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Enrollment
663
Middle
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530540000810
La Venture Middle School
1200 LaVenture Rd, Mount Vernon, WA 98273 · (360) 428-6116 · Skagit County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL663 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Washington public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
19.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
463 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 225 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 222 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 216 | 33% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
38.7%
WA avg 58.4% . +11.1pp since 2014
Math
30.4%
WA avg 51.2% . +7.3pp 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 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.7% | 30.4% |
| 2023-24 | 34.4% | 27.9% |
| 2022-23 | 30.5% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 29.2% | 25.7% |
| 2018-19 | 36.0% | 34.3% |
| 2017-18 | 37.4% | 34.4% |
| 2016-17 | 37.2% | 33.0% |
| 2015-16 | 33.5% | 25.9% |
| 2014-15 | 27.7% | 23.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 La Venture Middle School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Venture Middle School this school | 663 | 69.8% | 32.1% |
| Mount Baker Middle School Mount Vernon | 569 | 70.8% | 21.2% |
| Housel Middle School Prosser | 529 | 75.8% | N/A |
| Wilson Middle School Yakima | 840 | 75.2% | 29.1% |
| Highlands Middle School KENNEWICK | 745 | 76.5% | N/A |
| Eastmont Junior High East Wenatchee | 687 | 62.6% | N/A |
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 Venture Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #211 of 294 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #209 of 357 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #260 of 357 ▲ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.1pp | #50 of 290 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 663 | #157 of 377 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #181 of 340 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #245 of 340 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.8% | #64 of 359 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.5% | #104 of 130 |
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
663
-112 (-14%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 597
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 663 | 34.2 | 19.4:1 | 70% (463) |
| 2023-24 | 680 | 37.2 | 18.3:1 | 75% (512) |
| 2022-23 | 726 | 42.9 | 16.9:1 | 75% (546) |
| 2020-21 | 775 | 44 | 17.6:1 | 71% (547) |
| 2017-18 | 647 | 39 | 16.6:1 | 77% (495) |
| 2015-16 | 629 | 38 | 16.6:1 | 76% (479) |
| 2010-11 | 376 | 22 | 17.1:1 | 76% (285) |
| 2000-01 | 359 | 19 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 597 | 28 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for La Venture Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (647 to 663); teachers down 12% (39 to 34.2).
About La Venture Middle School
La Venture Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Mount Vernon, Washington, (ZIP code 98273). It teaches 663 students in grades 6 through 8.
Mount Vernon School District has 6,326 students in 14 schools, and La Venture Middle School is one of those schools.
The student body at La Venture Middle School is 67% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 27% White and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Skagit County, the Hispanic share is about 19%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 48%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 19.4:1. The school has 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in Washington is similar, at 18.9:1. In all, 70% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 56% average among public schools in Skagit County.
La Venture Middle School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 50% of Washington public middle schools.
Test results at La Venture Middle School are 1.3 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (32.1% actual, 33.4% predicted).
In Skagit County, median household income comes to about $89,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Skagit County counts 54 public schools with about 18,298 students.
The closest school to La Venture Middle School is Open Doors, located about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. La Venture Middle School ranks 3rd of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 32.1% against a local average of 30.0%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 663, from 775 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 19.4 students per teacher, compared with 17.6 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 Mount Vernon School District
- Mount Vernon High SchoolHigh · 1,849 students
- Mount Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Harriet RowleyElementary · 440 students
- Centennial Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
Other schools in Mount Vernon
- Mount Vernon High SchoolHigh · 1,849 students
- Mount Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Harriet RowleyElementary · 440 students
- Centennial Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
Nearby schools
- Open Doors0.4 mi · 12
- Mount Vernon Open Doors0.5 mi · 84
- Northwest Career & Technical Academy/A WA Skills Center0.5 mi · 43
- Madison Elementary0.8 mi · 498
- Mount Vernon High School0.9 mi · 1,849
- Centennial Elementary School0.9 mi · 430
Frequently asked questions
About La Venture Middle SchoolHow large is La Venture Middle School?
La Venture Middle School enrolls approximately 663 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does La Venture Middle School serve?
La Venture Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at La Venture Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at La Venture Middle School is approximately 19.4:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is La Venture Middle School?
La Venture Middle School reports a student body of 27% White, 67% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is La Venture Middle School in?
La Venture Middle School is part of Mount Vernon School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.