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Enrollment
1,057
Middle
DISTRICT 922 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVERETT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530267001725
Gateway Middle School
15404 Silver Firs Dr., Everett, WA 98208 · (425) 385-6600 · Snohomish County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,057 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
186 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 382 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 333 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 342 | 32% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
79.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -7.6pp since 2014
Math
71.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -1.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.4% | 71.7% |
| 2023-24 | 77.9% | 66.3% |
| 2022-23 | 81.0% | 67.8% |
| 2021-22 | 81.1% | 66.5% |
| 2018-19 | 84.4% | 73.6% |
| 2017-18 | 86.0% | 72.9% |
| 2016-17 | 84.8% | 69.1% |
| 2015-16 | 87.2% | 72.5% |
| 2014-15 | 87.0% | 72.8% |
% 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
74.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Gateway Middle School
Gateway Middle School's state test result (74.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway Middle School this school | 1,057 | 17.6% | 74.4% |
| Redmond Middle School Redmond | 1,009 | 17.4% | 70.7% |
| Rose Hill Middle School Redmond | 901 | 14.7% | 72.9% |
| Skyview Middle School Bothell | 1,215 | 16.7% | 66.9% |
| Leota Middle School Woodinville | 858 | 17.4% | 64.8% |
| Beaver Lake Middle School ISSAQUAH | 699 | 9.6% | 80.5% |
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 Gateway Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #13 of 294 | #1 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #16 of 357 ▲ 4 | #1 of 32 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #12 of 357 no change | #1 of 32 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #157 of 290 | #18 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,057 | #7 of 377 | #2 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #338 of 340 | #32 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.1% | #113 of 340 | #18 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.6% | #330 of 359 | #31 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.5% | #29 of 130 | #2 of 17 |
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
1,057
+85 (+9%) vs 2020
+30% since 2000-01, when it was 812
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 1,057 | 43.9 | 24.1:1 | 18% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 1,004 | 43.6 | 23.0:1 | 18% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 949 | 40.7 | 23.3:1 | 15% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 972 | 45 | 21.6:1 | 13% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 892 | 40.9 | 21.8:1 | 9% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 854 | 37 | 23.1:1 | 12% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 674 | 30 | 22.5:1 | 18% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 812 | 37 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gateway Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (892 to 1,057); teachers up 7% (40.9 to 43.9).
About Gateway Middle School
Gateway Middle School is a large middle-grades school in Everett, Washington, one of the schools in Everett School District. The student body numbers 1,057 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Washington is about 577, so this school runs 83% bigger than that.
Everett School District has 32 schools; together they serve 20,489 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Gateway Middle School. The largest is Asian students, at 45%. The remaining students are 34% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census figures show Snohomish County is about 14% Asian. Gateway Middle School's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
Gateway Middle School counts 43.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 24.1 students for each one. This ratio sits 5.2 above the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington. About 18% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Across public schools in Snohomish County, the average is 41%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Gateway Middle School is +6.0 points: 74.4% actual, 68.4% predicted.
Snohomish County has these Census figures: the median household income is $111,246, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Snohomish County is home to 227 public schools and about 118,688 public school students.
The nearest other public school, Forest View Elementary School, is about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Gateway Middle School is 6th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 1,057 students in 2024-25, 85 more than the 972 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 21.6:1 to 24.1:1.
Posts about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Everett School District
- Henry M. Jackson High SchoolHigh · 2,148 students
- Cascade High SchoolHigh · 1,651 students
- Everett High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Heatherwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,031 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 890 students
Other schools in Everett
- Mariner High SchoolHigh · 2,106 students
- Cascade High SchoolHigh · 1,651 students
- Everett High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
- Voyager Middle SchoolMiddle · 902 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 890 students
Other Gateway Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Gateway Middle. Gateway Middle School is the largest of the 5.
- Gateway Middle SchoolMonroeville, PA · 1,017 students
- GATEWAY MIDDLEST LOUIS, MO · 382 students
- Gateway MiddleSan Francisco, CA · 247 students
- Gateway Middle SchoolKILLEEN, TX · 48 students
Nearby schools
- Forest View Elementary School0.2 mi · 634
- Silver Firs Elementary0.9 mi · 538
- Totem Falls1.0 mi · 412
- Little Cedars Elementary School1.3 mi · 646
- Glacier Peak High School1.4 mi · 1,642
- Tambark Creek Elementary School1.5 mi · 740
Frequently asked questions
About Gateway Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gateway Middle School?
Gateway Middle School enrolls approximately 1,057 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Gateway Middle School serve?
Gateway Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gateway Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gateway Middle School is approximately 24.1:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gateway Middle School?
At Gateway Middle School, the student body is approximately 34% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 45% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Gateway Middle School?
Gateway Middle School is overseen by Everett School District in Snohomish County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.