Is Sacajawea Middle School a good school?

Sacajawea Middle School ranks in the bottom 17.8% of Washington middle schools.

How many students attend Sacajawea Middle School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 684 students attended Sacajawea Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Sacajawea Middle School?

Students at Sacajawea Middle School are 39% Hispanic, 16% African American, 15% Asian, 14% White, 10% Two or more races, 5% Pacific Islander.

What high school do graduates of Sacajawea Middle School attend?

Students who attend Sacajawea Middle School usually go on to attend Federal Way High School

Sacajawea Middle School

Summary:

Sacajawea Middle School is a public middle school in Federal Way, Washington, serving 684 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Federal Way School District, which is ranked 213 out of 247 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Sacajawea's student population is more diverse than the state average, with higher percentages of Hispanic (39.33%) and Pacific Islander (4.97%) students. Academically, the school consistently underperforms compared to state and district averages on SBAC and WCAS assessments, with only 34.1% of students proficient or better in ELA in 2023-2024, versus the state average of 52.63%. Over 80% of Sacajawea students receive free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage. Despite higher-than-average spending per student, the school's academic outcomes suggest its resources may not be effectively utilized.

When compared to nearby middle schools in the Federal Way School District, such as Illahee Middle School and Sequoyah Middle School, Sacajawea performs similarly or slightly worse academically. The school's diverse student population and high poverty rates may present unique challenges in addressing the specific needs of its learners, and its academic performance has declined over the years, dropping from 272 out of 443 middle schools in the state in 2015-2016 to 440 out of 535 in 2023-2024.

Detail:

Public 6-8

1101 S Dash Point Rd
Federal Way, WA 98003-3735

(253) 945-4900

District: Federal Way School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
440^th of 535 Washington Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $19,664

Students who attend Sacajawea Middle School usually attend:

High:

Federal Way High School

Feeder schools for Sacajawea Middle School:

Elementary:	Nautilus K-8 School
	Wildwood Elementary School
	Woodmont K-8 School

Student/teacher ratio: 19.1

Number of students: 684

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

39.3%

African American:

15.8%

Asian:

14.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 81.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Sacajawea Middle School ranks worse than 82.2% of middle schools in Washington. It also ranks 3^rd among 7 ranked middle schools in the Federal Way School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 21.02. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Sacajawea Middle School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (39.3%), African American (15.8%), Asian (14.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 81.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sacajawea Middle School is 19.1. 5 middle schools in the Federal Way School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Sacajawea Middle School employs 35.8 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sacajawea Middle School is $19,664. 5 middle schools in the Federal Way School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sacajawea Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Sacajawea Middle School 440^th of 535 Washington public middle schools. (See Sacajawea Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Federal Way School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Federal Way School District 213^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Sacajawea Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Sacajawea Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	34.64	300^th	421	28.7%
2005	58.57	171^st	425	59.8%
2006	67.10	127^th	449	71.7%
2007	54.66	196^th	463	57.7%
2008	53.64	209^th	466	55.2%
2009	50.11	241^st	476	49.4%
2010	57.28	201^st	483	58.4%
2011	44.54	289^th	492	41.3%
2012	43.71	298^th	497	40.0%
2013	40.79	311^th	498	37.6%
2015	38.14	277^th	445	37.8%
2016	38.40	272^nd	443	38.6%
2017	27.91	326^th	435	25.1%
2018	26.02	333^rd	437	23.8%
2019	19.62	433^rd	512	15.4%
2021	12.06	491^st	529	7.2%
2022	18.23	457^th	541	15.5%
2023	15.55	470^th	539	12.8%
2024	21.02	440^th	535	17.8%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Sacajawea Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	5.54	164^th	166	1.2%
2019	21.29	205^th	246	16.7%
2021	8.67	248^th	250	0.8%
2022	15.47	236^th	257	8.2%
2023	22.49	201^st	244	17.6%
2024	25.86	191^st	243	21.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Sacajawea Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	32.40	94^th	135	30.4%
2019	19.92	86^th	100	14.0%
2021	27.45	36^th	50	28.0%
2022	27.19	46^th	63	27.0%
2023	22.40	42^nd	57	26.3%
2024	27.61	52^nd	78	33.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Sacajawea Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	29.94	123^rd	179	31.3%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	14.96	318^th	349	8.9%
2019	16.22	408^th	448	8.9%
2021	14.57	437^th	458	4.6%
2022	22.87	409^th	475	13.9%
2023	18.15	402^nd	463	13.2%
2024	30.14	333^rd	455	26.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Sacajawea Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	23.70	298^th	376	20.7%
2019	20.49	378^th	452	16.4%
2021	12.72	434^th	469	7.5%
2022	16.37	416^th	479	13.2%
2023	14.94	407^th	464	12.3%
2024	20.62	382^nd	464	17.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Sacajawea Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	25.30	278^th	371	25.1%
2019	19.14	388^th	453	14.3%
2021	12.78	435^th	476	8.6%
2022	19.71	398^th	480	17.1%
2023	14.83	417^th	470	11.3%
2024	21.76	377^th	466	19.1%

