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Alumni: what's one memory from Blaine Middle School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
471
Middle
DISTRICT 283 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530057000131
Blaine Middle School
975 H STREET, BLAINE, WA 98230 · (360) 332-8226 · Whatcom County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Washington public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
20.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
217 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 167 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 154 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 150 | 32% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Blaine Middle School→Blaine High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Blaine School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
42.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -7.1pp since 2014
Math
34.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -5.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 34.8% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.7% | 27.9% |
| 2021-22 | 38.2% | 28.7% |
| 2018-19 | 53.9% | 46.3% |
| 2017-18 | 53.8% | 46.0% |
| 2016-17 | 52.0% | 42.6% |
| 2015-16 | 56.6% | 47.4% |
| 2014-15 | 49.1% | 40.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Blaine Middle School
Blaine Middle School's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaine Middle School this school | 471 | 46.1% | 37.2% |
| Pleasant Valley Middle VANCOUVER | 447 | 49.2% | N/A |
| Ridgeline Middle School Yelm | 568 | 46.8% | 46.2% |
| Kingston Middle School Kingston | 455 | 48.8% | 37.4% |
| Granite Falls Middle School Granite Falls | 448 | 48.2% | 31.3% |
| Jemtegaard Middle School Washougal | 408 | 47.5% | N/A |
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 Blaine Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Whatcom County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #171 of 294 | #8 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #172 of 357 ▲ 30 | #7 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #220 of 357 ▲ 21 | #8 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.9pp | #82 of 290 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #263 of 377 | #7 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #239 of 340 | #11 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #198 of 340 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.1% | #217 of 359 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #148 of 192 | #6 of 8 |
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
471
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 472
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 471 | 23.1 | 20.4:1 | 46% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 451 | 24.1 | 18.7:1 | 49% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 26.6 | 17.3:1 | 54% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 481 | 27 | 17.8:1 | 45% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 26.3 | 19.0:1 | 50% (251) |
| 2015-16 | 482 | 25 | 19.3:1 | 51% (247) |
| 2010-11 | 504 | 25 | 20.2:1 | 39% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 494 | 23 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 472 | 20 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blaine Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (500 to 471); teachers down 12% (26.3 to 23.1).
About Blaine Middle School
At 975 H STREET in BLAINE, Washington, Blaine Middle School operates as a small middle school. It enrolled 471 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year.
Blaine Middle School is one of the 7 schools that make up Blaine School District (1,983 students in total).
By race and ethnicity, Blaine Middle School is 63% White. It is also 22% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 6% Asian. For comparison, the population of Whatcom County is roughly 78% White. By the diversity index, Blaine Middle School comes in at 54%.
Teachers at Blaine Middle School total 23.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 20.4:1. The 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington is lower than this school's figure. The school counts 217 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 46%. Across public schools in Whatcom County, the average is about the same, 47%.
Blaine Middle School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 33% of Washington public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Blaine Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 37.2%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Washington are predicted to post 49.3%, so the school is 12.1 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Whatcom County, median household income is about $81,784, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Blaine Middle School is one of 78 public schools in Whatcom County, which together enroll about 27,779 students.
Blaine High School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Blaine Middle School is 5th among 7 schools close by.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Fringe.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 481 in 2020-21 and 471 in 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 17.8:1 to 20.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Whatcom County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,503
Census ACS
Median income
$81,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
78
27,779 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Blaine School District
- Blaine High SchoolHigh · 566 students
- Blaine Elementary SchoolElementary · 469 students
- Blaine Primary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Blaine Home ConnectionElementary · 39 students
- Blaine Re-EngagementHigh · 14 students
- Point Roberts PrimaryElementary · 5 students
Other schools in BLAINE
- Blaine High SchoolHigh · 566 students
- Blaine Elementary SchoolElementary · 469 students
- Blaine Primary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Blaine Home ConnectionElementary · 39 students
Nearby schools
- Blaine High School0.1 mi · 566
- Blaine Home Connection0.1 mi · 39
- Blaine Primary School0.1 mi · 419
- Blaine Elementary School0.1 mi · 469
- Custer Elem6.8 mi · 392
- Cascadia Elementary10.3 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About Blaine Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Blaine Middle School?
Blaine Middle School enrolls approximately 471 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Blaine Middle School serve?
Blaine Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Blaine Middle School?
Approximately 20.4:1 students per teacher at Blaine Middle School.
How diverse is Blaine Middle School?
Blaine Middle School reports a student body of 63% White, 22% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Blaine Middle School?
Blaine Middle School is overseen by Blaine School District in Whatcom County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.