Alderwood Middle School

As a medium-sized intermediate school in LYNNWOOD, Washington, Alderwood Middle School enrolls 679 students from grades 7 through 8, run under Edmonds School District.

Edmonds School District runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 20,955 students. Alderwood Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Alderwood Middle School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 32% White, 16% Asian, 12% Black, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Snohomish County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Alderwood Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.5%, the actual is 39.0%, a residual of -4.5 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Snohomish County) records that the typical household earns roughly $111,246 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Alderwood Middle School is one of 227 public schools in Snohomish County (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students).

The closest other public school is Martha Lake Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Alderwood Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 47.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alderwood Middle School has decreased 18%, going from 825 students in 2018 to 679 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share increased from 6% to 12%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.