Enrollment
255
Middle
DISTRICT 603 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOLDENDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530309000491
Goldendale Middle School
520 E. COLLINS DR., GOLDENDALE, WA 98620 · (509) 773-4323 · Klickitat County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL255 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of Washington public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
19.4:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
174 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 5 | 59 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 21% |
| Grade 7 | 74 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 69 | 27% |
Student demographics
54%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
Goldendale Middle School→Goldendale High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Goldendale School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
31.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -17.3pp since 2014
Math
20.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -19.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 20 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.3% | 20.1% |
| 2023-24 | 25.1% | 13.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.8% | 15.3% |
| 2021-22 | 28.6% | 13.5% |
| 2018-19 | 44.5% | 30.7% |
| 2017-18 | 47.8% | 37.9% |
| 2016-17 | 50.5% | 36.8% |
| 2015-16 | 45.5% | 44.6% |
| 2014-15 | 48.5% | 39.7% |
% 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
23.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% 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 Goldendale Middle School
Goldendale Middle School's state test result (23.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goldendale Middle School this school | 255 | 68.2% | 23.2% |
| Elma Middle School Elma | 324 | 65.7% | 37.7% |
| Pioneer Middle School SHELTON | 250 | 64.0% | 23.4% |
| Hoquiam Middle School Hoquiam | 372 | 69.4% | 23.3% |
| Okanogan Middle School Okanogan | 238 | 64.3% | 37.0% |
| Winlock Middle School WINLOCK | 160 | 68.1% | 25.5% |
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 Goldendale Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #260 of 294 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #285 of 357 ▲ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #298 of 357 ▲ 33 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #87 of 290 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 255 | #323 of 377 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #179 of 340 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #209 of 340 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.2% | #69 of 359 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #81 of 192 |
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
255
+29 (+13%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 419
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 255 | 13.2 | 19.4:1 | 68% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 262 | 14.2 | 18.5:1 | 74% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 262 | 16.3 | 16.1:1 | 78% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 226 | 14 | 16.1:1 | 69% (156) |
| 2017-18 | 294 | 17.7 | 16.6:1 | 61% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 276 | 17 | 16.2:1 | 55% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 309 | 18 | 17.2:1 | 61% (187) |
| 2000-01 | 435 | 21 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 419 | 19 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Goldendale Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (294 to 255); teachers down 25% (17.7 to 13.2).
About Goldendale Middle School
Goldendale Middle School is a small middle school with its address in GOLDENDALE, Washington. Its enrollment is 255 students, spread over grades 5 through 8. Across middle schools in Washington, the average enrollment is about 577.
Goldendale School District runs 5 schools with a combined 3,013 students. Goldendale Middle School is one of them.
More than half of enrollment at Goldendale Middle School is White: 64%. Next come 20% Hispanic, 10% Native American, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 82% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Goldendale Middle School scores 54%.
Goldendale Middle School has 13.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Washington is similar, at 18.9:1. At Goldendale Middle School, 68% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Compared with the 55% average for public schools in Klickitat County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Washington public middle schools, Goldendale Middle School outscored 14%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Goldendale Middle School ranks in the bottom 10% in Washington. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 23.2%, against a prediction of 34.4%.
The school's county is Klickitat County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $71,042, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Klickitat County's 21 public schools enroll about 2,803 students and include Goldendale Middle School.
Goldendale Primary School is about 0.2 miles from Goldendale Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 3. Goldendale Middle School comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Remote. That means it sits in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Goldendale Middle School enrolled 226 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 255. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 16.1:1 to 19.4:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Goldendale Middle School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Klickitat County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
23,411
Census ACS
Median income
$71,042
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
2,803 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Goldendale School District
- Washington Connections Academy GoldendaleCombined · 2,121 students
- Goldendale High SchoolHigh · 322 students
- Goldendale Primary SchoolElementary · 302 students
- Goldendale Support Service CenterElementary · 13 students
Other schools in GOLDENDALE
- Goldendale High SchoolHigh · 322 students
- Goldendale Primary SchoolElementary · 302 students
- Goldendale Support Service CenterElementary · 13 students
Nearby schools
- Goldendale Primary School0.2 mi · 302
- Goldendale Support Service Center0.2 mi · 13
- Goldendale High School0.2 mi · 322
- Centerville Elementary6.1 mi · 91
- Wishram High And Elementary Schl13.0 mi · 91
- Klickitat Elem & High16.3 mi · 71
Frequently asked questions
About Goldendale Middle SchoolHow many students attend Goldendale Middle School?
Goldendale Middle School enrolls approximately 255 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Goldendale Middle School serve?
Goldendale Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Goldendale Middle School?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at Goldendale Middle School.
How diverse is Goldendale Middle School?
Goldendale Middle School reports a student body of 64% White, 20% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Goldendale Middle School public or private?
Goldendale Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Goldendale School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.