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What tradition at Hawkins Middle School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
485
Middle
DISTRICT 334 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH MASON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530579000860
Hawkins Middle School
300 E. Campus Dr., Belfair, WA 98528 · (360) 277-2302 · Mason County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL485 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
17.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
280 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 163 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 165 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 157 | 32% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Based on grade levels within North Mason School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
31.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -14.0pp since 2014
Math
26.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -3.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.7% | 26.6% |
| 2023-24 | 31.1% | 27.9% |
| 2022-23 | 32.2% | 31.1% |
| 2021-22 | 31.4% | 25.0% |
| 2018-19 | 42.6% | 33.9% |
| 2017-18 | 43.4% | 36.2% |
| 2016-17 | 50.2% | 28.7% |
| 2015-16 | 52.2% | 33.1% |
| 2014-15 | 45.8% | 29.7% |
% 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
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% 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 Hawkins Middle School
Hawkins Middle School's state test result (29.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkins Middle School this school | 485 | 57.7% | 29.6% |
| Rochester Middle School Rochester | 535 | 60.0% | 44.8% |
| Cascade Middle School Longview | 463 | 60.3% | N/A |
| Nooksack Valley Middle School Everson | 469 | 58.4% | 40.0% |
| Horizon Middle School Ferndale | 433 | 55.4% | 35.1% |
| Chief Joseph Middle School Richland | 659 | 58.4% | 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 Hawkins Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #226 of 294 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #243 of 357 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #295 of 357 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #176 of 290 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 485 | #255 of 377 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #88 of 340 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #196 of 340 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.7% | #133 of 359 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.0% | #85 of 130 |
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
485
+36 (+8%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 485 | 27.3 | 17.8:1 | 58% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 470 | 27 | 17.4:1 | 53% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 27.5 | 17.3:1 | 47% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 23 | 19.5:1 | 56% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 24 | 19.2:1 | 68% (314) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 23 | 18.6:1 | 57% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 468 | 24 | 19.5:1 | 45% (212) |
| 2000-01 | 355 | 18 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 390 | 20 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hawkins Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (462 to 485); teachers up 14% (24 to 27.3).
About Hawkins Middle School
Hawkins Middle School serves students in Belfair, Washington, as a low-enrollment middle school. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 485 students.
North Mason School District is made up of 7 schools with 2,337 students in all.
At Hawkins Middle School, White students make up 60% of the student body. The school is also 28% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. That is lower than the 77% White share among all Mason County residents. The school's diversity index is 55%, meaning two students picked at random have a 55% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.8:1. This ratio sits 1.1 below the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 58%.
allk12 grades Hawkins Middle School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Washington public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Hawkins Middle School is -11.9 points, in the bottom 10% of Washington. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 29.6%, and the predicted rate is 41.5%.
Among Mason County residents, the median household income is $83,270, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hawkins Middle School is one of 26 public schools in the county.
North Mason Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Hawkins Middle School holds 6 other public schools. Nearby schools average 40.3% on proficiency, and Hawkins Middle School is below that at 29.6%.
NCES describes the area around Hawkins Middle School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment at Hawkins Middle School climbed 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 449 to 485 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 19.5:1 in 2020-21, and 17.8:1 in 2024-25.
The Hawkins Middle School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Mason County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,982
Census ACS
Median income
$83,270
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
8,539 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Mason School District
- North Mason Senior High SchoolHigh · 735 students
- Sand Hill ElementaryElementary · 537 students
- Belfair ElementaryElementary · 392 students
- North Mason Homelink ProgramCombined · 73 students
- James A. Taylor High SchoolHigh · 61 students
- Mary E. Theler Early Learning CenterElementary · 54 students
Other schools in Belfair
- North Mason Senior High SchoolHigh · 735 students
- Sand Hill ElementaryElementary · 537 students
- Belfair ElementaryElementary · 392 students
- North Mason Homelink ProgramCombined · 73 students
- James A. Taylor High SchoolHigh · 61 students
- Mary E. Theler Early Learning CenterElementary · 54 students
Other Hawkins Middle schools
One other US public school is named Hawkins Middle. Hawkins Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Hawkins Middle SchoolFOREST, MS · 460 students
Nearby schools
- North Mason Senior High School0.2 mi · 735
- North Mason Homelink Program0.2 mi · 73
- James A. Taylor High School0.2 mi · 61
- Mary E. Theler Early Learning Center1.8 mi · 54
- Belfair Elementary1.8 mi · 392
- Sand Hill Elementary3.1 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About Hawkins Middle SchoolHow large is Hawkins Middle School?
Hawkins Middle School enrolls approximately 485 students in grades 06-08.
Is Hawkins Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hawkins Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hawkins Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hawkins Middle School is approximately 17.8:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hawkins Middle School?
Hawkins Middle School reports a student body of 60% White, 28% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Hawkins Middle School?
Hawkins Middle School is overseen by North Mason School District in Mason County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.