Is Foothills Middle School a good school?

Foothills Middle School ranks 251 st of 535 Washington middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Foothills Middle School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 572 students attended Foothills Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Foothills Middle School?

Students at Foothills Middle School are 48% White, 46% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

What high school do graduates of Foothills Middle School attend?

Students who attend Foothills Middle School usually go on to attend Wenatchee High School

Foothills Middle School

Summary:

Foothills Middle School is a public middle school in Wenatchee, Washington, serving 578 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Wenatchee School District, which is ranked 156 out of 247 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Foothills Middle School has a relatively balanced racial composition, with 48.1% White and 47.06% Hispanic students, which differs from nearby schools like Pioneer Middle School and Orchard Middle School, which have higher Hispanic student populations. Academically, Foothills performs better than the Wenatchee School District average but lags behind the state average in many subjects, with significant performance gaps between different student groups. The school has seen a significant increase in spending per student, from $9,953 in 2019-2020 to $16,338 in 2021-2022, which is higher than the state average.

Foothills Middle School's statewide ranking has declined over the years, from 162 out of 512 in 2018-2019 to 251 out of 535 in 2023-2024, suggesting the school is not keeping pace with improvements in other middle schools across the state. The school generally outperforms nearby schools like Pioneer Middle School and Orchard Middle School in academic metrics, but lags behind higher-performing schools like Icicle River Middle School and Cashmere Middle School. The significant performance gaps between different student groups at Foothills Middle School suggest the school may need to focus more on addressing the needs of underperforming student populations.

Detail:

Public 6-8

1410 Maple St
Wenatchee, WA 98801

(509) 664-8961

District: Wenatchee School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
251^st of 535 Washington Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,338

Students who attend Foothills Middle School usually attend:

High:

Wenatchee High School

Feeder schools for Foothills Middle School:

Elementary:	John Newbery Elementary
	Lewis And Clark Elementary School
	Sunnyslope Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 16.0

Number of students: 572

Racial breakdown:

White:

47.9%

Hispanic:

46.3%

Two or more races:

3.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 57.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Foothills Middle School ranks better than 53.1% of middle schools in Washington. It also ranks first among 3 ranked middle schools in the Wenatchee School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 49.48. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Foothills Middle School has the largest middle school student body size in the Wenatchee School District. Racial makeup is: White (47.9%), Hispanic (46.3%), two or more races (3.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 57.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Wenatchee School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Foothills Middle School is 16, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Wenatchee School District! (See more...)

Compare Foothills Middle School employs 35.6 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Foothills Middle School is $16,338. 1 middle schools in the Wenatchee School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Foothills Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Foothills Middle School 251^st of 535 Washington public middle schools. (See Foothills Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Wenatchee School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Wenatchee School District 156^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Foothills Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Foothills Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	71.62	103^rd	421	75.5%
2005	75.75	90^th	425	78.8%
2006	65.18	141^st	449	68.6%
2007	65.54	134^th	463	71.1%
2008	68.61	119^th	466	74.5%
2009	63.56	147^th	476	69.1%
2010	59.57	178^th	483	63.1%
2011	55.30	216^th	492	56.1%
2012	58.14	191^st	497	61.6%
2013	58.17	202^nd	498	59.4%
2015	52.54	200^th	445	55.1%
2016	41.41	259^th	443	41.5%
2017	47.62	228^th	435	47.6%
2018	55.71	186^th	437	57.4%
2019	64.53	162^nd	512	68.4%
2021	44.89	276^th	529	47.8%
2022	50.53	226^th	541	58.2%
2023	54.53	210^th	539	61.0%
2024	49.48	251^st	535	53.1%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Foothills Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	53.27	36^th	135	73.3%
2019	33.25	64^th	100	36.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Foothills Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	34.51	166^th	268	38.1%
2019	51.93	71^st	231	69.3%
2021	36.82	125^th	210	40.5%
2022	28.98	141^st	199	29.1%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	53.56	188^th	448	58.0%
2021	25.48	371^st	458	19.0%
2022	32.03	341^st	475	28.2%
2023	45.11	240^th	463	48.2%
2024	34.46	302^nd	455	33.6%

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Rank History for Migrant students at Foothills Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	58.85	9^th	43	79.1%
2019	66.98	7^th	39	82.1%
2021	29.91	30^th	38	21.1%
2022	30.79	24^th	36	33.3%
2023	58.64	12^th	36	66.7%
2024	32.18	20^th	29	31.0%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Foothills Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	59.88	11^th	33	66.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Foothills Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	52.80	171^st	376	54.5%
2019	64.20	146^th	452	67.7%
2021	51.47	204^th	469	56.5%
2022	58.03	170^th	479	64.5%
2023	59.48	170^th	464	63.4%
2024	55.33	191^st	464	58.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Foothills Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	52.69	160^th	371	56.9%
2019	62.16	145^th	453	68.0%
2021	38.85	281^st	476	41.0%
2022	43.61	252^nd	480	47.5%
2023	48.20	208^th	470	55.7%
2024	43.10	250^th	466	46.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Foothills Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	55.20	138^th	344	59.9%
2021	26.33	260^th	353	26.3%
2022	27.69	264^th	360	26.7%
2023	42.79	176^th	336	47.6%
2024	26.81	258^th	344	25.0%

