Jemtegaard Middle School

Jemtegaard Middle School is a low-enrollment middle school found in Washougal, Washington. It teaches 408 students in grades 6 through 8. It has 29% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Washington (about 577).

Jemtegaard Middle School is part of a district of 9 schools: Washougal School District, with 2,687 students.

The share of White students at Jemtegaard Middle School is 72%, a majority. Other students are 18% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. Census estimates put Clark County at about 75% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 44%.

Its staff includes 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 18.5 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington. Jemtegaard Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 48%.

The school is in Clark County, where the median household earns about $97,536 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Clark County, 151 public schools serve about 74,406 students.

Of the public schools around it, Jemtegaard Middle School is closest to Columbia River Gorge Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Jemtegaard Middle School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.

The school's student count fell 10% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 18.5:1, from 19.8:1.

The allk12 page for Jemtegaard Middle School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.