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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Horizon Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
472
Middle
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530111001826
Horizon Middle School
3915 S Pines Rd, Spokane Valley, WA 99206 · (509) 558-4940 · Spokane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of Washington public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
18.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
143 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 156 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 163 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 153 | 32% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
65.9%
WA avg 58.4% . +3.5pp since 2014
Math
52.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 4 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 | 65.9% | 52.4% |
| 2023-24 | 66.9% | 50.5% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 44.5% |
| 2021-22 | 60.9% | 40.6% |
| 2018-19 | 72.1% | 55.3% |
| 2017-18 | 69.6% | 59.1% |
| 2016-17 | 73.1% | 57.8% |
| 2015-16 | 67.8% | 56.2% |
| 2014-15 | 62.4% | 53.8% |
% 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
58.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Horizon Middle School
Horizon Middle School's state test result (58.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon Middle School this school | 472 | 30.3% | 58.1% |
| Hockinson Middle School BRUSH PRAIRIE | 480 | 30.4% | N/A |
| La Center Middle School La Center | 441 | 33.6% | N/A |
| Port Susan Middle School STANWOOD | 530 | 32.8% | 53.1% |
| Selkirk Middle School Liberty Lake | 613 | 35.7% | 51.7% |
| Evergreen Middle School Spokane Valley | 668 | 35.8% | 52.8% |
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 Horizon Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #62 of 294 | #2 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #68 of 357 ▼ 1 | #3 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #59 of 357 ▼ 12 | #2 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.4pp | #35 of 290 | #1 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #262 of 377 | #20 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #99 of 340 | #19 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.7% | #322 of 340 | #24 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.3% | #296 of 359 | #26 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #178 of 192 | #12 of 13 |
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
472
-32 (-6%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 520
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 472 | 26.2 | 18.1:1 | 30% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 25.9 | 18.6:1 | 35% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 28 | 17.4:1 | 37% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 504 | 26 | 19.4:1 | 17% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 26 | 18.5:1 | 26% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 26 | 18.8:1 | 26% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 25 | 17.7:1 | 31% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 478 | 25 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 520 | 25 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horizon Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (481 to 472); teachers up 1% (26 to 26.2).
About Horizon Middle School
Horizon Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Spokane Valley, Washington, under Central Valley School District. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 472 students.
The district for Horizon Middle School is Central Valley School District, with 33 schools and 15,087 students.
White students account for 85% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Among Spokane County residents, the White share is about 83%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 27, compared with 70 nationally.
Horizon Middle School reported 26.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 18.1:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Washington is 18.9:1. There are 143 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 30% of enrollment. The 52% average for public schools in Spokane County is 22 points higher.
Horizon Middle School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 81% of Washington public middle schools.
Horizon Middle School is 1.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (58.1% versus 59.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Washington.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Spokane County show that median household income comes to about $78,582, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 187, with about 76,588 students.
Chester Elementary School sits about 0.2 miles from Horizon Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 58.1% average proficiency ranks 4th among 9 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Horizon Middle School had a net loss of 32 students, or 6%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 19.4:1 in 2020-21, and 18.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central Valley School District
- Ridgeline High SchoolHigh · 1,575 students
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Central Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Sunrise ElementaryElementary · 644 students
- Greenacres ElementaryElementary · 637 students
Other schools in Spokane Valley
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Central Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- East Valley High SchoolHigh · 912 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Sunrise ElementaryElementary · 644 students
- Greenacres ElementaryElementary · 637 students
Other Horizon Middle schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Horizon Middle. Horizon Middle School is the 8th largest of the 9.
- Horizon Middle SchoolFerndale, WA · 433 students
- HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOLMOORHEAD, MN · 2,158 students
- HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOLBismarck, ND · 1,124 students
- HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOLKISSIMMEE, FL · 1,008 students
- Horizon Middle SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 773 students
Nearby schools
- Chester Elementary School0.2 mi · 410
- University High School0.4 mi · 1,410
- South Pines Elementary1.0 mi · 288
- Bowdish Middle School1.3 mi · 359
- Ponderosa Elementary1.4 mi · 344
- McDonald Elementary School1.5 mi · 282
Frequently asked questions
About Horizon Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Horizon Middle School?
Horizon Middle School enrolls approximately 472 students in grades 06-08.
Is Horizon Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Horizon Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Horizon Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Horizon Middle School is approximately 18.1:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Horizon Middle School?
At Horizon Middle School, the student body is approximately 85% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Horizon Middle School in?
Horizon Middle School is part of Central Valley School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.