Is Washington Middle School a good school?

Washington Middle School ranks in the bottom 2.8% of Washington middle schools.

How many students attend Washington Middle School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 751 students attended Washington Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Washington Middle School?

Students at Washington Middle School are 94% Hispanic, 4% White.

What high school do graduates of Washington Middle School attend?

Students who attend Washington Middle School usually go on to attend Davis High School

Washington Middle School

Summary:

Washington Middle School is a public middle school located in Yakima, Washington, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 751 students. The school is part of the Yakima School District, which is ranked 230 out of 247 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Washington Middle School consistently ranks in the bottom 10% of middle schools in the state, with a ranking of 520 out of 535 middle schools in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's academic performance is significantly below the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas, including English Language Arts (ELA), Math, and Science. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 22.66% of students at Washington Middle School were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 52.63% at the state level and 34.12% in the Yakima School District. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic students, English Language Learners (ELLs), and students with low socioeconomic status.

Interestingly, the nearby schools in the Yakima School District, such as Wilson Middle School and Franklin Middle School, generally perform better academically than Washington Middle School, with higher proficiency rates in ELA, Math, and Science. When compared to schools in the Highland School District and Wapato School District, which are also located in the Yakima area, Washington Middle School's academic performance is still significantly lower.

Detail:

Public 6-8

510 S 9th St
Yakima, WA 98901-4617

(509) 573-2300

District: Yakima School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
520^th of 535 Washington Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $17,830

Students who attend Washington Middle School usually attend:

High:	Davis High School
	Eisenhower High School

Feeder schools for Washington Middle School:

Elementary:	Adams Elementary School
	Barge-Lincoln Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 16.6

Number of students: 751

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

94.4%

White:

3.6%

Two or more races:

0.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 93.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Washington Middle School ranks worse than 97.2% of middle schools in Washington. It also ranks last among 4 ranked middle schools in the Yakima School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 7.58. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Washington Middle School has the smallest middle school student body size in the Yakima School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (94.4%), White (3.6%), two or more races (0.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 93.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Yakima School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Washington Middle School is 16.6, which is the lowest among 4 middle schools in the Yakima School District! (See more...)

Compare Washington Middle School employs 44.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Washington Middle School is $17,830, which is the highest among 4 middle schools in the Yakima School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Washington Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Washington Middle School 520^th of 535 Washington public middle schools. (See Washington Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Yakima School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Yakima School District 230^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Washington Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Washington Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	4.46	413^th	421	1.9%
2005	8.20	404^th	425	4.9%
2006	6.04	432^nd	449	3.8%
2007	7.45	451^st	463	2.6%
2008	10.53	436^th	466	6.4%
2009	8.25	453^rd	476	4.8%
2010	7.78	460^th	483	4.8%
2011	3.40	481^st	492	2.2%
2012	4.92	483^rd	497	2.8%
2013	3.44	488^th	498	2.0%
2015	4.77	432^nd	445	2.9%
2016	9.21	419^th	443	5.4%
2017	8.07	415^th	435	4.6%
2018	14.50	384^th	437	12.1%
2019	6.61	491^st	512	4.1%
2021	6.98	516^th	529	2.5%
2022	5.26	535^th	541	1.1%
2023	6.55	533^rd	539	1.1%
2024	7.58	520^th	535	2.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Washington Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	36.75	80^th	135	40.7%
2019	15.89	95^th	100	5.0%
2023	20.87	47^th	57	17.5%
2024	21.18	65^th	78	16.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Washington Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	33.29	173^rd	268	35.4%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	27.77	271^st	349	22.3%
2019	15.77	412^th	448	8.0%
2021	15.38	432^nd	458	5.7%
2022	10.49	463^rd	475	2.5%
2023	11.12	443^rd	463	4.3%
2024	13.57	422^nd	455	7.3%

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Rank History for Migrant students at Washington Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	52.54	15^th	43	65.1%
2019	39.88	22^nd	39	43.6%
2021	28.41	32^nd	38	15.8%
2022	26.68	28^th	36	22.2%
2023	39.54	22^nd	36	38.9%
2024	36.29	18^th	29	37.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Washington Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	14.50	331^st	376	12.0%
2019	6.07	436^th	452	3.5%
2021	7.25	464^th	469	1.1%
2022	4.83	474^th	479	1.0%
2023	6.28	459^th	464	1.1%
2024	7.85	445^th	464	4.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Washington Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	11.94	339^th	371	8.6%
2019	6.56	439^th	453	3.1%
2021	7.59	466^th	476	2.1%
2022	5.55	479^th	480	0.2%
2023	6.04	467^th	470	0.6%
2024	6.71	457^th	466	1.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Washington Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	31.32	182^nd	259	29.7%
2019	19.30	297^th	344	13.7%
2021	17.68	321^st	353	9.1%
2022	13.23	338^th	360	6.1%
2023	15.75	305^th	336	9.2%
2024	18.82	300^th	344	12.8%

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Rank History for White students at Washington Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	13.11	431^st	470	8.3%

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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

