Lamont Middle School

Lamont Middle School operates as a micro-enrollment middle school in Lamont, Washington, run under Lamont School District. Current enrollment sits at 29 students spanning grades 5 through 8. That puts it 95% leaner than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 577 students.

Lamont Middle School sits inside Lamont School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Lamont Middle School logs that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment; the rest reads as 21% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Lamont Middle School reports 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.9:1, putting Lamont Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Whitman County (around 40%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lamont Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 45.5%; this one comes in at 29.0%, -16.5 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Whitman County indicate median household income runs about $55,406, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Lamont Middle School is one of 28 public schools in Whitman County (combined enrollment of about 4,753 students).

Sprague Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.4 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Lamont Middle School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.8%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 28%: 40 students in 2018 compared to 29 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 5% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 today.

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