Enrollment
293
Middle
DISTRICT 240 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NINE MILE FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530564002680
Lakeside Middle School
6169 Highway 291, Nine Mile Falls, WA 99026 · (509) 340-4100 · Stevens County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% of Washington public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
16.5:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
103 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 91 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 112 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 90 | 31% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Based on grade levels within Nine Mile 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
56.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -4.7pp since 2014
Math
58.3%
WA avg 51.2% . +8.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.9% | 58.3% |
| 2023-24 | 61.8% | 59.2% |
| 2022-23 | 65.3% | 61.9% |
| 2021-22 | 65.7% | 59.6% |
| 2018-19 | 67.1% | 60.4% |
| 2017-18 | 62.5% | 53.8% |
| 2016-17 | 58.7% | 58.4% |
| 2015-16 | 62.7% | 53.7% |
| 2014-15 | 61.6% | 50.1% |
% 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
60.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Lakeside Middle School
Lakeside Middle School's state test result (60.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside Middle School this school | 293 | 35.2% | 60.0% |
| South Whidbey Middle Langley | 290 | 34.5% | 45.5% |
| Kalama Middle School Kalama | 266 | 40.2% | N/A |
| La Center Middle School La Center | 441 | 33.6% | N/A |
| Walter Strom Middle School Cle Elum | 206 | 39.8% | 45.4% |
| Hidden River Middle School Snohomish | 313 | 35.1% | 48.0% |
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 Lakeside Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #52 of 294 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #48 of 357 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #109 of 357 ▼ 36 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.1pp | #20 of 290 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #313 of 377 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #35 of 340 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.2% | #319 of 340 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.2% | #273 of 359 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #101 of 192 |
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
293
-33 (-10%) vs 2020
-26% since 2000-01, when it was 398
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 293 | 17.8 | 16.5:1 | 35% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 309 | 18.2 | 17.0:1 | 38% (116) |
| 2022-23 | 323 | 18.4 | 17.6:1 | 34% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | 19 | 17.2:1 | 29% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 328 | 20.6 | 15.9:1 | 28% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | 20 | 17.9:1 | 32% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 21 | 20.1:1 | 27% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 20 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeside Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (328 to 293); teachers down 14% (20.6 to 17.8).
About Lakeside Middle School
Lakeside Middle School, located in Nine Mile Falls, Washington, is a small middle school. It has an enrollment of 293 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 577 students for middle schools in Washington.
Nine Mile Falls School District is the district for Lakeside Middle School. It has 6 schools and 1,440 students.
White students are 84% of those enrolled at Lakeside Middle School. The remaining shares are 11% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That is in line with Stevens County, where about 85% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 28%.
There are about 16.5 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Lakeside Middle School, which has 17.8. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Washington is 18.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Lakeside Middle School is about 35%. The gap from the 55% average for public schools in Stevens County is 20 points.
Among Washington public middle schools, Lakeside Middle School outscored 79%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lakeside Middle School would score about 56.6%. It scores 60.0%, 3.4 points above that figure.
For Stevens County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $69,327, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 41 public schools in the county, enrolling about 7,726, Lakeside Middle School among them.
Among nearby public schools, Lake Spokane Elementary is closest at about 1.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 5. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Lakeside Middle School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 293, down from 326 in 2020-21.
The Lakeside Middle School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Nine Mile Falls School District
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 494 students
- Lake Spokane ElementaryElementary · 461 students
- Nine Mile Falls ElementaryElementary · 136 students
- Nine Mile Family Partnership ProgramElementary · 51 students
- Re-Engagement School (Nine Mile Falls)High · 5 students
Other schools in Nine Mile Falls
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 494 students
- Lake Spokane ElementaryElementary · 461 students
- Nine Mile Falls ElementaryElementary · 136 students
- Nine Mile Family Partnership ProgramElementary · 51 students
- Re-Engagement School (Nine Mile Falls)High · 5 students
Other Lakeside Middle schools
13 other US public schools in 9 states are named Lakeside Middle. Lakeside Middle School is the 12th largest of the 14.
- Lakeside Middle SchoolCumming, GA · 1,513 students
- Lakeside MiddlePerris, CA · 1,076 students
- Lakeside Middle SchoolMILLVILLE, NJ · 929 students
- Lakeside MiddleLexington, SC · 893 students
- Lakeside MiddleLakeside, CA · 724 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Spokane Elementary1.1 mi · 461
- Re-Engagement School (Nine Mile Falls)2.3 mi · 5
- Lakeside High School2.3 mi · 494
- Nine Mile Family Partnership Program4.1 mi · 51
- Nine Mile Falls Elementary4.1 mi · 136
- Woodridge Elementary7.9 mi · 369
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeside Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lakeside Middle School?
Lakeside Middle School enrolls approximately 293 students in grades 06-08.
Is Lakeside Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lakeside Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Lakeside Middle School have?
Lakeside Middle School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Lakeside Middle School?
Student demographics at Lakeside Middle School are roughly 84% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Lakeside Middle School public or private?
Lakeside Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Nine Mile Falls School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.