How many students attend Soap Lake Middle & High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 240 students attended Soap Lake Middle & High School.

What is the racial makeup of Soap Lake Middle & High School?

Students at Soap Lake Middle & High School are 58% White, 39% Hispanic, 2% American Indian.

What schools feed into Soap Lake Middle & High School?

Soap Lake Middle & High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Soap Lake Elementary

Soap Lake Middle & High School

Summary:

Soap Lake Middle & High School is a public school serving 271 students in grades 7-12 in the small town of Soap Lake, Washington. While the school has a diverse student body, with a racial makeup of 56.09% White and 41.7% Hispanic, it consistently underperforms compared to state and district averages on standardized tests.

In the 2023-2024 school year, only 18.49% of Soap Lake students were proficient or better in SBAC/English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 52.63%. Similarly, only 9.4% of Soap Lake students were proficient or better in SBAC/Math, compared to the state average of 41.68%. The school's graduation rates have fluctuated over the years, ranging from 72.7% in 2018-2019 to 86.3% in 2021-2022, but the 2022-2023 rate of 80% is still lower than the state average. Soap Lake also has relatively high dropout rates, ranging from 3.4% in 2019-2020 to 12.7% in 2022-2023, which are significantly higher than the state average.

Soap Lake Middle & High School's challenges are likely exacerbated by its high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 91.51% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year. This is much higher than the state average and the nearby schools, such as Quincy High School, Wilson Creek High, and Almira Coulee Hartline High School, which consistently outperform Soap Lake on academic metrics. The school's high spending per student, ranging from $10,919 in 2019-2020 to $18,144 in 2021-2022, suggests that additional resources are being directed towards supporting these students, but the academic outcomes still lag behind the state and nearby schools.

Detail:

Public 7-12

527 2nd Ave SW
Soap Lake, WA 98851

(509) 246-1201

District: Soap Lake School District

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,144

Feeder schools for Soap Lake Middle & High School:

Elementary:

Soap Lake Elementary

Student/teacher ratio: 16.0

Number of students: 240

Racial breakdown:

White:

57.9%

Hispanic:

39.2%

American Indian:

2.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 90.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Soap Lake Middle & High School ranks worse than 98.7% of middle schools in Washington. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 6.23. (See more...)

Compare Details Soap Lake Middle & High School is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 9. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Soap Lake Middle & High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (57.9%), Hispanic (39.2%), American Indian (2.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 90.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Soap Lake Middle & High School is 16. (See more...)

Compare Soap Lake Middle & High School employs 15 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Soap Lake Middle & High School is $18,144.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Soap Lake Middle & High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Soap Lake Middle & High School 528^th of 535 Washington public middle schools. (See Soap Lake Middle & High School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Rank History for Soap Lake Middle & High School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Soap Lake Middle & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	12.25	397^th	421	5.7%
2005	6.38	414^th	425	2.6%
2006	3.84	438^th	449	2.4%
2007	9.10	442^nd	463	4.5%
2008	14.45	422^nd	466	9.4%
2009	4.84	464^th	476	2.5%
2010	5.57	466^th	483	3.5%
2011	14.38	453^rd	492	7.9%
2012	16.88	441^st	497	11.3%
2013	18.34	433^rd	498	13.1%
2015	9.75	416^th	445	6.5%
2016	12.63	398^th	443	10.2%
2017	11.10	397^th	435	8.7%
2018	13.82	389^th	437	11.0%
2019	7.78	486^th	512	5.1%
2021	7.15	515^th	529	2.6%
2022	6.43	531^st	541	1.8%
2023	6.88	531^st	539	1.5%
2024	6.23	528^th	535	1.3%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Soap Lake Middle & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	11.64	427^th	448	4.7%
2021	18.46	416^th	458	9.2%
2022	12.88	449^th	475	5.5%
2023	6.69	460^th	463	0.6%
2024	11.32	435^th	455	4.4%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Soap Lake Middle & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	18.36	316^th	376	16.0%
2019	9.92	420^th	452	7.1%
2021	8.85	459^th	469	2.1%
2022	11.09	447^th	479	6.7%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Soap Lake Middle & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	9.82	346^th	371	6.7%
2019	8.14	432^nd	453	4.6%
2021	9.19	455^th	476	4.4%
2022	8.34	467^th	480	2.7%
2024	8.25	448^th	466	3.9%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Soap Lake Middle & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	25.35	268^th	344	22.1%
2021	23.26	282^nd	353	20.1%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Soap Lake Middle & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	8.34	309^th	325	4.9%
2019	6.24	455^th	470	3.2%
2021	4.51	476^th	480	0.8%
2022	5.89	483^rd	488	1.0%
2024	3.63	484^th	486	0.4%

