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Enrollment
637
Middle
DISTRICT 631 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHENEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530123000224
Cheney Middle School
740 Betz, CHENEY, WA 99004 · (509) 559-4400 · Spokane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL637 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
342 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 223 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 202 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 212 | 33% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
40.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -11.7pp since 2014
Math
23.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -20.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 20 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.7% | 23.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 27.3% |
| 2022-23 | 37.5% | 24.3% |
| 2021-22 | 44.5% | 29.6% |
| 2018-19 | 51.5% | 47.6% |
| 2017-18 | 50.6% | 41.1% |
| 2016-17 | 44.5% | 38.7% |
| 2015-16 | 53.4% | 46.1% |
| 2014-15 | 52.4% | 43.5% |
% 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Cheney Middle School
Cheney Middle School's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheney Middle School this school | 637 | 53.7% | 34.1% |
| Chase Middle School Spokane | 685 | 55.5% | 43.8% |
| Yelm Middle School Yelm | 652 | 51.7% | 42.4% |
| Sequim Middle School Sequim | 548 | 50.4% | N/A |
| Westwood Middle School Spokane | 624 | 57.7% | 39.7% |
| Chehalis Middle School Chehalis | 692 | 49.3% | 40.9% |
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 Cheney Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #200 of 294 | #17 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #268 of 357 ▼ 42 | #21 of 26 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #239 of 357 ▼ 24 | #19 of 26 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.1pp | #19 of 290 | #1 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 637 | #178 of 377 | #10 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #86 of 340 | #16 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #247 of 340 | #9 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.7% | #159 of 359 | #14 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.8% | #11 of 130 | #1 of 9 |
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
637
+14 (+2%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 751
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 637 | 35.9 | 17.7:1 | 54% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 606 | 36.9 | 16.4:1 | 55% (335) |
| 2022-23 | 626 | 36.2 | 17.3:1 | 61% (380) |
| 2020-21 | 623 | 31 | 20.1:1 | 48% (300) |
| 2017-18 | 469 | 27.5 | 17.1:1 | 43% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 487 | 27 | 18.0:1 | 47% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 882 | 49 | 18.0:1 | 45% (399) |
| 2000-01 | 840 | 44 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 751 | 36 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cheney Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 36% (469 to 637); teachers up 31% (27.5 to 35.9).
About Cheney Middle School
Cheney Middle School is a public middle school in CHENEY, Washington. It teaches 637 students in grades 6 through 8.
Cheney Middle School is one of the 12 schools that make up Cheney School District (5,662 students in total).
The largest group at Cheney Middle School is White students, at 70%. Other students are 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. By comparison, Spokane County residents are about 83% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 47%.
With 35.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.7:1. Statewide, middle schools in Washington average 18.9:1. Roughly 54% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Spokane County is similar, at 52%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Cheney Middle School is 10.1 points below its prediction. Actual: 34.1%. Predicted: 44.2%.
In the surrounding county, Spokane County, median household income comes to about $78,582, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 187, with about 76,588 students.
About 0.6 miles separate Cheney Middle School from the closest public school, Cheney High School. The five-mile area around Cheney Middle School holds 7 other public schools. Cheney Middle School ranks 5th of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 34.1% against a local average of 44.7%.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Fringe, or in a town close to an urbanized area.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (623) and 2024-25 (637). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 17.7:1, from 20.1:1.
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Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cheney School District
- Cheney High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 634 students
- Westwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 624 students
- Windsor ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- Betz ElementaryElementary · 535 students
- Phil Snowdon ElementaryElementary · 525 students
Other schools in CHENEY
- Cheney High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Betz ElementaryElementary · 535 students
- Phil Snowdon ElementaryElementary · 525 students
- Salnave ElementaryElementary · 347 students
- HomeWorksCombined · 145 students
- Three Springs High SchoolHigh · 103 students
Other Cheney Middle schools
One other US public school is named Cheney Middle. Cheney Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- CHENEY MIDDLE SCHOOLWest Fargo, ND · 1,006 students
Nearby schools
- Cheney High School0.6 mi · 1,491
- WIN Academy0.6 mi · 62
- Cheney Open Doors0.6 mi · 10
- Betz Elementary0.8 mi · 535
- Salnave Elementary1.9 mi · 347
- HomeWorks3.0 mi · 145
Frequently asked questions
About Cheney Middle SchoolHow large is Cheney Middle School?
Cheney Middle School enrolls approximately 637 students in grades 06-08.
Is Cheney Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cheney Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Cheney Middle School?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at Cheney Middle School.
How diverse is Cheney Middle School?
Cheney Middle School reports a student body of 70% White, 17% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Cheney Middle School?
Cheney Middle School is overseen by Cheney School District in Spokane County.
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