Enrollment
174
Middle
DISTRICT 259 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA (WALLA WALLA) SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530159000280
Columbia Middle School
835 Maple Street, BURBANK, WA 99323 · (509) 545-8571 · Walla Walla County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL174 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
103 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 57 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 37% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Columbia Middle School→Columbia High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Columbia (Walla Walla) School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
27.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -13.0pp since 2014
Math
21.1%
WA avg 51.2% . +2.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.5% | 21.1% |
| 2023-24 | 33.7% | 18.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | 12.6% |
| 2021-22 | 40.9% | 22.5% |
| 2018-19 | 42.0% | 26.0% |
| 2017-18 | 41.6% | 26.1% |
| 2016-17 | 34.1% | 25.1% |
| 2015-16 | 35.6% | 28.2% |
| 2014-15 | 40.5% | 18.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Columbia Middle School
Columbia Middle School's state test result (24.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Middle School this school | 174 | 59.2% | 24.8% |
| Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School White Salmon | 163 | 55.8% | 40.6% |
| Pinnacles Prep Charter School Wenatchee | 234 | 51.3% | N/A |
| Okanogan Middle School Okanogan | 238 | 64.3% | 37.0% |
| Forks Middle School Forks | 237 | 65.8% | N/A |
| Tonasket Middle School TONASKET | 221 | 70.6% | 30.4% |
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 Columbia Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Walla Walla County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #250 of 294 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #280 of 357 ▲ 23 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #319 of 357 ▼ 37 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.4pp | #7 of 290 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 174 | #345 of 377 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.2% | #122 of 359 | N/A |
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
174
-6 (-3%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 201
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 174 | 11 | 15.8:1 | 59% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 184 | 11.8 | 15.6:1 | 59% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 196 | 10.3 | 19.0:1 | 58% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 180 | 9 | 20.0:1 | 59% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 170 | 10.5 | 16.2:1 | 56% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 185 | 11 | 16.8:1 | 55% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 220 | 12 | 18.3:1 | 45% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 220 | 12 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 201 | 11 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Columbia Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (170 to 174); teachers up 5% (10.5 to 11).
About Columbia Middle School
Federal records list Columbia Middle School as a middle-grades school in BURBANK, Washington. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 174 students. The school is 70% below the average for middle schools in Washington.
Columbia Middle School is part of a district of 3 schools: Columbia (Walla Walla) School District, with 776 students.
The student body at Columbia Middle School is 57% White. After that, the student body is 41% Hispanic. Among all residents of Walla Walla County, the White share is about 73%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
Columbia Middle School has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Washington is 18.9:1. At Columbia Middle School, 59% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Columbia Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Washington schools: 24.8% actual against 40.5% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Walla Walla County show that the median household earns about $74,202 a year, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Walla Walla County has 33 public schools with about 8,516 students, including Columbia Middle School.
Columbia Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Columbia High School, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Columbia Middle School is ahead of the 23.7% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 6.
For locale, NCES codes Columbia Middle School as Rural: Fringe.
The school's student count fell 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 20.0:1 to 15.8:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Columbia Middle School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Walla Walla County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,161
Census ACS
Median income
$74,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
8,516 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Columbia (Walla Walla) School District
- Columbia ElementaryElementary · 367 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 235 students
Other schools in BURBANK
- Columbia ElementaryElementary · 367 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 235 students
Other Columbia Middle schools
10 other US public schools in 8 states are named Columbia Middle. Columbia Middle School is the 10th largest of the 11.
- Columbia Middle SchoolMOSES LAKE, WA · 875 students
- Columbia Middle SchoolGrovetown, GA · 903 students
- Columbia MiddleAdelanto, CA · 754 students
- Columbia MiddleSunnyvale, CA · 697 students
- Columbia Middle SchoolAURORA, CO · 636 students
Nearby schools
- Columbia High School0.1 mi · 235
- Columbia Elementary0.1 mi · 367
- Finley Middle School3.4 mi · 204
- River View High School3.4 mi · 321
- Virgie Robinson Elementary3.8 mi · 473
- Whittier Elementary4.2 mi · 378
Frequently asked questions
About Columbia Middle SchoolHow large is Columbia Middle School?
Columbia Middle School enrolls approximately 174 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Columbia Middle School serve?
Columbia Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Columbia Middle School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Columbia Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Columbia Middle School?
At Columbia Middle School, the student body is approximately 57% White, 41% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Columbia Middle School?
Columbia Middle School is overseen by Columbia (Walla Walla) School District in Walla Walla County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.