1
Which teacher or staff member at Frontier Middle School deserves more recognition?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
690
Middle
DISTRICT 612 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOSES LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530522002625
Frontier Middle School
517 WEST THIRD AVENUE, MOSES LAKE, WA 98837 · (509) 766-2662 · Grant County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL690 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Washington public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
419 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 225 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 242 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 223 | 32% |
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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
38.8%
WA avg 58.4% . +1.1pp since 2014
Math
26.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.8% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.9% | 23.5% |
| 2022-23 | 31.7% | 22.2% |
| 2021-22 | 32.5% | 28.1% |
| 2018-19 | 51.7% | 38.7% |
| 2017-18 | 45.9% | 36.0% |
| 2016-17 | 44.3% | 27.3% |
| 2015-16 | 47.8% | 31.7% |
| 2014-15 | 37.7% | 26.8% |
% 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
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Frontier Middle School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier Middle School this school | 690 | 60.7% | 29.1% |
| East Valley Central Middle School YAKIMA | 792 | 62.4% | 39.7% |
| Foothills Middle School WENATCHEE | 567 | 58.2% | N/A |
| Columbia Middle School MOSES LAKE | 875 | 58.9% | 36.8% |
| Eastmont Junior High East Wenatchee | 687 | 62.6% | N/A |
| Sterling Junior High School East Wenatchee | 676 | 53.6% | N/A |
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 Frontier Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Grant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #229 of 294 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #249 of 357 ▲ 10 | #5 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #259 of 357 ▲ 40 | #6 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #145 of 290 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 690 | #137 of 377 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #237 of 340 | #7 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #185 of 340 | #4 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.7% | #109 of 359 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #110 of 192 | 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
690
-50 (-7%) vs 2020
+1% since 2000-01, when it was 682
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 690 | 33.9 | 20.3:1 | 61% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 721 | 43 | 16.8:1 | 67% (482) |
| 2022-23 | 758 | 43.4 | 17.5:1 | 72% (544) |
| 2020-21 | 740 | 34 | 21.8:1 | 59% (438) |
| 2017-18 | 762 | 37.8 | 20.2:1 | 62% (476) |
| 2015-16 | 689 | 34 | 20.3:1 | 62% (428) |
| 2010-11 | 757 | 36 | 21.0:1 | 67% (505) |
| 2000-01 | 682 | 33 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frontier Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (762 to 690); teachers down 10% (37.8 to 33.9).
About Frontier Middle School
Frontier Middle School is a middle school with a street address in MOSES LAKE, Washington. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 690 students.
Moses Lake School District has 8,430 students spread across 20 schools.
Frontier Middle School is 52% Hispanic by enrollment. Other reported shares: 42% White and 4% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 56%, meaning two students picked at random have a 56% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 33.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 20.3:1. That is higher than the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 61%. Public schools in Grant County average 69%.
The allk12 Grade for Frontier Middle School is C-. Compared with Washington public middle schools, the school scored higher than 18% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Washington, Frontier Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 29.1% actual against a predicted 39.5%.
Census estimates describe Grant County this way: the median household income is $73,267, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Frontier Middle School, Grant County has 60 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Knolls Vista Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Frontier Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Remote, or in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment at Frontier Middle School dropped 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 740 to 690 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 21.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 20.3:1.
Discussions about Frontier Middle School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. 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 Moses Lake School District
- Moses Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Columbia Middle SchoolMiddle · 875 students
- Park Orchard Elementary SchoolElementary · 454 students
- Vicki I. Groff Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Vanguard AcademyHigh · 387 students
- Peninsula ElementaryElementary · 383 students
Other schools in MOSES LAKE
- Moses Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Columbia Middle SchoolMiddle · 875 students
- Park Orchard Elementary SchoolElementary · 454 students
- Vicki I. Groff Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Vanguard AcademyHigh · 387 students
- Peninsula ElementaryElementary · 383 students
Other Frontier Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Frontier Middle. Frontier Middle School is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Frontier Middle SchoolVancouver, WA · 767 students
- Frontier Middle SchoolGraham, WA · 620 students
- Frontier Middle SchoolEAGLE MOUNTAIN, UT · 1,781 students
- FRONTIER MIDDLEO'FALLON, MO · 1,243 students
- FRONTIER MIDDLE SCHOOLHAMBURG, NY · 1,067 students
Nearby schools
- Knolls Vista Elementary0.5 mi · 282
- Moses Lake Early Learning Center0.6 mi · 221
- Midway Elementary0.6 mi · 222
- Park Orchard Elementary School0.8 mi · 454
- Garden Heights Elementary1.1 mi · 324
- Lakeview Terrace Elementary1.2 mi · 303
Frequently asked questions
About Frontier Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Frontier Middle School?
Frontier Middle School enrolls approximately 690 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Frontier Middle School serve?
Frontier Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Frontier Middle School have?
Frontier Middle School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Frontier Middle School?
Student demographics at Frontier Middle School are roughly 42% White, 52% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Frontier Middle School public or private?
Frontier Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Moses Lake School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.