Enrollment
205
Middle
DISTRICT 223 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KETTLE FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530399001904
Kettle Falls Middle School
W 105 11TH, KETTLE FALLS, WA 99141 · (509) 738-6014 · Stevens County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL205 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.9:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
127 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Kettle Falls Middle School→Kettle Falls High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Kettle Falls School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
39.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -17.7pp since 2014
Math
32.8%
WA avg 51.2% . +1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 18 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
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
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
205
-27 (-12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 16.4:1
% White
84%
was 87%
% Hispanic
7%
was 6%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Kettle Falls Middle School
Located at W 105 11TH, in KETTLE FALLS, Washington, Kettle Falls Middle School is a minimally staffed intermediate school that works with 205 students (grades 5 through 8), overseen by Kettle Falls School District. That puts it 64% smaller than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 577 students.
Kettle Falls School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,116 students. Kettle Falls Middle School is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Kettle Falls Middle School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Beyond that, the school records 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Stevens County as a whole.
On the resource side, The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.9:1, putting Kettle Falls Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 62% of students at Kettle Falls Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kettle Falls Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.6%, the actual is 40.1%, a residual of +1.5 points.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Stevens County put median household earnings sit near $69,327, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Kettle Falls Middle School is one of 41 public schools in Stevens County (combined enrollment of about 7,726 students).
Nearest neighbor: Columbia Virtual Academy - Kettle Falls, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kettle Falls Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 43.0%.
Kettle Falls Middle School operates from a small-town location.
Five-year trend. Kettle Falls Middle School's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 232 (now 205). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Stevens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
48,067
Census ACS
Median income
$69,327
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
7,726 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kettle Falls School District
- Columbia Virtual Academy - Kettle FallsHigh · 419 students
- Kettle Falls Elementary SchoolElementary · 242 students
- Kettle Falls High SchoolHigh · 230 students
- Kettle Falls Early Learning CenterElementary · 20 students
Other schools in KETTLE FALLS
- Columbia Virtual Academy - Kettle FallsHigh · 419 students
- Kettle Falls Elementary SchoolElementary · 242 students
- Kettle Falls High SchoolHigh · 230 students
- Kettle Falls Early Learning CenterElementary · 20 students
Nearby schools
- Columbia Virtual Academy - Kettle Falls0.2 mi · 419
- Kettle Falls High School0.2 mi · 230
- Kettle Falls Early Learning Center0.3 mi · 20
- Kettle Falls Elementary School0.3 mi · 242
- Hofstetter Elementary8.1 mi · 407
- Panorama School8.3 mi · 68
Frequently asked questions
About Kettle Falls Middle SchoolHow many students attend Kettle Falls Middle School?
Kettle Falls Middle School enrolls approximately 205 students in grades 05-08.
Is Kettle Falls Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kettle Falls Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Kettle Falls Middle School have?
Kettle Falls Middle School employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
How diverse is Kettle Falls Middle School?
Kettle Falls Middle School reports a student body of 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Kettle Falls Middle School in?
Kettle Falls Middle School is part of Kettle Falls School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.