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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Thurston County, Washington

Across Thurston County, Washington, 16 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Aspire Middle School leads the list at 70.9%, against a median of 51.5% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Thurston County, Washington

Top % Proficient (Reading)

70.9%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

51.5%

BEST IN READING · THURSTON COUNTY, WASHINGTON

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Aspire Middle School	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	Middle	323	70.9%
2	Jefferson Middle School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	Middle	462	68.2%
3	Washington Middle School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	Middle	702	65.9%
4	George Bush Middle School	Tumwater, WA	Tumwater School District	Middle	762	59.3%
5	Tumwater Middle School	Tumwater, WA	Tumwater School District	Middle	665	58.4%
6	Reeves Middle School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	Middle	394	54.3%
7	Chinook Middle School	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	Middle	746	52.3%
8	Ridgeline Middle School	Yelm, WA	Yelm School District	Middle	568	51.7%
9	Komachin Middle School	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	Middle	640	51.3%
10	Rainier Middle School	Rainier, WA	Rainier School District	Middle	241	50.4%
11	Rochester Middle School	Rochester, WA	Rochester School District	Middle	535	50.0%
12	Thurgood Marshall Middle School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	Middle	469	49.4%
13	Yelm Middle School	Yelm, WA	Yelm School District	Middle	652	48.7%
14	Salish Middle School	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	Middle	745	45.0%
15	Tenino Middle School	Tenino, WA	Tenino School District	Middle	291	40.4%
16	Nisqually Middle School	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	Middle	789	39.9%

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