Enrollment
123
Middle
DISTRICT 162 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA CONNER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530411001905
La Conner Middle
512 N. 6th St., LA CONNER, WA 98257 · (360) 466-3173 · Skagit County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL123 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
69 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 44 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 42 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 30% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
La Conner Middle→La Conner High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within La Conner School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
36.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -12.2pp since 2014
Math
29.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -10.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.3% | 29.2% |
| 2023-24 | 34.6% | 22.3% |
| 2022-23 | 37.3% | 21.2% |
| 2021-22 | 33.1% | 14.6% |
| 2018-19 | 46.7% | 30.9% |
| 2017-18 | 56.6% | 36.4% |
| 2016-17 | 54.3% | 45.7% |
| 2015-16 | 54.7% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 48.5% | 40.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 La Conner Middle
La Conner Middle's state test result (29.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Conner Middle this school | 123 | 56.1% | 29.1% |
| Bryant Montessori Middle School Tacoma | 135 | 48.1% | 37.1% |
| North Beach Junior High School Ocean Shores | 95 | 69.5% | 28.5% |
| Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School White Salmon | 163 | 55.8% | 40.6% |
| Okanogan Middle School Okanogan | 238 | 64.3% | 37.0% |
| Winlock Middle School WINLOCK | 160 | 68.1% | 25.5% |
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 La Conner Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #228 of 294 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #219 of 357 ▲ 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #273 of 357 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.9pp | #26 of 290 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 123 | #357 of 377 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.1% | #141 of 359 |
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
123
-16 (-12%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 129
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 123 | 8.5 | 14.5:1 | 56% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 130 | 8.8 | 14.7:1 | 62% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 117 | 8.8 | 13.3:1 | 63% (74) |
| 2020-21 | 139 | 9 | 15.4:1 | 63% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 145 | 9.4 | 15.5:1 | 55% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 140 | 10 | 14.0:1 | 47% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 146 | 10 | 14.6:1 | 47% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 151 | 10 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 129 | 6 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for La Conner Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (145 to 123); teachers down 9% (9.4 to 8.5).
About La Conner Middle
La Conner Middle runs as a small middle school in LA CONNER, Washington. The school's 123 students are in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 79% lower than the average for middle schools in Washington, which is about 577.
La Conner School District operates 3 schools. Combined enrollment is 485 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at La Conner Middle, at 46%. Other groups make up 33% Native American, 11% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. County-wide, 75% of Skagit County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 8.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at La Conner Middle and a ratio of 14.5:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 56% of enrollment. That tracks the 56% average for public schools in Skagit County.
Schools in Washington with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 42.6%. La Conner Middle posts 29.1%, 13.4 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
La Conner Middle is located in Skagit County, where the median household income is $89,263, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides La Conner Middle, Skagit County has 53 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is La Conner High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. La Conner Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Local comparison: La Conner Middle ranks 4th of 6 nearby schools, at 29.1% versus a 38.5% average.
The NCES locale for La Conner Middle is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school enrolled 123 students in 2024-25, 16 fewer than the 139 it had in 2020-21.
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Skagit County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,328
Census ACS
Median income
$89,263
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
18,298 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in La Conner School District
- La Conner ElementaryElementary · 185 students
- La Conner High SchoolHigh · 177 students
Other schools in LA CONNER
- La Conner ElementaryElementary · 185 students
- La Conner High SchoolHigh · 177 students
Nearby schools
- La Conner High School0.0 mi · 177
- La Conner Elementary0.1 mi · 185
- Fidalgo Elementary5.6 mi · 339
- Washington Elementary School6.7 mi · 318
- Skagit Academy6.9 mi · 300
- Mount Vernon Special Ed7.1 mi · 152
Frequently asked questions
About La Conner MiddleHow large is La Conner Middle?
La Conner Middle enrolls approximately 123 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does La Conner Middle serve?
La Conner Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does La Conner Middle have?
La Conner Middle employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
How diverse is La Conner Middle?
La Conner Middle reports a student body of 46% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is La Conner Middle public or private?
La Conner Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by La Conner School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.