Finn Hill Middle School

As a reasonably sized 6-8 campus in Kirkland, Washington, Finn Hill Middle School educates 664 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Lake Washington School District.

Finn Hill Middle School is one of 55 schools operated by Lake Washington School District, a district that works with 30,986 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Finn Hill Middle School logs that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 12% multiracial, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Finn Hill Middle School shows 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.5:1. The state averages about 18.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of King County's rate of about 38%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Finn Hill Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 64.5%; this one comes in at 51.0%, -13.5 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for King County indicate median household income runs about $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Finn Hill Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Environmental & Adventure School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Finn Hill Middle School. On composite proficiency, Finn Hill Middle School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 67.9%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 5%: 633 students in 2018 compared to 664 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 64% to 56% over that span.

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