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What tradition at Meadowdale Middle School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
740
Middle
DISTRICT 637 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530240000351
Meadowdale Middle School
6500 168TH ST SW, LYNNWOOD, WA 98037 · (425) 431-7707 · Snohomish County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL740 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Washington public middle schools
- B+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.
- AThree-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
22.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
390 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 7 | 337 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 403 | 54% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
59.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -0.2pp since 2014
Math
45.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -4.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.3% | 45.8% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 44.2% |
| 2022-23 | 56.3% | 34.2% |
| 2021-22 | 55.2% | 29.6% |
| 2018-19 | 62.5% | 49.6% |
| 2017-18 | 62.7% | 48.4% |
| 2016-17 | 58.7% | 50.5% |
| 2015-16 | 62.1% | 48.6% |
| 2014-15 | 59.4% | 49.9% |
% 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Meadowdale Middle School
Meadowdale Middle School's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowdale Middle School this school | 740 | 52.7% | 52.5% |
| Cedar Heights Middle School Covington | 876 | 50.6% | 35.0% |
| Liberty Middle School Spanaway | 857 | 54.0% | 36.5% |
| Alderwood Middle School LYNNWOOD | 679 | 54.8% | 39.0% |
| Olympic View Middle School Mukilteo | 851 | 49.1% | 48.4% |
| Ballou Jr High Puyallup | 852 | 49.4% | 43.6% |
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 Meadowdale Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #78 of 294 | #11 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #101 of 357 no change | #12 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #91 of 357 ▼ 5 | #11 of 32 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.1pp | #19 of 290 | #4 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 740 | #111 of 377 | #13 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #308 of 340 | #24 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #75 of 340 | #11 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.7% | #168 of 359 | #10 of 32 |
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
740
-28 (-4%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 647
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 740 | 33.6 | 22.0:1 | 53% (390) |
| 2023-24 | 719 | 35.4 | 20.3:1 | 50% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 730 | 35.8 | 20.4:1 | 50% (368) |
| 2020-21 | 768 | 37 | 20.8:1 | 40% (307) |
| 2017-18 | 740 | 38.4 | 19.3:1 | 42% (309) |
| 2015-16 | 751 | 38 | 19.8:1 | 43% (321) |
| 2010-11 | 579 | 27 | 21.4:1 | 20% (114) |
| 2000-01 | 708 | 35 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 647 | 32 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadowdale Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (740 to 740); teachers down 12% (38.4 to 33.6).
About Meadowdale Middle School
Meadowdale Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school that serves part of LYNNWOOD, Washington. Enrollment totals 740 students across grades 7 through 8. On average, middle schools in Washington enroll around 577, and this school is 28% bigger than that mark.
Edmonds School District oversees Meadowdale Middle School and 36 other schools, with 20,955 students in total.
About 45% of students at Meadowdale Middle School are White, the largest single group. It is also 25% Hispanic, 12% Black, 11% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Snohomish County's residents are about 64% White, 20 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 22.0:1. The school has 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Washington, the average ratio is 18.9:1. Federal data show 53% of students (390) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 41% average for public schools in Snohomish County is 12 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Meadowdale Middle School lands at A, ahead of 91% of Washington public middle schools.
Meadowdale Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.5% and a predicted 44.8%.
The school's county is Snohomish County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $111,246 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Meadowdale Middle School shares Snohomish County with 226 other public schools.
Meadowdale Elementary, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Meadowdale Middle School is 2nd among 9 schools close by.
Meadowdale Middle School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 28 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 20.8:1 to 22.0:1 over the same years.
The Meadowdale Middle School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edmonds School District
- Edmonds Woodway High SchoolHigh · 1,605 students
- Meadowdale High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Mountlake Terrace High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Lynnwood High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Alderwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Brier Terrace Middle SchoolMiddle · 649 students
Other schools in LYNNWOOD
- Meadowdale High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Alderwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Spruce ElementaryElementary · 632 students
- Lake Stickney Elementary SchoolElementary · 628 students
- Lynnwood ElementaryElementary · 578 students
- Hilltop ElementaryElementary · 562 students
Nearby schools
- Meadowdale Elementary0.1 mi · 430
- Meadowdale High School0.4 mi · 1,491
- Beverly Elementary0.8 mi · 413
- Lynndale Elementary1.5 mi · 442
- Cedar Valley Elementary1.7 mi · 427
- Spruce Elementary1.7 mi · 632
Frequently asked questions
About Meadowdale Middle SchoolHow many students attend Meadowdale Middle School?
Meadowdale Middle School enrolls approximately 740 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Meadowdale Middle School serve?
Meadowdale Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Meadowdale Middle School?
Approximately 22.0:1 students per teacher at Meadowdale Middle School.
How diverse is Meadowdale Middle School?
Meadowdale Middle School reports a student body of 45% White, 25% Hispanic, 12% Black, 11% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Meadowdale Middle School?
Meadowdale Middle School is overseen by Edmonds School District in Snohomish County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.