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Enrollment
692
Middle
DISTRICT 393 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEHALIS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530117002252
Chehalis Middle School
1060 SW 20th Street, Chehalis, WA 98532 · (360) 807-7230 · Lewis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL692 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
341 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 226 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 244 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 222 | 32% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
51.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -2.2pp since 2014
Math
33.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -13.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.9% | 33.8% |
| 2023-24 | 48.2% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.3% | 26.5% |
| 2021-22 | 48.8% | 27.7% |
| 2018-19 | 62.9% | 44.6% |
| 2017-18 | 62.1% | 51.9% |
| 2016-17 | 63.8% | 56.5% |
| 2015-16 | 55.7% | 50.2% |
| 2014-15 | 54.1% | 47.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Chehalis Middle School
Chehalis Middle School's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chehalis Middle School this school | 692 | 49.3% | 40.9% |
| Woodland Middle School Woodland | 739 | 49.8% | N/A |
| Yelm Middle School Yelm | 652 | 51.7% | 42.4% |
| Cougar Mountain Middle School Graham | 605 | 50.4% | 43.9% |
| Post Middle School Arlington | 645 | 45.7% | 37.1% |
| Carmichael Middle School Richland | 791 | 49.6% | 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 Chehalis Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #146 of 294 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #181 of 357 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #140 of 357 ▲ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #86 of 290 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 692 | #135 of 377 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #283 of 340 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.6% | #252 of 340 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.3% | #190 of 359 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.2% | #46 of 130 |
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
692
+42 (+6%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 601
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 692 | 32.3 | 21.4:1 | 49% (341) |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 32.5 | 20.7:1 | 53% (354) |
| 2022-23 | 635 | 32.3 | 19.7:1 | 55% (352) |
| 2020-21 | 650 | 32 | 20.3:1 | 46% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 617 | 32 | 19.3:1 | 51% (313) |
| 2015-16 | 649 | 30 | 21.6:1 | 50% (327) |
| 2010-11 | 624 | 28 | 22.3:1 | 44% (276) |
| 2000-01 | 628 | 28 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 601 | 29 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chehalis Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (617 to 692); teachers up 1% (32 to 32.3).
About Chehalis Middle School
Chehalis Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in Chehalis, Washington. The school has 692 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8.
Chehalis Middle School is one school in an 8-school district, Chehalis School District, which enrolls 3,142 students.
About 70% of the student body at Chehalis Middle School is White. Other groups make up 22% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 82% of Lewis County residents are White. A diversity index of 47% means there is a 47% chance two randomly chosen students at Chehalis Middle School are from different groups.
The school's 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1. Middle schools in Washington have an average ratio of 18.9:1. At Chehalis Middle School, 49% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 47.1% at Chehalis Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.9%.
In the surrounding county, Lewis County, median household income comes to about $74,796, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 45, with about 12,548 students.
Orin C Smith Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Chehalis Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Chehalis Middle School is 3rd among 4 schools close by.
Chehalis Middle School is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 6% gain, from 650 to 692. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 20.3:1 in 2020-21 to 21.4:1 in 2024-25.
People who know Chehalis Middle School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Lewis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
85,154
Census ACS
Median income
$74,796
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
12,548 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chehalis School District
- W F West High SchoolHigh · 950 students
- Orin C Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 647 students
- James W Lintott Elementary SchoolElementary · 634 students
- Green Hill Academic SchoolHigh · 163 students
- Lewis County Alternative SchoolHigh · 38 students
- Lewis County Juvenile DetentionHigh · 16 students
Other schools in Chehalis
- W F West High SchoolHigh · 950 students
- Orin C Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 647 students
- James W Lintott Elementary SchoolElementary · 634 students
- Adna Middle/High SchoolHigh · 369 students
- Adna Elementary SchoolElementary · 265 students
- Green Hill Academic SchoolHigh · 163 students
Nearby schools
- Orin C Smith Elementary School0.2 mi · 647
- James W Lintott Elementary School0.2 mi · 634
- W F West High School0.6 mi · 950
- Lewis County Alternative School0.9 mi · 38
- Lewis County Juvenile Detention0.9 mi · 16
- Green Hill Academic School1.0 mi · 163
Frequently asked questions
About Chehalis Middle SchoolHow many students attend Chehalis Middle School?
Chehalis Middle School enrolls approximately 692 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Chehalis Middle School serve?
Chehalis Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chehalis Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chehalis Middle School is approximately 21.4:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Chehalis Middle School?
Student demographics at Chehalis Middle School are roughly 70% White, 22% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Chehalis Middle School in?
Chehalis Middle School is part of Chehalis School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.