Lakewood Middle School

Lakewood Middle School, an average-sized middle school in Marysville, Washington, one of the schools within Lakewood School District, serves 668 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Within Lakewood School District, which oversees 5 schools and 2,713 students, Lakewood Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Lakewood Middle School shows that 57% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 25% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Asian.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lakewood Middle School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.8:1. The state averages around 18.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Snohomish County's rate of about 41%.

With demographic context factored in, Lakewood Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 46.6%; this one comes in at 30.2%, -16.3 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, Snohomish County reports that the typical household earns roughly $111,246 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Snohomish County runs 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), of which Lakewood Middle School is one.

Lakewood Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lakewood Middle School comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lakewood Middle School has climbed 17%, going from 572 students in 2018 to 668 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 68% to 57%.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.