Kirkland Middle School

Kirkland Middle School is a reasonably sized middle school in Kirkland, Washington, overseen by Lake Washington School District. The school enrolls 746 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 577 students each, so Kirkland Middle School sits 29% bigger than that benchmark.

Lake Washington School District comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 30,986 students; Kirkland Middle School is among them.

On demographics, Kirkland Middle School logs that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 21% Asian, 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with King County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Kirkland Middle School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.1:1. The state averages around 18.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below King County's rate of about 38%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Kirkland Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.9%, the actual is 70.3%, a residual of -1.6 points.

In the broader community, King County reports that median household income runs about $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Kirkland Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Peter Kirk Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kirkland Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 68.7%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kirkland Middle School has increased 22%, going from 613 students in 2018 to 746 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 52% across the same window.

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