Chase Middle School

Chase Middle School is a reasonably sized intermediate school in Spokane, Washington, part of Spokane School District. The school educates 685 students in grades 6 through 8.

Across the 62 schools in Spokane School District (28,853 students total), Chase Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Chase Middle School lists that White students make up the majority at 67%; the rest reads as 11% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 4% Asian, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Chase Middle School has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. The state averages around 18.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chase Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.0%, the actual is 43.8%, a residual of +0.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Spokane County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $78,582 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Spokane County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students), Chase Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ferris High School, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Chase Middle School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 50.1%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chase Middle School has held roughly steady, going from 679 students in 2018 to 685 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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