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Enrollment
699
Middle
DISTRICT 739 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530375001495
Beaver Lake Middle School
25025 SE 32ND ST, ISSAQUAH, WA 98029 · (425) 837-4150 · King County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL699 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Washington public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
20.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
67 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 6 | 219 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 246 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 234 | 33% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
84.3%
WA avg 58.4% . +1.0pp since 2014
Math
80.5%
WA avg 51.2% . +4.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.3% | 80.5% |
| 2023-24 | 83.8% | 78.8% |
| 2022-23 | 81.2% | 74.9% |
| 2021-22 | 74.9% | 70.1% |
| 2018-19 | 82.5% | 77.0% |
| 2017-18 | 83.1% | 75.8% |
| 2016-17 | 83.7% | 77.8% |
| 2015-16 | 83.1% | 76.7% |
| 2014-15 | 83.3% | 75.9% |
% 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
80.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Beaver Lake Middle School
Beaver Lake Middle School's state test result (80.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Lake Middle School this school | 699 | 9.6% | 80.5% |
| Pacific Cascade Middle School Issaquah | 605 | 10.7% | 75.3% |
| Pine Lake Middle School SAMMAMISH | 877 | 8.4% | 79.2% |
| Timberline Middle School Redmond | 788 | 7.1% | 80.6% |
| Rose Hill Middle School Redmond | 901 | 14.7% | 72.9% |
| Gateway Middle School Everett | 1,057 | 17.6% | 74.4% |
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 Beaver Lake Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #4 of 294 | #3 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #5 of 357 ▼ 1 | #4 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.3% | #3 of 357 no change | #1 of 76 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.9pp | #21 of 290 | #6 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 699 | #133 of 377 | #44 of 80 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #223 of 340 | #45 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #119 of 340 | #49 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.6% | #353 of 359 | #71 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #54 of 192 | #12 of 37 |
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
699
-108 (-13%) vs 2020
-29% since 2000-01, when it was 980
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 699 | 34.6 | 20.2:1 | 10% (67) |
| 2023-24 | 771 | 38.2 | 20.2:1 | 10% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 807 | 35.8 | 22.6:1 | 9% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 807 | 37 | 21.8:1 | 6% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 837 | 37.6 | 22.3:1 | 5% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 867 | 37 | 23.4:1 | 5% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 838 | 36 | 23.3:1 | 4% (37) |
| 2000-01 | 980 | 38 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beaver Lake Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (837 to 699); teachers down 8% (37.6 to 34.6).
About Beaver Lake Middle School
Beaver Lake Middle School is a medium-sized middle school with an address in ISSAQUAH, Washington. It serves 699 students in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in Washington is roughly 577 students; this school is 21% bigger than that.
Beaver Lake Middle School is one school in a 30-school district, Issaquah School District, which enrolls 19,098 students.
Asian students form the largest group at Beaver Lake Middle School, 45% of enrollment. Next come 35% White, 9% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. That compares with about 21% Asian among all King County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Beaver Lake Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.
Its 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 20.2:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Washington is 18.9:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 10% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 38% average for public schools in King County is 28 points higher.
Measured against Washington public middle schools, Beaver Lake Middle School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Beaver Lake Middle School is 6.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 80.5%. Predicted: 73.8%.
Beaver Lake Middle School is located in King County, where median household income is about $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Beaver Lake Middle School is one of 544 public schools in King County, which together enroll about 278,492 students.
Challenger Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Beaver Lake Middle School places 5th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 699 was 13% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 807. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 20.2:1, from 21.8:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Beaver Lake Middle School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Issaquah School District
- Issaquah High SchoolHigh · 2,419 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 2,244 students
- Liberty Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- Pine Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 877 students
- Maywood Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
- Issaquah Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
Other schools in ISSAQUAH
- Issaquah High SchoolHigh · 2,419 students
- Issaquah Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
- Issaquah Valley ElementaryElementary · 646 students
- Cougar Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 616 students
- Pacific Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 605 students
- Clark ElementaryElementary · 586 students
Nearby schools
- Challenger Elementary0.2 mi · 350
- Sunny Hills Elementary1.0 mi · 574
- Endeavour Elementary School1.0 mi · 473
- Pine Lake Middle School1.2 mi · 877
- Cedar Trails Elementary1.3 mi · 374
- Pacific Cascade Middle School1.4 mi · 605
Frequently asked questions
About Beaver Lake Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Beaver Lake Middle School?
Beaver Lake Middle School enrolls approximately 699 students in grades 06-08.
Is Beaver Lake Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Beaver Lake Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Beaver Lake Middle School have?
Beaver Lake Middle School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Beaver Lake Middle School?
Student demographics at Beaver Lake Middle School are roughly 35% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 45% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Beaver Lake Middle School in?
Beaver Lake Middle School is part of Issaquah School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.