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Enrollment
573
Middle
DISTRICT 589 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530423000671
Kamiakin Middle School
14111 132ND AVE NE, Kirkland, WA 98034 · (425) 936-2400 · King County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Washington public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
19.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
163 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 204 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 187 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 182 | 32% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
65.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -0.6pp since 2014
Math
57.2%
WA avg 51.2% . +4.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.3% | 57.2% |
| 2023-24 | 66.3% | 57.5% |
| 2022-23 | 66.8% | 51.1% |
| 2021-22 | 64.6% | 47.5% |
| 2018-19 | 67.4% | 56.8% |
| 2017-18 | 65.0% | 53.2% |
| 2016-17 | 64.7% | 52.9% |
| 2015-16 | 68.4% | 51.0% |
| 2014-15 | 66.0% | 52.9% |
% 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
61.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Kamiakin Middle School
Kamiakin Middle School's state test result (61.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamiakin Middle School this school | 573 | 28.4% | 61.6% |
| Chinook Middle School Bellevue | 752 | 24.1% | 62.8% |
| Tillicum Middle School Bellevue | 676 | 19.8% | 67.7% |
| Issaquah Middle School ISSAQUAH | 808 | 29.0% | 60.7% |
| Heatherwood Middle School Mill Creek | 1,031 | 31.8% | 66.5% |
| Kenmore Middle School Kenmore | 733 | 26.5% | 56.9% |
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 Kamiakin Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #42 of 294 | #32 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #52 of 357 ▼ 7 | #34 of 76 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #63 of 357 ▼ 12 | #33 of 76 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.3pp | #74 of 290 | #21 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #209 of 377 | #64 of 80 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #212 of 340 | #41 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.9% | #73 of 340 | #35 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.4% | #305 of 359 | #43 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #173 of 192 | #34 of 37 |
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
573
-54 (-9%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 695
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 573 | 28.7 | 19.9:1 | 28% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 608 | 31.8 | 19.1:1 | 31% (189) |
| 2022-23 | 618 | 32.5 | 19.0:1 | 33% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 627 | 35 | 17.9:1 | 30% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 586 | 30.4 | 19.3:1 | 34% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 549 | 30 | 18.3:1 | 36% (197) |
| 2010-11 | 528 | 28 | 18.9:1 | 25% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 735 | 36 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 695 | 34 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kamiakin Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (586 to 573); teachers down 5% (30.4 to 28.7).
About Kamiakin Middle School
Kamiakin Middle School is classified as a middle school. It is located in Kirkland, Washington. It reports enrollment of 573 students in grades 6 through 8.
Lake Washington School District is made up of 55 schools with 30,986 students in all.
The student body at Kamiakin Middle School has no majority group. White students lead at 41%. Next come 27% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 3% Black. The county population is about 55% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 19.9 students per teacher. Statewide, middle schools in Washington average 18.9:1. Of all students at Kamiakin Middle School, 28% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in King County is 38%.
Kamiakin Middle School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 88% of Washington public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Kamiakin Middle School, the prediction is 61.1% and the result is 61.6%.
For King County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $124,746 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in King County number 544, with about 278,492 students.
John Muir Elementary is the nearest public school to Kamiakin Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Kamiakin Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Kamiakin Middle School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell 9% over 4 years, reaching 573 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.9:1 in 2020-21, and 19.9:1 in 2024-25.
The Kamiakin Middle School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lake Washington School District
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Redmond High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Lake Washington High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Juanita High SchoolHigh · 1,778 students
- Inglewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,229 students
- Redmond Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
Other schools in Kirkland
- Lake Washington High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Juanita High SchoolHigh · 1,778 students
- Kirkland Middle SchoolMiddle · 746 students
- Finn Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 664 students
- Lakeview ElementaryElementary · 602 students
- Peter Kirk ElementaryElementary · 592 students
Nearby schools
- John Muir Elementary0.1 mi · 321
- Robert Frost Elementary0.9 mi · 424
- Woodmoor Elementary1.1 mi · 643
- Woodinville Community Center1.1 mi · 5
- Northshore Middle School1.3 mi · 753
- Helen Keller Elementary1.4 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About Kamiakin Middle SchoolHow many students attend Kamiakin Middle School?
Kamiakin Middle School enrolls approximately 573 students in grades 06-08.
Is Kamiakin Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kamiakin Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Kamiakin Middle School have?
Kamiakin Middle School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Kamiakin Middle School?
Student demographics at Kamiakin Middle School are roughly 41% White, 18% Hispanic, 3% Black, 27% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Kamiakin Middle School?
Kamiakin Middle School is overseen by Lake Washington School District in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.