from 307 out of 437 Washington middle schools in 2017-2018 to 380 out of 535 in 2023-2024, suggesting that the school is struggling to improve and may be falling further behind its peers.

Detail:

Public 6-8

7600 NE 166th Avenue
Vancouver, WA 98682-3100

(360) 604-3200

District: Evergreen School District (Clark)

SchoolDigger Rank:
380^th of 535 Washington Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,935

Students who attend Frontier Middle School usually attend:

High:

Union High School

Feeder schools for Frontier Middle School:

Elementary:	Pioneer Elementary School
	Sifton Elementary School
	York Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 19.6

Number of students: 800

Racial breakdown:

White:

54.3%

Hispanic:

27.0%

Two or more races:

8.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 59.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Frontier Middle School ranks worse than 71% of middle schools in Washington. It also ranks 3^rd among 6 ranked middle schools in the Evergreen School District (Clark). (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 28.79. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (54.3%), Hispanic (27%), two or more races (8.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 59.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Frontier Middle School is 19.6, which is the highest among 6 middle schools in the Evergreen School District (Clark)! (See more...)

Compare Frontier Middle School employs 40.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Frontier Middle School is $14,935. 3 middle schools in the Evergreen School District (Clark) spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Frontier Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Frontier Middle School 380^th of 535 Washington public middle schools. (See Frontier Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Male students:

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White students:

Evergreen School District (Clark):

SchoolDigger ranks Evergreen School District (Clark) 185^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at Frontier Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	43.94	251^st	421	40.4%
2005	43.50	263^rd	425	38.1%
2006	42.20	273^rd	449	39.2%
2007	48.59	240^th	463	48.2%
2008	45.23	261^st	466	44.0%
2009	43.00	278^th	476	41.6%
2010	52.42	228^th	483	52.8%
2011	50.81	247^th	492	49.8%
2012	43.85	295^th	497	40.6%
2013	42.64	301^st	498	39.6%
2015	39.75	255^th	445	42.7%
2016	35.07	288^th	443	35.0%
2017	25.11	337^th	435	22.5%
2018	30.80	307^th	437	29.7%
2019	25.04	397^th	512	22.5%
2021	23.67	407^th	529	23.1%
2022	22.90	425^th	541	21.4%
2023	25.38	406^th	539	24.7%
2024	28.79	380^th	535	29.0%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Frontier Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	50.91	123^rd	246	50.0%
2021	25.94	194^th	250	22.4%
2022	19.93	219^th	257	14.8%
2023	15.14	218^th	244	10.7%
2024	17.81	215^th	243	11.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Frontier Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	31.94	96^th	135	28.9%
2024	31.72	46^th	78	41.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Frontier Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	43.40	123^rd	268	54.1%
2019	25.14	193^rd	231	16.5%
2021	29.45	156^th	210	25.7%
2022	18.43	187^th	199	6.0%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	36.23	233^rd	349	33.2%
2019	24.33	364^th	448	18.8%
2021	29.75	333^rd	458	27.3%
2022	29.51	362^nd	475	23.8%
2023	29.21	340^th	463	26.6%
2024	36.09	295^th	455	35.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Frontier Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	27.31	282^nd	376	25.0%
2019	29.14	336^th	452	25.7%
2021	23.74	368^th	469	21.5%
2022	20.18	394^th	479	17.7%
2023	20.82	378^th	464	18.5%
2024	30.64	331^st	464	28.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Frontier Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	28.07	267^th	371	28.0%
2019	22.28	371^st	453	18.1%
2021	24.05	366^th	476	23.1%
2022	24.57	377^th	480	21.5%
2023	27.68	347^th	470	26.2%
2024	25.03	354^th	466	24.0%

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Rank History for Asian students at Frontier Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	21.63	128^th	152	15.8%
2021	28.42	104^th	149	30.2%
2022	43.48	88^th	161	45.3%
2023	11.42	134^th	145	7.6%
2024	33.18	100^th	148	32.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Frontier Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	21.58	214^th	259	17.4%
2019	21.10	291^st	344	15.4%
2021	31.12	232^nd	353	34.3%
2022	30.30	249^th	360	30.8%
2023	30.47	231^st	336	31.3%
2024	31.89	235^th	344	31.7%