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Rank History for Asian students at Sacajawea Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	49.22	64^th	123	48.0%
2019	38.22	97^th	152	36.2%
2021	29.88	101^st	149	32.2%
2022	37.43	98^th	161	39.1%
2023	21.71	111^th	145	23.4%
2024	15.32	130^th	148	12.2%

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Rank History for African American students at Sacajawea Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	37.51	38^th	66	42.4%
2019	26.18	91^st	111	18.0%
2021	16.70	98^th	106	7.5%
2022	29.28	74^th	104	28.8%
2023	31.26	66^th	96	31.3%
2024	29.27	66^th	90	26.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sacajawea Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	19.52	226^th	259	12.7%
2019	25.76	265^th	344	23.0%
2021	15.92	335^th	353	5.1%
2022	22.91	294^th	360	18.3%
2023	14.64	310^th	336	7.7%
2024	23.22	278^th	344	19.2%

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Rank History for Pacific Islander students at Sacajawea Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	37.08	19^th	31	38.7%
2022	33.54	15^th	20	25.0%
2024	61.27	5^th	10	50.0%

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Rank History for White students at Sacajawea Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	54.43	137^th	325	57.8%
2019	36.95	323^rd	470	31.3%
2021	22.45	391^st	480	18.5%
2022	27.83	372^nd	488	23.8%
2023	29.40	352^nd	488	27.9%
2024	39.93	293^rd	486	39.7%

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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 Sacajawea Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	594	28	54	12	4	n/a	n/a	0	692
1989	587	35	62	14	4	n/a	n/a	0	702
1990	618	32	65	11	9	n/a	n/a	0	735
1991	602	49	62	16	14	n/a	n/a	0	743
1992	590	50	65	25	14	n/a	n/a	0	744
1993	630	61	72	32	10	n/a	n/a	0	805
1994	623	68	83	30	10	n/a	n/a	0	814
1995	608	53	91	41	12	n/a	n/a	0	805
1996	608	53	91	41	12	n/a	n/a	0	805
1997	587	66	90	33	9	n/a	n/a	0	785
1998	591	68	98	34	13	n/a	n/a	0	804
1999	580	83	107	36	13	n/a	n/a	0	819
2000	562	94	98	38	15	n/a	n/a	0	807
2001	554	110	120	46	10	n/a	n/a	0	840
2002	528	115	129	84	5	n/a	n/a	0	861
2003	528	115	129	84	5	n/a	n/a	0	861
2004	484	160	135	113	8	n/a	n/a	0	900
2005	377	130	130	114	8	n/a	n/a	0	759
2006	363	110	119	130	8	n/a	n/a	10	740
2007	325	100	129	160	7	n/a	n/a	14	735
2008	305	105	125	165	5	n/a	n/a	26	731
2009	258	109	133	173	4	n/a	n/a	31	708
2010	282	103	127	158	5	n/a	n/a	37	712
2011	248	92	91	175	6	36	72	0	720
2012	256	75	96	196	11	40	73	0	747
2013	238	66	106	194	8	44	85	0	741
2014	225	75	83	220	4	43	83	0	733
2015	190	77	92	216	2	50	82	0	709
2016	188	79	89	235	3	47	94	0	735
2017	158	66	96	250	3	59	86	0	718
2018	176	104	88	281	3	51	87	0	790
2019	148	110	77	287	3	48	56	1	730
2020	134	135	77	330	3	44	62	1	786
2021	113	127	81	315	2	35	76	1	750
2022	93	125	84	273	3	39	66	2	685
2023	98	108	101	269	3	34	68	3	684

