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Enrollment
448
Middle
DISTRICT 393 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530321001770
Granite Falls Middle School
405 North Alder Ave, Granite Falls, WA 98252 · (360) 691-7710 · Snohomish County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Washington public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
19.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
216 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 169 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 126 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 153 | 34% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
39.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -10.6pp since 2014
Math
22.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -5.2pp 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 23 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.4% | 22.8% |
| 2023-24 | 33.1% | 23.5% |
| 2022-23 | 27.5% | 15.5% |
| 2021-22 | 27.5% | 14.3% |
| 2018-19 | 37.5% | 16.6% |
| 2017-18 | 44.7% | 26.9% |
| 2016-17 | 43.1% | 28.6% |
| 2015-16 | 53.1% | 26.1% |
| 2014-15 | 50.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% 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 Granite Falls Middle School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Falls Middle School this school | 448 | 48.2% | 31.3% |
| Jemtegaard Middle School Washougal | 408 | 47.5% | N/A |
| Daybreak Middle Battle Ground | 480 | 46.3% | N/A |
| Medical Lake Middle School Medical Lake | 381 | 48.0% | 48.4% |
| Eatonville Middle School Eatonville | 425 | 46.4% | 30.6% |
| Sequim Middle School Sequim | 548 | 50.4% | 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 Granite Falls Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #215 of 294 | #28 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #271 of 357 ▼ 13 | #29 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #252 of 357 ▲ 35 | #26 of 32 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.2pp | #18 of 290 | #3 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #275 of 377 | #30 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #172 of 340 | #6 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.2% | #269 of 340 | #30 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.2% | #205 of 359 | #14 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.3% | #45 of 130 | #5 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
448
-22 (-5%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 385
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 448 | 23.3 | 19.3:1 | 48% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 462 | 22.9 | 20.1:1 | 50% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 26.5 | 18.5:1 | 47% (229) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 22 | 21.4:1 | 42% (199) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 22.2 | 17.9:1 | 44% (176) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 22 | 18.6:1 | 42% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 26 | 21.4:1 | 43% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 314 | 17 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 385 | 19 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Granite Falls Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (399 to 448); teachers up 5% (22.2 to 23.3).
About Granite Falls Middle School
As a small middle school, Granite Falls Middle School serves students in Granite Falls, Washington. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 448 students. The average for middle schools in Washington is about 577 students, so this school is 22% smaller than average.
Granite Falls School District is the district for Granite Falls Middle School. It has 6 schools and 2,355 students.
By race and ethnicity, Granite Falls Middle School is 73% White. The school is also 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 64% White share among all Snohomish County residents. By the diversity index, Granite Falls Middle School comes in at 44%.
The school employs the equivalent of 23.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 19.3:1. Middle schools in Washington have a similar average ratio of 18.9:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 48%.
The allk12 Grade for Granite Falls Middle School is C. Compared with Washington public middle schools, the school scored higher than 25% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Granite Falls Middle School posts 31.3% against a 47.9% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Washington.
Snohomish County has these Census figures: median household income is about $111,246, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The public schools of Snohomish County number 227 and enroll about 118,688.
Nearest public school: Crossroads High School, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Granite Falls Middle School holds 5 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Granite Falls Middle School at 5th of 5.
The school's locale code, Town: Fringe, means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 5%, from 470 to 448. The school's ratio fell from 21.4:1 to 19.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Granite Falls School District
- Granite Falls High SchoolHigh · 614 students
- Mountain Way ElementaryElementary · 556 students
- Monte Cristo ElementaryElementary · 502 students
- Crossroads High SchoolHigh · 188 students
- Granite Falls Open DoorsHigh · 47 students
Other schools in Granite Falls
- Granite Falls High SchoolHigh · 614 students
- Mountain Way ElementaryElementary · 556 students
- Monte Cristo ElementaryElementary · 502 students
- Crossroads High SchoolHigh · 188 students
- Granite Falls Open DoorsHigh · 47 students
Other Granite Falls Middle schools
One other US public school is named Granite Falls Middle. Granite Falls Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Granite Falls MiddleGranite Falls, NC · 518 students
Nearby schools
- Crossroads High School0.1 mi · 188
- Granite Falls Open Doors0.2 mi · 47
- Mountain Way Elementary0.4 mi · 556
- Monte Cristo Elementary0.9 mi · 502
- Granite Falls High School1.1 mi · 614
- Mt. Pilchuck Elementary School6.7 mi · 554
Frequently asked questions
About Granite Falls Middle SchoolHow large is Granite Falls Middle School?
Granite Falls Middle School enrolls approximately 448 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Granite Falls Middle School serve?
Granite Falls Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Granite Falls Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Granite Falls Middle School is approximately 19.3:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Granite Falls Middle School?
At Granite Falls Middle School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Granite Falls Middle School public or private?
Granite Falls Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Granite Falls School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.