Lyle Middle School

Lyle Middle School is a very small middle-grades school in Lyle, Washington, run under Lyle School District. The school instructs 57 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 90% below the state mean of about 577.

Lyle School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 196 students. Lyle Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lyle Middle School logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 18% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.9:1 average. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lyle Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 41.4%; this one comes in at 25.2%, -16.1 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Klickitat County put median household earnings sit near $71,042, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Lyle Middle School is one of 21 public schools in Klickitat County (combined enrollment of about 2,803 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lyle High School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lyle Middle School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 27.2%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lyle Middle School has held roughly steady, going from 58 students in 2018 to 57 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 10% to 18%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 58.0:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.