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Enrollment
461
Middle
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EPHRATA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530261000387
Ephrata Middle School
384 A ST SE, EPHRATA, WA 98823 · (509) 754-4659 · Grant County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
265 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 7 | 222 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 239 | 52% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Ephrata Middle School→Ephrata High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Ephrata School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
49.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -10.0pp since 2014
Math
31.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -16.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.1% | 31.6% |
| 2023-24 | 52.8% | 40.6% |
| 2022-23 | 56.0% | 41.7% |
| 2021-22 | 54.6% | 39.5% |
| 2018-19 | 64.4% | 53.0% |
| 2017-18 | 59.5% | 56.3% |
| 2016-17 | 62.8% | 55.1% |
| 2015-16 | 56.6% | 57.5% |
| 2014-15 | 59.1% | 47.8% |
% 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
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Ephrata Middle School
Ephrata Middle School's state test result (42.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ephrata Middle School this school | 461 | 57.5% | 42.9% |
| Nooksack Valley Middle School Everson | 469 | 58.4% | 40.0% |
| Parkway School EPHRATA | 407 | 59.2% | 45.8% |
| Foothills Middle School WENATCHEE | 567 | 58.2% | N/A |
| Hawkins Middle School Belfair | 485 | 57.7% | 29.6% |
| Rochester Middle School Rochester | 535 | 60.0% | 44.8% |
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 Ephrata Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Grant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #134 of 294 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #198 of 357 ▼ 85 | #4 of 10 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #161 of 357 ▼ 33 | #2 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.7pp | #10 of 290 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #269 of 377 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #248 of 340 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #178 of 340 | #1 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.5% | #135 of 359 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.3% | #18 of 130 | 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
461
+27 (+6%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 459
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 20.7:1
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 | 461 | 22.4 | 20.6:1 | 57% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 24.4 | 18.5:1 | 61% (278) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 24.5 | 18.3:1 | 63% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | 21 | 20.7:1 | 57% (247) |
| 2017-18 | 374 | 19.5 | 19.2:1 | 53% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 376 | 17 | 22.1:1 | 54% (203) |
| 2010-11 | 366 | 17 | 21.5:1 | 53% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 362 | 16 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 459 | 22 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ephrata Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (374 to 461); teachers up 15% (19.5 to 22.4).
About Ephrata Middle School
Ephrata Middle School is the name of a small middle school in EPHRATA, Washington. The school's enrollment of 461 students covers grades 7 through 8. Enrollment is 20% lower than the average for middle schools in Washington, which is about 577.
Federal data list 8 schools in Ephrata School District, with 2,833 students enrolled.
At 51%, White students outnumber all other groups at Ephrata Middle School combined. Other students are 42% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Ephrata Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
Teachers at the school number 22.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 20.6:1. Among middle schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 18.9:1. The school's lunch program data list 57% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Grant County, the average is 69%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Ephrata Middle School is +1.2 points: 42.9% actual, 41.6% predicted.
Federal survey data for Grant County show that median household income is about $73,267, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. A total of 61 public schools operate in Grant County, serving about 20,494 students.
Nearest public school: Parkway School, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: 7. On average proficiency, Ephrata Middle School is 3rd of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put Ephrata Middle School in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 434 to 461.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
101,799
Census ACS
Median income
$73,267
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
20,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ephrata School District
- Ephrata High SchoolHigh · 886 students
- Columbia Ridge ElementaryElementary · 480 students
- Grant ElementaryElementary · 466 students
- Parkway SchoolMiddle · 407 students
- Tiger Cubs ECEAPElementary · 83 students
- Sage Hills Open Doors Youth Re-Engagement ProgramHigh · 39 students
Other schools in EPHRATA
- Ephrata High SchoolHigh · 886 students
- Columbia Ridge ElementaryElementary · 480 students
- Grant ElementaryElementary · 466 students
- Parkway SchoolMiddle · 407 students
- Tiger Cubs ECEAPElementary · 83 students
- Sage Hills Open Doors Youth Re-Engagement ProgramHigh · 39 students
Other Ephrata Middle schools
One other US public school is named Ephrata Middle. Ephrata Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Ephrata Middle SchoolEphrata, PA · 601 students
Nearby schools
- Parkway School0.5 mi · 407
- Columbia Ridge Elementary0.5 mi · 480
- Tiger Cubs ECEAP0.7 mi · 83
- Sage Hills Open Doors Youth Re-Engagement Program0.8 mi · 39
- Ephrata High School0.8 mi · 886
- Grant Elementary0.8 mi · 466
Frequently asked questions
About Ephrata Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ephrata Middle School?
Ephrata Middle School enrolls approximately 461 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Ephrata Middle School serve?
Ephrata Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Ephrata Middle School have?
Ephrata Middle School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Ephrata Middle School?
Student demographics at Ephrata Middle School are roughly 51% White, 42% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Ephrata Middle School?
Ephrata Middle School is overseen by Ephrata School District in Grant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.