Is Voyager Middle School a good school?

Voyager Middle School ranks 391 st of 535 Washington middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Voyager Middle School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 947 students attended Voyager Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Voyager Middle School?

Students at Voyager Middle School are 38% Hispanic, 29% White, 11% African American, 11% Asian, 7% Two or more races, 2% Pacific Islander, 1% Not Specified.

What high school do graduates of Voyager Middle School attend?

Students who attend Voyager Middle School usually go on to attend Mariner High School

Voyager Middle School

Summary:

Voyager Middle School is a public middle school located in Everett, Washington, serving 947 students in grades 6-8 as part of the Mukilteo School District, which is ranked 117 out of 247 school districts in the state.

Despite its relatively high spending per student of $18,920, Voyager Middle School consistently ranks in the bottom half of Washington middle schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Its academic performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is significantly lower than the district and state averages across all grades and subjects. The school's diverse student population, with a higher percentage of Hispanic (38.23%) and African American (11.3%) students, also faces notable achievement gaps, with Asian and African American students performing better than their Hispanic and White counterparts. The high percentage of students (over 70%) who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch suggests that socioeconomic challenges may be a contributing factor to the school's academic struggles.

When compared to nearby schools in the Mukilteo School District and other districts, such as Olympic View Middle School and Harbour Pointe Middle School, Voyager Middle School consistently underperforms, with lower standardized test scores and a less affluent student population. This suggests that the school may need to re-evaluate its educational strategies, resource allocation, and support systems to improve student outcomes and close the achievement gaps.

Detail:

Public 6-8

11711 4th Ave W
Everett, WA 98204

(425) 366-5300

District: Mukilteo School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
391^st of 535 Washington Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,920

Students who attend Voyager Middle School usually attend:

High:

Mariner High School

Feeder schools for Voyager Middle School:

Elementary:	Discovery Elementary
	Lake Stickney Elementary School
	Odyssey Elementary

Student/teacher ratio: 19.8

Number of students: 947

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

38.2%

White:

29.0%

African American:

11.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 70.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Voyager Middle School ranks worse than 73.1% of middle schools in Washington. It also ranks last among 4 ranked middle schools in the Mukilteo School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 26.64. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Voyager Middle School has the largest middle school student body size in the Mukilteo School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (38.2%), White (29%), African American (11.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 70.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Voyager Middle School is 19.8, which is the highest among 4 middle schools in the Mukilteo School District! (See more...)

Compare Voyager Middle School employs 47.6 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Voyager Middle School is $18,920. 2 middle schools in the Mukilteo School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Voyager Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Voyager Middle School 391^st of 535 Washington public middle schools. (See Voyager Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Mukilteo School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Mukilteo School District 117^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Voyager Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Voyager Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	33.99	304^th	421	27.8%
2005	33.87	303^rd	425	28.7%
2006	39.10	293^rd	449	34.7%
2007	41.23	294^th	463	36.5%
2008	49.93	229^th	466	50.9%
2009	46.09	262^nd	476	45.0%
2010	39.56	306^th	483	36.6%
2011	35.45	348^th	492	29.3%
2012	49.39	252^nd	497	49.3%
2013	44.19	285^th	498	42.8%
2015	25.40	340^th	445	23.6%
2016	19.15	376^th	443	15.1%
2017	23.83	340^th	435	21.8%
2018	26.51	331^st	437	24.3%
2019	20.51	425^th	512	17.0%
2021	17.97	445^th	529	15.9%
2022	21.30	437^th	541	19.2%
2023	20.84	439^th	539	18.6%
2024	26.64	391^st	535	26.9%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Voyager Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	26.81	129^th	166	22.3%
2019	31.57	178^th	246	27.6%
2021	21.18	208^th	250	16.8%
2022	11.20	244^th	257	5.1%
2023	35.74	160^th	244	34.4%
2024	27.81	186^th	243	23.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Voyager Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	24.10	123^rd	135	8.9%
2019	16.89	92^nd	100	8.0%
2021	43.45	29^th	50	42.0%
2022	23.47	49^th	63	22.2%
2023	24.77	37^th	57	35.1%
2024	22.35	61^st	78	21.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Voyager Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	26.27	214^th	268	20.1%
2019	14.65	226^th	231	2.2%
2021	24.68	177^th	210	15.7%
2022	25.77	157^th	199	21.1%
2024	22.60	141^st	179	21.2%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	35.12	236^th	349	32.4%
2019	28.77	346^th	448	22.8%
2021	27.62	351^st	458	23.4%
2022	27.36	376^th	475	20.8%
2023	24.61	371^st	463	19.9%
2024	31.09	328^th	455	27.9%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Voyager Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	44.80	29^th	59	50.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Voyager Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	29.93	270^th	376	28.2%
2019	17.29	394^th	452	12.8%
2021	14.13	425^th	469	9.4%
2022	16.23	417^th	479	12.9%
2023	17.15	396^th	464	14.7%
2024	22.64	372^nd	464	19.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Voyager Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	21.96	296^th	371	20.2%
2019	23.20	363^rd	453	19.9%
2021	21.43	376^th	476	21.0%
2022	25.19	373^rd	480	22.3%
2023	22.89	374^th	470	20.4%
2024	28.83	329^th	466	29.4%