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Data source: test scores: Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Soap Lake Middle & High School

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Rank History for all high school students at Soap Lake Middle & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	69.05	111^th	390	71.5%
2005	43.81	250^th	394	36.5%
2006	12.49	348^th	395	11.9%
2007	47.26	249^th	399	37.6%
2008	33.00	301^st	396	24.0%
2009	18.45	344^th	402	14.4%
2010	32.63	312^th	423	26.2%
2011	52.11	211^th	440	52.0%
2012	29.54	338^th	450	24.9%
2013	52.71	245^th	454	46.0%
2015	47.24	167^th	341	51.0%
2019	10.47	387^th	417	7.2%
2021	14.33	411^th	455	9.7%
2022	21.74	352^nd	434	18.9%
2023	9.00	417^th	442	5.7%

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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Soap Lake Middle & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	10.77	330^th	344	4.1%
2021	27.63	306^th	392	21.9%
2022	34.53	249^th	370	32.7%
2023	16.09	332^nd	362	8.3%

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Rank History for high school Female students at Soap Lake Middle & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	8.34	344^th	358	3.9%
2021	13.38	357^th	390	8.5%
2022	23.62	296^th	368	19.6%
2023	15.87	320^th	357	10.4%

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Rank History for high school Male students at Soap Lake Middle & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	13.04	324^th	355	8.7%
2021	18.93	338^th	395	14.4%
2022	21.01	295^th	363	18.7%

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Rank History for high school Hispanic students at Soap Lake Middle & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	34.13	161^st	241	33.2%
2021	27.62	208^th	278	25.2%
2022	36.24	164^th	261	37.2%

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Rank History for high school White students at Soap Lake Middle & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	8.29	359^th	382	6.0%
2021	9.49	398^th	413	3.6%
2022	25.90	315^th	390	19.2%
2023	4.50	372^nd	379	1.8%

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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 Soap Lake Middle & High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1988	129	0	1	1	2	n/a	n/a	133
1989	129	0	1	2	5	n/a	n/a	137
1990	146	0	0	7	2	n/a	n/a	155
1991	125	2	0	9	2	n/a	n/a	138
1992	129	2	0	11	2	n/a	n/a	144
1993	127	2	1	13	3	n/a	n/a	146
1994	123	1	1	23	8	n/a	n/a	156
1995	92	0	0	8	2	n/a	n/a	102
1996	92	0	0	8	2	n/a	n/a	102
1997	168	0	0	24	3	n/a	n/a	195
1998	175	0	3	37	7	n/a	n/a	222
1999	169	0	2	36	2	n/a	n/a	209
2000	166	0	2	33	10	n/a	n/a	211
2001	168	0	1	31	7	n/a	n/a	207
2002	175	3	0	35	6	n/a	n/a	219
2003	175	3	0	35	6	n/a	n/a	219
2004	194	2	1	50	5	n/a	n/a	252
2005	159	3	0	37	4	n/a	n/a	203
2006	181	2	5	46	2	n/a	n/a	236
2007	182	4	1	45	3	n/a	n/a	235
2008	178	1	0	45	6	n/a	n/a	230
2009	194	2	0	49	6	n/a	n/a	251
2010	145	1	0	59	7	n/a	n/a	212
2011	132	3	2	42	1	0	2	182
2012	133	3	2	49	1	0	1	189
2013	132	2	0	57	2	0	0	193
2014	155	4	0	72	0	0	0	231
2015	150	4	0	64	1	0	0	219
2016	166	5	1	84	1	0	2	259
2017	140	3	0	82	0	0	1	226
2018	185	6	2	84	1	0	4	282
2019	184	6	3	95	1	0	3	292
2020	163	6	3	108	1	0	3	284
2021	151	2	0	116	2	0	1	272
2022	153	2	0	133	2	0	2	292
2023	152	1	0	113	2	0	3	271
2024	139	0	0	94	5	0	2	240