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Rank History for White students at Frontier Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	19.67	273^rd	325	16.0%
2019	20.10	397^th	470	15.5%
2021	17.77	423^rd	480	11.9%
2022	18.82	420^th	488	13.9%
2023	22.85	391^st	488	19.9%
2024	24.19	385^th	486	20.8%

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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 Frontier Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1997	599	9	32	17	9	n/a	n/a	0	666
1998	636	11	37	18	10	n/a	n/a	0	712
1999	734	10	45	22	8	n/a	n/a	0	819
2000	773	22	47	20	6	n/a	n/a	0	868
2001	833	32	64	29	12	n/a	n/a	0	970
2002	820	24	72	42	10	n/a	n/a	0	968
2003	820	24	72	42	10	n/a	n/a	0	968
2004	810	35	62	51	6	n/a	n/a	0	964
2005	811	42	62	55	11	n/a	n/a	1	982
2006	834	39	63	66	6	n/a	n/a	11	1019
2007	796	40	56	76	7	n/a	n/a	15	990
2008	797	40	56	89	7	n/a	n/a	10	999
2009	790	34	66	108	11	n/a	n/a	21	1030
2010	735	33	79	111	8	n/a	n/a	23	989
2011	689	35	58	149	7	9	31	0	978
2012	684	26	59	135	7	10	63	0	984
2013	650	26	49	123	6	8	62	0	924
2014	597	21	57	126	8	8	57	0	874
2015	544	19	52	131	5	5	47	0	803
2016	516	15	58	138	5	16	45	0	793
2017	528	19	51	137	4	15	50	0	804
2018	531	17	37	155	5	17	48	0	810
2019	507	17	37	182	7	15	60	0	825
2020	463	20	36	225	4	10	60	0	818
2021	433	23	38	235	2	11	66	0	808
2022	417	23	33	208	1	13	61	6	762
2023	434	21	40	216	1	11	65	12	800

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 Frontier Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1997	666	27.4	24.3	n/a
1998	712	32.9	21.6	n/a
1999	819	35.3	23.2	n/a
2000	868	41.6	20.9	n/a
2001	970	46.2	21.0	n/a
2002	968	54.4	17.8	33.8
2003	968	54.4	17.8	33.8
2004	964	56.0	17.2	33.6
2005	982	56.2	17.5	45.5
2006	1019	56.7	18.0	46.5
2007	990	56.3	17.6	39.6
2008	999	57.9	17.3	37.4
2009	1030	57.9	17.8	37
2010	989	54.8	18.0	42
2011	978	53.5	18.2	44.9
2012	984	52.8	18.6	48
2013	924	48.9	18.8	47.5
2014	874	n/a	n/a	49.2
2015	803	48.0	16.7	49.4
2016	793	48.0	16.5	47.9
2017	804	46.8	17.1	45.6
2018	810	45.7	17.7	45.4
2019	825	48.2	17.0	46.8
2020	818	48.5	16.8	49
2021	808	42.5	18.9	49
2022	762	42.1	18.0	55.8
2023	800	40.7	19.6	59.5

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 Frontier Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1997	666	27.4	24.3	n/a
1998	712	32.9	21.6	n/a
1999	819	35.3	23.2	n/a
2000	868	41.6	20.9	n/a
2001	970	46.2	21.0	n/a
2002	968	54.4	17.8	33.8
2003	968	54.4	17.8	33.8
2004	964	56.0	17.2	33.6
2005	982	56.2	17.5	45.5
2006	1019	56.7	18.0	46.5
2007	990	56.3	17.6	39.6
2008	999	57.9	17.3	37.4
2009	1030	57.9	17.8	37
2010	989	54.8	18.0	42
2011	978	53.5	18.2	44.9
2012	984	52.8	18.6	48
2013	924	48.9	18.8	47.5
2014	874	n/a	n/a	49.2
2015	803	48.0	16.7	49.4
2016	793	48.0	16.5	47.9
2017	804	46.8	17.1	45.6
2018	810	45.7	17.7	45.4
2019	825	48.2	17.0	46.8
2020	818	48.5	16.8	49
2021	808	42.5	18.9	49
2022	762	42.1	18.0	55.8
2023	800	40.7	19.6	59.5

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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