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Rank History for Asian students at Voyager Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	34.60	83^rd	123	32.5%
2019	43.15	84^th	152	44.7%
2021	24.68	113^th	149	24.2%
2022	34.66	104^th	161	35.4%
2023	31.53	96^th	145	33.8%
2024	50.55	70^th	148	52.7%

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Rank History for African American students at Voyager Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	50.15	42^nd	111	62.2%
2021	41.21	60^th	106	43.4%
2022	47.53	45^th	104	56.7%
2023	48.66	47^th	96	51.0%
2024	48.56	43^rd	90	52.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Voyager Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	29.15	191^st	259	26.3%
2019	20.70	293^rd	344	14.8%
2021	23.18	284^th	353	19.5%
2022	23.18	292^nd	360	18.9%
2023	22.54	269^th	336	19.9%
2024	26.05	264^th	344	23.3%

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Rank History for White students at Voyager Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	13.35	430^th	470	8.5%
2021	14.11	438^th	480	8.8%
2022	21.52	406^th	488	16.8%
2023	12.92	446^th	488	8.6%
2024	20.84	402^nd	486	17.3%

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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

Review counts

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by a parent
Saturday, May 26, 2018

I have two kids at Voyager right now, 6th and 8th grade. I can't say enough good things about this school. My kids have been involved in several sports and after school clubs. There is something for everyone. I really thankful that there isn't a lot of homework so we can do other activities after school rather than just homework. The teachers care. The counselors are amazingly kind. I would suggest meeting the teacher and staff and getting involved. Close Quote

by a parent
Saturday, December 9, 2017

My daughters gym locker was btroken into while gym class was going on. Her band sweatshirt was stolen. The school did nothing and allowed my daughter to go all day without a coat of some kind on a 35 degree day. The school insists on providing the locks for the lockers. Yet they do nothing to secure the locker rooms. Close Quote

by a citizen
Friday, October 7, 2016

Thank you Voyager Middle School for your martial arts in the evenings. It takes our kids and builds them into positive young men and women from 4 on up. THANK YOU AGAIN VOYAGER MIDDLE SCHOOL!!! Close Quote

by a parent
Sunday, January 1, 2012

My son is in 6th grade, loves the school and actually comes home telling me about his day and all he has learned. I keep an open communication with his teacher via e-mail and always get a same day answer. I was a bit scared at the beginning to send him to this school since to my understanding it is not one of the best in the school district, but now I see him happy enjoying school and learning. I am a proud parent of an honor student! Close Quote

by a parent
Monday, October 31, 2011

My student had an opposite experience to the reviewer above. In fact, I am wondering if she is even speaking of the same school, since at Voyager, students do not even have 6 classes per day (they only have 4).

We were originally planning to send our daughter to Harbour Pointe, but am glad we did not- Voyager seems to use a more hands-on, thinking approach to learning. Also, the teachers are outstanding here!
Harbour Pointe seems to be more old-school (according to other parents).

My daughter loved the team teaching environment here, and especially enjoyed her band class. There were several typical "middle school issues" (conflicts with other girls) but I found these were squashed quickly and the counselor called immediately to let me know.

Her teachers have been excellent and quite caring, and the work-load seems appropriate for students her age, if not more challenging than that given to friend's children at other schools.

It seems that only parent whose students get into trouble are the ones whom find fault with how things are handled...which is why I decided to give my two cents.

I would definitely recommend this school, as well as this district for its excellent schools and teachers. Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

So far my Daughter has had one teacher that made her cry in front of class than made fun of her. this same teacher in class stated she hated children. after five months of being bullied by another classmate ( we tried everything to stop it) the vice-principal told my daughter (who has never ever been in trouble at school and receives high honors, that she must have done somthing to cause this to happen. we are talking name calling I cannot repeat here, tripping and hitting, racial slurs and death threats. When she tried to tell a teacher, she was told because the teacher had not witnessed it it must not have happened. Three of her teachers told me they were just too busy to call me to let me know if my daughter was struggling in class. These same teachers suggested I go to the schools website to check on my daughters homework and grades yet out of 6 classes only two classes are available the other teacher does not use the program and another has not updated since October 2009. Last year because my daughter loves to draw and sometimes doodles I was told by the teacher and counsellor that she must be ADHD and needed meds. This same Counsellor promised to keep tabs on my daughter to see how she was doing and never talked to her again. She has been Sexually harrassed by the boys and one teacher espeacially just ignores it, and it is not just my daughter girls are grabbed in the chest, crotch, rear and pretty much talked to like a piece of meat and yet the tachers seem to over-look it. These kids are still just kids 11 and 12. My daughter has gone from loving school and her teachers in elementary school to dreading school. In three months she was given twelve assignments from six classes, we are talking 12 assignments total not just homework but classwork too. what do they do all day? not learning, she has had maybe 3 history assignments all year and the spelling teacher decided not to do spelling tests every week because the kids were doing so poorly. um isn't that the idea to teach these things. am getting this out, WE were told this year there was no money for 7th grade sports teams that they would just play in the gym. That was fine we can understand not having any money in these times, but if that is true than why did both girl and boys play in the gym but the boys had a coach and the girls had an 7th grade boy who hogged the ball the whole time so he could flirt. where is the balance? Close Quote