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 Sacajawea Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	692	36.0	19.2	0
1989	702	37.0	18.9	n/a
1990	735	35.5	20.7	0
1991	743	36.7	20.2	n/a
1992	744	34.8	21.3	n/a
1993	805	38.6	20.9	n/a
1994	814	38.0	21.4	n/a
1995	805	38.6	20.9	n/a
1996	805	38.6	20.9	n/a
1997	785	40.8	19.2	n/a
1998	804	39.6	20.3	n/a
1999	819	40.7	20.1	n/a
2000	807	39.9	20.2	n/a
2001	840	41.0	20.5	n/a
2002	861	45.5	18.9	40
2003	861	45.5	18.9	40
2004	900	49.0	18.4	44
2005	759	48.8	15.6	55.5
2006	740	44.0	16.8	49.9
2007	735	40.0	18.4	54.9
2008	731	41.6	17.6	58
2009	708	42.6	16.6	52.7
2010	712	39.4	18.0	58.5
2011	720	40.6	17.7	42.4
2012	747	41.6	17.9	62.1
2013	741	40.5	18.2	62.3
2014	733	n/a	n/a	62.8
2015	709	41.0	17.2	65.9
2016	735	41.0	17.9	64.1
2017	718	42.9	16.7	62.7
2018	790	43.0	18.3	64.9
2019	730	41.4	17.5	72.2
2020	786	41.7	18.8	71.4
2021	750	40.8	18.3	75.2
2022	685	38.9	17.5	72.6
2023	684	35.8	19.1	81.7

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 Sacajawea Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	692	36.0	19.2	0
1989	702	37.0	18.9	n/a
1990	735	35.5	20.7	0
1991	743	36.7	20.2	n/a
1992	744	34.8	21.3	n/a
1993	805	38.6	20.9	n/a
1994	814	38.0	21.4	n/a
1995	805	38.6	20.9	n/a
1996	805	38.6	20.9	n/a
1997	785	40.8	19.2	n/a
1998	804	39.6	20.3	n/a
1999	819	40.7	20.1	n/a
2000	807	39.9	20.2	n/a
2001	840	41.0	20.5	n/a
2002	861	45.5	18.9	40
2003	861	45.5	18.9	40
2004	900	49.0	18.4	44
2005	759	48.8	15.6	55.5
2006	740	44.0	16.8	49.9
2007	735	40.0	18.4	54.9
2008	731	41.6	17.6	58
2009	708	42.6	16.6	52.7
2010	712	39.4	18.0	58.5
2011	720	40.6	17.7	42.4
2012	747	41.6	17.9	62.1
2013	741	40.5	18.2	62.3
2014	733	n/a	n/a	62.8
2015	709	41.0	17.2	65.9
2016	735	41.0	17.9	64.1
2017	718	42.9	16.7	62.7
2018	790	43.0	18.3	64.9
2019	730	41.4	17.5	72.2
2020	786	41.7	18.8	71.4
2021	750	40.8	18.3	75.2
2022	685	38.9	17.5	72.6
2023	684	35.8	19.1	81.7

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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