Chief Kanim Middle School

Chief Kanim Middle School is a reasonably sized middle-grades school in FALL CITY, Washington, one of the schools within Snoqualmie Valley School District. The school teaches 520 students in grades 6 through 8.

Snoqualmie Valley School District runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 7,145 students. Chief Kanim Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Chief Kanim Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 18.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Chief Kanim Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.1%, the actual is 67.5%, a residual of -2.6 points.

Around the school, census data for King County shows the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chief Kanim Middle School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Fall City Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Chief Kanim Middle School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 81.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 35%: 798 students in 2018 compared to 520 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 76% to 61%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 today.

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