Enrollment information for Voyager Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1994	513	30	31	22	16	n/a	n/a	0	612
1995	544	44	46	30	7	n/a	n/a	0	671
1996	544	44	46	30	7	n/a	n/a	0	671
1997	536	53	39	33	8	n/a	n/a	0	669
1998	515	38	47	39	9	n/a	n/a	0	648
1999	474	42	53	52	8	n/a	n/a	0	629
2000	514	45	71	47	17	n/a	n/a	0	694
2001	549	51	84	61	12	n/a	n/a	0	757
2002	542	65	77	107	11	n/a	n/a	0	802
2003	542	65	77	107	11	n/a	n/a	0	802
2004	508	65	70	133	19	n/a	n/a	0	795
2005	452	63	82	146	21	n/a	n/a	38	802
2006	410	65	107	154	19	n/a	n/a	33	788
2007	422	65	137	182	24	n/a	n/a	38	868
2008	375	51	127	194	19	n/a	n/a	35	801
2009	347	56	134	241	13	n/a	n/a	45	836
2010	336	72	121	245	17	n/a	n/a	35	826
2011	323	75	94	285	13	17	30	0	837
2012	316	71	102	262	13	10	42	0	816
2013	311	78	113	246	7	9	71	0	835
2014	291	71	113	260	4	12	70	0	821
2015	261	85	97	303	4	17	61	0	828
2016	254	81	111	322	3	13	55	0	839
2017	235	83	128	323	4	17	73	0	863
2018	223	73	135	334	4	14	85	0	868
2019	228	93	124	339	6	18	81	0	889
2020	243	89	111	340	4	16	86	0	889
2021	251	103	119	341	3	16	82	2	917
2022	233	85	99	298	3	13	78	16	825
2023	275	107	104	362	2	19	64	14	947

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 Voyager Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1994	612	29.5	20.7	n/a
1995	671	31.7	21.2	n/a
1996	671	31.7	21.2	n/a
1997	669	33.3	20.1	n/a
1998	648	33.0	19.6	n/a
1999	629	32.2	19.5	n/a
2000	694	33.8	20.5	n/a
2001	757	36.9	20.5	n/a
2002	802	42.1	19.0	52.2
2003	802	42.1	19.0	52.2
2004	795	42.0	18.9	55.7
2005	802	41.6	19.3	59
2006	788	42.6	18.5	59.9
2007	868	45.0	19.3	59.2
2008	801	45.2	17.7	63.6
2009	836	45.2	18.5	67.4
2010	826	42.6	19.3	69.7
2011	837	41.3	20.2	69.2
2012	816	42.4	19.2	71.3
2013	835	41.8	19.9	69.5
2014	821	n/a	n/a	69.9
2015	828	41.0	20.1	71
2016	839	43.0	19.5	69
2017	863	44.8	19.2	65
2018	868	45.2	19.2	63.4
2019	889	45.6	19.4	47.9
2020	889	47.6	18.6	65.5
2021	917	45.6	20.0	65.2
2022	825	45.6	18.0	66.4
2023	947	47.6	19.8	70.5

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 Voyager Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1994	612	29.5	20.7	n/a
1995	671	31.7	21.2	n/a
1996	671	31.7	21.2	n/a
1997	669	33.3	20.1	n/a
1998	648	33.0	19.6	n/a
1999	629	32.2	19.5	n/a
2000	694	33.8	20.5	n/a
2001	757	36.9	20.5	n/a
2002	802	42.1	19.0	52.2
2003	802	42.1	19.0	52.2
2004	795	42.0	18.9	55.7
2005	802	41.6	19.3	59
2006	788	42.6	18.5	59.9
2007	868	45.0	19.3	59.2
2008	801	45.2	17.7	63.6
2009	836	45.2	18.5	67.4
2010	826	42.6	19.3	69.7
2011	837	41.3	20.2	69.2
2012	816	42.4	19.2	71.3
2013	835	41.8	19.9	69.5
2014	821	n/a	n/a	69.9
2015	828	41.0	20.1	71
2016	839	43.0	19.5	69
2017	863	44.8	19.2	65
2018	868	45.2	19.2	63.4
2019	889	45.6	19.4	47.9
2020	889	47.6	18.6	65.5
2021	917	45.6	20.0	65.2
2022	825	45.6	18.0	66.4
2023	947	47.6	19.8	70.5

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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