Horizon Middle School

Horizon Middle School is a middle school of cozy scale in Spokane Valley, Washington, part of Central Valley School District, instructing 472 students in grades 6 through 8.

Central Valley School District comprises 33 schools with combined enrollment of 15,087 students; Horizon Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Horizon Middle School shows that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.9:1 average. Roughly 30% of students at Horizon Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Spokane County's rate of about 52%.

With demographic context factored in, Horizon Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.1%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Spokane County put median household income runs about $78,582, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Spokane County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students), Horizon Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Chester Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Horizon Middle School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 54.3%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 481 students in 2018 compared to 472 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.