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Rank History for White students at Foothills Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	73.28	86^th	325	73.5%
2019	81.11	70^th	470	85.1%
2021	69.44	119^th	480	75.2%
2022	80.44	77^th	488	84.2%
2023	71.67	113^th	488	76.8%
2024	73.70	102^nd	486	79.0%

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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 Foothills Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1994	401	0	15	70	5	n/a	n/a	0	491
1995	445	0	17	103	7	n/a	n/a	0	572
1996	445	0	17	103	7	n/a	n/a	0	572
1997	471	0	18	116	8	n/a	n/a	0	613
1998	482	1	16	127	7	n/a	n/a	0	633
1999	482	1	12	100	7	n/a	n/a	0	602
2000	451	2	9	89	7	n/a	n/a	0	558
2001	448	0	8	106	4	n/a	n/a	0	566
2002	480	0	8	107	10	n/a	n/a	0	605
2003	480	0	8	107	10	n/a	n/a	0	605
2004	450	0	11	103	11	n/a	n/a	0	575
2005	437	0	12	137	8	n/a	n/a	0	594
2006	433	2	19	141	6	n/a	n/a	6	607
2007	411	6	15	149	4	n/a	n/a	7	592
2008	391	4	10	156	4	n/a	n/a	6	571
2009	380	4	11	165	3	n/a	n/a	7	570
2010	386	6	15	174	3	n/a	n/a	0	584
2011	376	2	13	208	1	2	15	0	617
2012	376	3	13	208	2	2	17	0	621
2013	360	7	10	223	1	2	16	0	619
2014	345	4	11	225	0	2	21	0	608
2015	340	4	12	227	1	0	24	0	608
2016	347	2	11	242	1	0	22	0	625
2017	309	3	9	250	1	0	15	0	587
2018	313	1	13	261	1	0	15	0	604
2019	292	1	13	263	2	0	16	0	587
2020	307	4	11	280	2	1	17	0	622
2021	271	5	8	252	1	1	12	0	550
2022	263	4	6	253	2	0	12	1	541
2023	278	1	9	272	2	0	15	1	578
2024	274	2	9	265	1	0	20	1	572

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 Foothills Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1994	491	22.3	22.0	n/a
1995	572	22.1	25.9	n/a
1996	572	22.1	25.9	n/a
1997	613	24.2	25.3	n/a
1998	633	29.8	21.2	n/a
1999	602	29.7	20.3	n/a
2000	558	27.3	20.4	n/a
2001	566	26.4	21.4	n/a
2002	605	27.6	21.9	29.8
2003	605	27.6	21.9	29.8
2004	575	27.0	21.3	31
2005	594	26.6	22.3	36.7
2006	607	28.0	21.7	42.3
2007	592	28.7	20.6	37.3
2008	571	27.8	20.5	40.2
2009	570	27.8	20.5	41.6
2010	584	26.8	21.7	41.3
2011	617	27.7	22.2	45.2
2012	621	28.9	21.4	46.9
2013	619	27.7	22.3	49.1
2014	608	n/a	n/a	51.8
2015	608	29.0	20.9	51.6
2016	625	30.0	20.8	54.6
2017	587	29.6	19.8	45.5
2018	604	33.2	18.1	50
2019	587	33.8	17.3	51.4
2020	622	33.5	18.5	50.6
2021	550	33.3	16.5	48.7
2022	541	35.1	15.3	49.9
2023	578	37.8	15.2	54.8
2024	572	35.6	16.0	57.2

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 Foothills Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1994	491	22.3	22.0	n/a
1995	572	22.1	25.9	n/a
1996	572	22.1	25.9	n/a
1997	613	24.2	25.3	n/a
1998	633	29.8	21.2	n/a
1999	602	29.7	20.3	n/a
2000	558	27.3	20.4	n/a
2001	566	26.4	21.4	n/a
2002	605	27.6	21.9	29.8
2003	605	27.6	21.9	29.8
2004	575	27.0	21.3	31
2005	594	26.6	22.3	36.7
2006	607	28.0	21.7	42.3
2007	592	28.7	20.6	37.3
2008	571	27.8	20.5	40.2
2009	570	27.8	20.5	41.6
2010	584	26.8	21.7	41.3
2011	617	27.7	22.2	45.2
2012	621	28.9	21.4	46.9
2013	619	27.7	22.3	49.1
2014	608	n/a	n/a	51.8
2015	608	29.0	20.9	51.6
2016	625	30.0	20.8	54.6
2017	587	29.6	19.8	45.5
2018	604	33.2	18.1	50
2019	587	33.8	17.3	51.4
2020	622	33.5	18.5	50.6
2021	550	33.3	16.5	48.7
2022	541	35.1	15.3	49.9
2023	578	37.8	15.2	54.8
2024	572	35.6	16.0	57.2

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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