Best Middle Schools in Washington

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the WCAS and SBAC test scores by the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction. The most recent update was on Tuesday, September 10, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 535)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
530123003014	101	HomeWorks	Public, Alternative	K-12	520 4th Street	Cheney	99004	Spokane County	Cheney School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 559-4586	133	3	48.7	57.9%	107 (80.5%)	2 (1.5%)	13 (9.8%)	2 (1.5%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.0%)	$7,202			$930			$6,272	77.6			(n/a)
530201000303	102	Davenport Senior High School	Public	6-12	801 7th Street	Davenport	99122	Lincoln County	Davenport School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 725-4021	302	20	14.8	56.3%	263 (87.1%)	2 (0.7%)	13 (4.3%)	5 (1.7%)	6 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.3%)	$17,700			$1,213			$16,487	77.5	79	97	5
530009000179	103	Almira Elementary School	Public	K-8	310 S 3rd St	Almira	99103	Lincoln County	Almira School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 639-2414	133	11	12.4	41.4%	117 (88.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (8.3%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.0%)	$29,054			$906			$28,148	77.1	74.9	118	15
530861001808	104	Lakeridge Middle School	Public	6-8	5909 Myers RD E	Bonney Lake	98391	Pierce County	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 891-5100	736	37	19.8	37.6%	468 (63.6%)	22 (3.0%)	112 (15.2%)	31 (4.2%)	5 (0.7%)	4 (0.5%)	94 (12.8%)	$13,987			$560			$13,427	76.6	76	107	3
530870001483	105	Mason Middle School	Public	6-8	3901 N 28th St	Tacoma	98407	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 571-7000	608	31	19.9	31.1%	402 (66.1%)	19 (3.1%)	71 (11.7%)	22 (3.6%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.7%)	85 (14.0%)	$16,644			$1,220			$15,425	76.5	75.2	115	10
530825003899	106	Carla Peperzak Middle School	Public	6-8	2620 East 63rd Ave	Spokane	99223	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(509) 824-8400	484	32	15.3	45.2%	358 (74.0%)	17 (3.5%)	36 (7.4%)	9 (1.9%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	59 (12.2%)								76.4			(n/a)
530240003139	107	Edmonds Heights K-12	Public, Alternative	K-12	23200 100th Ave W	Edmonds	98020	Snohomish County	Edmonds School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 431-7840	554	18	30.9	27.1%	380 (68.6%)	17 (3.1%)	61 (11.0%)	45 (8.1%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	37 (6.7%)	$12,816			$348			$12,468	76.3	92.6	38	69
530396003797	108	Kent Laboratory Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	3-12	10515 SE 208th St	Kent	98031	King County	Kent School District	No	No	Yes	No	(253) 373-7488	327	20	16.2	45.0%	88 (26.9%)	56 (17.1%)	47 (14.4%)	100 (30.6%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.1%)	27 (8.3%)	$23,616			$879			$22,737	76.2	78.1	101	7
530543001185	109	Harbour Pointe Middle School	Public	6-8	5000 Harbour Pointe Blvd	Mukilteo	98275	Snohomish County	Mukilteo School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 366-5100	804	42	19.2	37.3%	365 (45.4%)	34 (4.2%)	143 (17.8%)	162 (20.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.1%)	91 (11.3%)	$19,466			$1,057			$18,410	76.1	72.5	131	22
530576003750	110	North Kitsap Options	Public	K-8	27089 Highland Rd NE	Kingston	98346	Kitsap County	North Kitsap School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 396-3700	91	4	21.6	36.3%	69 (75.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (8.8%)	1 (1.1%)	4 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (8.8%)	$12,113			$644			$11,468	76			(n/a)

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SBAC English Language Arts, SBAC Math, WCAS Science test scores released by the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on September 10, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.