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Enrollment
815
Middle
DISTRICT 813 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YAKIMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 531011001698
Lewis & Clark Middle School
1114 W Pierce St, Yakima, WA 98902 · (509) 573-2200 · Yakima County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL815 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Washington public middle schools
- DTest 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.
- B-Three-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
18.6:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
735 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 269 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 292 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 254 | 31% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
27.0%
WA avg 58.4% . +1.6pp since 2014
Math
18.5%
WA avg 51.2% . +0.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 18.5% |
| 2023-24 | 26.2% | 19.2% |
| 2022-23 | 27.1% | 16.8% |
| 2021-22 | 27.5% | 13.9% |
| 2018-19 | 30.2% | 22.0% |
| 2017-18 | 27.1% | 21.7% |
| 2016-17 | 19.8% | 23.3% |
| 2015-16 | 24.9% | 18.7% |
| 2014-15 | 25.4% | 18.0% |
% 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
22.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Lewis & Clark Middle School
Lewis & Clark Middle School's state test result (22.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis & Clark Middle School this school | 815 | 90.2% | 22.5% |
| Toppenish Middle School TOPPENISH | 757 | 89.7% | 19.4% |
| Ellen Ochoa Middle School PASCO | 831 | 91.0% | 14.2% |
| Stevens Middle School PASCO | 956 | 91.7% | 16.7% |
| Grandview Middle School Grandview | 815 | 84.8% | 31.6% |
| Washington Middle School Yakima | 748 | 96.0% | 17.9% |
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 Lewis & Clark Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #264 of 294 | #12 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #303 of 357 ▼ 7 | #10 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #321 of 357 ▲ 6 | #12 of 17 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #150 of 290 | #7 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 815 | #67 of 377 | #7 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #129 of 340 | #6 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.7% | #328 of 340 | #11 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.2% | #9 of 359 | #5 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #133 of 192 | #6 of 9 |
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
815
-77 (-9%) vs 2020
+86% since 1990-91, when it was 438
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 815 | 43.8 | 18.6:1 | 90% (735) |
| 2023-24 | 827 | 48.1 | 17.2:1 | 93% (767) |
| 2022-23 | 852 | 43.8 | 19.4:1 | 89% (756) |
| 2020-21 | 892 | 44 | 20.3:1 | 87% (777) |
| 2017-18 | 876 | 44 | 19.9:1 | 80% (698) |
| 2015-16 | 841 | 43 | 19.6:1 | 92% (775) |
| 2010-11 | 691 | 36 | 19.2:1 | 88% (608) |
| 2000-01 | 650 | 34 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 438 | 25 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lewis & Clark Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (876 to 815); teachers unchanged (44 to 43.8).
About Lewis & Clark Middle School
Lewis & Clark Middle School runs as a medium-sized middle school in Yakima, Washington. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 815 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in Washington is about 577, so this school runs 41% above that.
Lewis & Clark Middle School falls under Yakima School District, which has 27 schools enrolling 15,488 students.
About 90% of the student body at Lewis & Clark Middle School is Hispanic. Other students are 7% White. By comparison, Yakima County residents are about 52% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 19%, meaning two students picked at random have a 19% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 43.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Lewis & Clark Middle School was 18.6:1. That is close to the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 90%. It compares with 77% for public schools in Yakima County.
Lewis & Clark Middle School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 41% of Washington public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Lewis & Clark Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.5% is 2.9 points above the 19.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
County data help place the school in context: in Yakima County, the median household income is $70,656, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Yakima County is home to 119 public schools and about 52,145 public school students.
The shortest distance from Lewis & Clark Middle School to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Ridgeview Elementary. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Lewis & Clark Middle School is 8th among 9 schools close by.
The federal government classifies Lewis & Clark Middle School's location as City: Small.
Enrollment has fallen by 77 students since 2020-21, to 815. By 2024-25, the school had 18.6 students per teacher, compared with 20.3 in 2020-21.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Yakima County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
257,152
Census ACS
Median income
$70,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
119
52,145 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yakima School District
- Davis High SchoolHigh · 2,359 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 848 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 840 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 748 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
Other schools in Yakima
- Davis High SchoolHigh · 2,359 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,494 students
- West Valley Mid-Level CampusMiddle · 1,167 students
- East Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,064 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 848 students
Other Lewis & Clark Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lewis & Clark Middle. Lewis & Clark Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- LEWIS & CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMERIDIAN, ID · 898 students
- LEWIS & CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 839 students
- Lewis & Clark Middle SchoolBillings, MT · 741 students
- LEWIS & CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOLBELLEVUE, NE · 476 students
Nearby schools
- Ridgeview Elementary0.5 mi · 533
- Hoover Elementary School0.8 mi · 582
- Mcclure Elementary School0.9 mi · 559
- Mckinley Elementary School1.2 mi · 403
- Franklin Middle School1.5 mi · 848
- Davis High School1.6 mi · 2,359
Frequently asked questions
About Lewis & Clark Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lewis & Clark Middle School?
Lewis & Clark Middle School enrolls approximately 815 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Lewis & Clark Middle School serve?
Lewis & Clark Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Lewis & Clark Middle School have?
Lewis & Clark Middle School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lewis & Clark Middle School?
At Lewis & Clark Middle School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 90% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Lewis & Clark Middle School public or private?
Lewis & Clark Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Yakima School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.