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Enrollment
679
Middle
DISTRICT 637 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530240000329
Alderwood Middle School
1132 172nd St SW, LYNNWOOD, WA 98037 · (425) 431-7579 · Snohomish County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL679 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Washington public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
372 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 356 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 323 | 48% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 68% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
46.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -11.1pp since 2014
Math
32.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -15.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 15 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.7% | 32.3% |
| 2023-24 | 43.5% | 32.5% |
| 2022-23 | 46.1% | 28.8% |
| 2021-22 | 47.6% | 28.9% |
| 2018-19 | 57.8% | 45.5% |
| 2017-18 | 58.8% | 47.4% |
| 2016-17 | 57.1% | 48.8% |
| 2015-16 | 59.5% | 51.1% |
| 2014-15 | 57.8% | 47.4% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alderwood Middle School
Alderwood Middle School's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alderwood Middle School this school | 679 | 54.8% | 39.0% |
| Meadowdale Middle School LYNNWOOD | 740 | 52.7% | 52.5% |
| Mt Baker Middle School AUBURN | 917 | 54.9% | 35.9% |
| Voyager Middle School Everett | 902 | 59.3% | 30.8% |
| Sylvester Middle School Burien | 582 | 49.5% | 35.2% |
| Cedar Heights Middle School Covington | 876 | 50.6% | 35.0% |
Matched among Washington middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alderwood Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #158 of 294 | #20 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #193 of 357 ▼ 13 | #19 of 32 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #182 of 357 ▲ 26 | #21 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.3pp | #163 of 290 | #20 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 679 | #143 of 377 | #18 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #230 of 340 | #11 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.0% | #45 of 340 | #2 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.8% | #155 of 359 | #8 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #50 of 192 | #3 of 13 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
679
-139 (-17%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 691
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 22.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 679 | 33.5 | 20.3:1 | 55% (372) |
| 2023-24 | 680 | 32 | 21.3:1 | 57% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 746 | 38.8 | 19.2:1 | 57% (427) |
| 2020-21 | 818 | 37 | 22.1:1 | 47% (382) |
| 2017-18 | 825 | 39.4 | 21.0:1 | 46% (376) |
| 2015-16 | 725 | 37 | 19.6:1 | 50% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 855 | 41 | 20.9:1 | 34% (289) |
| 2000-01 | 755 | 40 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 691 | 35 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alderwood Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (825 to 679); teachers down 15% (39.4 to 33.5).
About Alderwood Middle School
Alderwood Middle School is a middle school in LYNNWOOD, Washington, according to federal school records. The school's enrollment of 679 students covers grades 7 through 8.
Edmonds School District (37 schools, 20,955 students) runs Alderwood Middle School.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Alderwood Middle School, 34% of enrollment. Other groups include 32% White, 16% Asian, 12% Black, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Snohomish County residents are about 12% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Alderwood Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 74%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 20.3:1, with 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington is lower than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Alderwood Middle School is 55%. Compared with the 41% average for public schools in Snohomish County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Alderwood Middle School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Washington public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Alderwood Middle School is 4.5 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (39.0% versus 43.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Washington.
Federal survey data for Snohomish County show that median household income is about $111,246, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. A total of 227 public schools operate in Snohomish County, serving about 118,688 students.
The closest other public school is Martha Lake Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Alderwood Middle School's average proficiency of 39.0% compares with 47.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Alderwood Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 679 was 17% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 818. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.3:1) than in 2020-21 (22.1:1).
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Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edmonds School District
- Edmonds Woodway High SchoolHigh · 1,605 students
- Meadowdale High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Mountlake Terrace High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Lynnwood High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Meadowdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Brier Terrace Middle SchoolMiddle · 649 students
Other schools in LYNNWOOD
- Meadowdale High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Meadowdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Spruce ElementaryElementary · 632 students
- Lake Stickney Elementary SchoolElementary · 628 students
- Lynnwood ElementaryElementary · 578 students
- Hilltop ElementaryElementary · 562 students
Nearby schools
- Martha Lake Elementary0.1 mi · 545
- Lynnwood High School0.7 mi · 1,335
- Spruce Elementary1.7 mi · 632
- Early Childhood Center1.7 mi · 397
- Hilltop Elementary2.0 mi · 562
- Oak Heights Elementary2.0 mi · 526
Frequently asked questions
About Alderwood Middle SchoolHow many students attend Alderwood Middle School?
Alderwood Middle School enrolls approximately 679 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Alderwood Middle School serve?
Alderwood Middle School serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Alderwood Middle School have?
Alderwood Middle School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alderwood Middle School?
At Alderwood Middle School, the student body is approximately 32% White, 34% Hispanic, 12% Black, 16% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Alderwood Middle School public or private?
Alderwood Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Edmonds School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.