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Enrollment information for Washington Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1988	135	34	3	218	10	n/a	n/a	400
1989	112	32	2	255	7	n/a	n/a	408
1990	79	37	1	268	9	n/a	n/a	394
1991	87	37	2	320	16	n/a	n/a	462
1992	104	32	1	418	17	n/a	n/a	572
1993	90	31	4	426	24	n/a	n/a	575
1994	86	25	2	394	19	n/a	n/a	526
1995	135	35	6	417	18	n/a	n/a	611
1996	135	35	6	417	18	n/a	n/a	611
1997	159	43	6	451	20	n/a	n/a	679
1998	154	45	3	461	25	n/a	n/a	688
1999	145	38	1	457	18	n/a	n/a	659
2000	143	30	2	446	8	n/a	n/a	629
2001	169	26	5	470	17	n/a	n/a	687
2002	150	21	1	523	17	n/a	n/a	712
2003	150	21	1	523	17	n/a	n/a	712
2004	137	26	5	552	16	n/a	n/a	736
2005	105	22	4	597	18	n/a	n/a	746
2006	90	24	7	608	22	n/a	n/a	751
2007	69	14	4	628	20	n/a	n/a	735
2008	62	17	2	611	25	n/a	n/a	717
2009	52	14	2	627	26	n/a	n/a	721
2010	51	10	2	647	22	n/a	n/a	732
2011	39	9	1	648	6	0	11	714
2012	47	6	0	644	7	0	9	713
2013	40	9	0	635	4	0	4	692
2014	40	7	0	670	6	0	6	729
2015	26	5	0	719	3	0	8	761
2016	24	4	2	718	6	0	8	762
2017	33	6	1	723	6	0	3	772
2018	37	6	0	746	7	0	5	801
2019	44	4	1	804	7	0	5	865
2020	34	4	1	818	10	0	6	873
2021	35	1	1	818	7	0	11	873
2022	30	5	1	755	2	0	12	805
2023	27	5	0	709	3	0	7	751

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 Washington Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	400	25.0	16.0	0
1989	408	24.0	17.0	n/a
1990	394	22.5	17.5	0
1991	462	24.8	18.6	n/a
1992	572	30.4	18.8	n/a
1993	575	33.5	17.2	n/a
1994	526	31.9	16.5	n/a
1995	611	34.8	17.6	n/a
1996	611	34.8	17.6	n/a
1997	679	38.0	17.9	n/a
1998	688	39.4	17.5	n/a
1999	659	37.5	17.6	n/a
2000	629	37.7	16.7	n/a
2001	687	41.0	16.8	n/a
2002	712	42.7	16.7	89.5
2003	712	42.7	16.7	89.5
2004	736	40.0	18.4	84.5
2005	746	40.3	18.5	88.7
2006	751	38.4	19.6	93.1
2007	735	40.8	18.0	89.5
2008	717	39.8	18.0	95.3
2009	721	39.8	18.1	94.7
2010	732	38.2	19.1	94.8
2011	714	39.5	18.0	88.4
2012	713	40.6	17.5	93
2013	692	38.9	17.7	98.3
2014	729	n/a	n/a	96.8
2015	761	42.0	18.1	95.1
2016	762	44.0	17.3	97
2017	772	44.2	17.4	89.1
2018	801	45.0	17.7	86.8
2019	865	44.9	19.2	90.1
2020	873	44.1	19.7	92.8
2021	873	43.7	19.9	90.5
2022	805	45.4	17.7	93.4
2023	751	44.9	16.6	93.9

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 Washington Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	400	25.0	16.0	0
1989	408	24.0	17.0	n/a
1990	394	22.5	17.5	0
1991	462	24.8	18.6	n/a
1992	572	30.4	18.8	n/a
1993	575	33.5	17.2	n/a
1994	526	31.9	16.5	n/a
1995	611	34.8	17.6	n/a
1996	611	34.8	17.6	n/a
1997	679	38.0	17.9	n/a
1998	688	39.4	17.5	n/a
1999	659	37.5	17.6	n/a
2000	629	37.7	16.7	n/a
2001	687	41.0	16.8	n/a
2002	712	42.7	16.7	89.5
2003	712	42.7	16.7	89.5
2004	736	40.0	18.4	84.5
2005	746	40.3	18.5	88.7
2006	751	38.4	19.6	93.1
2007	735	40.8	18.0	89.5
2008	717	39.8	18.0	95.3
2009	721	39.8	18.1	94.7
2010	732	38.2	19.1	94.8
2011	714	39.5	18.0	88.4
2012	713	40.6	17.5	93
2013	692	38.9	17.7	98.3
2014	729	n/a	n/a	96.8
2015	761	42.0	18.1	95.1
2016	762	44.0	17.3	97
2017	772	44.2	17.4	89.1
2018	801	45.0	17.7	86.8
2019	865	44.9	19.2	90.1
2020	873	44.1	19.7	92.8
2021	873	43.7	19.9	90.5
2022	805	45.4	17.7	93.4
2023	751	44.9	16.6	93.9

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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