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Which teacher or staff member at Canyon Park Middle School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
907
Middle
DISTRICT 855 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHSHORE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530591000879
Canyon Park Middle School
23723 23 AV SE, Bothell, WA 98021 · (425) 408-6300 · Snohomish County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL907 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
174 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 | 306 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 297 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 304 | 34% |
Student demographics
67%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
68.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -4.5pp since 2014
Math
53.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -16.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 71.9% | 55.6% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 51.6% |
| 2021-22 | 69.0% | 48.9% |
| 2018-19 | 75.1% | 64.7% |
| 2017-18 | 80.1% | 70.1% |
| 2016-17 | 74.8% | 69.0% |
| 2015-16 | 68.4% | 68.7% |
| 2014-15 | 72.4% | 69.4% |
% 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
61.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Canyon Park Middle School
Canyon Park Middle School's state test result (61.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Park Middle School this school | 907 | 19.2% | 61.6% |
| Maywood Middle School RENTON | 826 | 18.3% | 68.2% |
| Kirkland Middle School Kirkland | 746 | 12.3% | 70.3% |
| Skyridge Middle School Camas | 760 | 16.4% | N/A |
| Northshore Middle School Bothell | 753 | 21.8% | 61.6% |
| Summit Trail Middle School Ravensdale | 1,097 | 14.9% | 66.7% |
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 Canyon Park Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #40 of 294 | #4 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #64 of 357 ▼ 12 | #8 of 32 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #48 of 357 ▼ 16 | #5 of 32 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.6pp | #160 of 290 | #19 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 907 | #31 of 377 | #5 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #311 of 340 | #25 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #109 of 340 | #17 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.2% | #326 of 359 | #30 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.1% | #192 of 192 | #13 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
907
-21 (-2%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 989
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 907 | 41 | 22.1:1 | 19% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 904 | 42.2 | 21.4:1 | 22% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 889 | 42.8 | 20.8:1 | 21% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 928 | 44 | 21.1:1 | 16% (151) |
| 2017-18 | 908 | 42.5 | 21.4:1 | 14% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 771 | 35 | 22.0:1 | 22% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 797 | 34 | 23.4:1 | 22% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 812 | 36 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 989 | 50 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Canyon Park Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (908 to 907); teachers down 3% (42.5 to 41).
About Canyon Park Middle School
Canyon Park Middle School is a middle-grades school in Bothell, Washington, and it is part of Northshore School District. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 907 students. Against the 577-student average for middle schools in Washington, enrollment here is 57% higher.
Northshore School District includes 37 schools. Together they enroll 22,735 students.
At Canyon Park Middle School, the largest share of students is White, at 50%. The remaining shares are 23% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 3% Black. Snohomish County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 22.1:1. That is higher than the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 19%. Compared with the 41% average for public schools in Snohomish County, the school's rate is lower.
Canyon Park Middle School is 5.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (61.6% versus 67.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Washington.
According to the American Community Survey, in Snohomish County, the median household income is $111,246, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. There are 227 public schools in Snohomish County, enrolling about 118,688 students in all.
The school nearest to Canyon Park Middle School is Northshore Online Reengagement Program, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Canyon Park Middle School places 3rd of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale data from NCES put Canyon Park Middle School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 928 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 907. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 21.1:1 to 22.1:1.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Northshore School District
- North Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,910 students
- Bothell High SchoolHigh · 1,740 students
- Woodinville HSHigh · 1,662 students
- Inglemoor HSHigh · 1,441 students
- Skyview Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,215 students
- Canyon Creek ElementaryElementary · 866 students
Other schools in Bothell
- North Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,910 students
- Bothell High SchoolHigh · 1,740 students
- Lynnwood High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Skyview Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,215 students
- Canyon Creek ElementaryElementary · 866 students
- Northshore Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
Nearby schools
- Northshore Online Reengagement Program0.7 mi · 12
- Northshore Special Services0.7 mi · 34
- Innovation Lab High School0.8 mi · 252
- Maywood Hills Elementary0.9 mi · 467
- Secondary Academy for Success1.0 mi · 76
- C O Sorenson1.4 mi · 257
Frequently asked questions
About Canyon Park Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Canyon Park Middle School?
Canyon Park Middle School enrolls approximately 907 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Canyon Park Middle School serve?
Canyon Park Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Canyon Park Middle School have?
Canyon Park Middle School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Canyon Park Middle School?
At Canyon Park Middle School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 23% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Canyon Park Middle School public or private?
Canyon Park Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Northshore School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.