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 Soap Lake Middle & High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	133	11.0	12.0	0
1989	137	10.0	13.7	n/a
1990	155	9.8	15.8	0
1991	138	9.2	15.0	n/a
1992	144	11.0	13.0	n/a
1993	146	11.1	13.2	n/a
1994	156	13.4	11.6	n/a
1995	102	9.7	10.5	n/a
1996	102	9.7	10.5	n/a
1997	195	12.0	16.3	n/a
1998	222	14.5	15.3	n/a
1999	209	15.2	13.8	n/a
2000	211	14.4	14.7	n/a
2001	207	15.7	13.2	n/a
2002	219	14.9	14.7	70.3
2003	219	14.9	14.7	70.3
2004	252	16.0	15.8	74.6
2005	203	15.9	12.8	41.4
2006	236	14.0	16.9	37.3
2007	235	14.6	16.1	68.1
2008	230	16.2	14.2	84.8
2009	251	16.2	15.5	72.5
2010	212	15.4	13.7	75
2011	182	13.9	13.0	98.4
2012	189	12.6	14.9	73.5
2013	193	15.5	12.4	65.3
2014	231	n/a	n/a	97
2015	219	13.0	16.8	64.4
2016	259	14.0	18.5	73
2017	226	15.2	14.8	77.4
2018	282	17.1	16.4	82.6
2019	292	17.6	16.5	63
2020	284	18.2	15.5	87
2021	272	19.8	13.6	91.2
2022	292	20.0	14.5	77.4
2023	271	17.5	15.4	91.5
2024	240	15.0	16.0	90.4

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 Soap Lake Middle & High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	133	11.0	12.0	0
1989	137	10.0	13.7	n/a
1990	155	9.8	15.8	0
1991	138	9.2	15.0	n/a
1992	144	11.0	13.0	n/a
1993	146	11.1	13.2	n/a
1994	156	13.4	11.6	n/a
1995	102	9.7	10.5	n/a
1996	102	9.7	10.5	n/a
1997	195	12.0	16.3	n/a
1998	222	14.5	15.3	n/a
1999	209	15.2	13.8	n/a
2000	211	14.4	14.7	n/a
2001	207	15.7	13.2	n/a
2002	219	14.9	14.7	70.3
2003	219	14.9	14.7	70.3
2004	252	16.0	15.8	74.6
2005	203	15.9	12.8	41.4
2006	236	14.0	16.9	37.3
2007	235	14.6	16.1	68.1
2008	230	16.2	14.2	84.8
2009	251	16.2	15.5	72.5
2010	212	15.4	13.7	75
2011	182	13.9	13.0	98.4
2012	189	12.6	14.9	73.5
2013	193	15.5	12.4	65.3
2014	231	n/a	n/a	97
2015	219	13.0	16.8	64.4
2016	259	14.0	18.5	73
2017	226	15.2	14.8	77.4
2018	282	17.1	16.4	82.6
2019	292	17.6	16.5	63
2020	284	18.2	15.5	87
2021	272	19.8	13.6	91.2
2022	292	20.0	14.5	77.4
2023	271	17.5	15.4	91.5
2024	240	15.0	16.0	90.4

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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