Enrollment
136
Middle
DISTRICT 280 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT ADAMS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530528001851
Mount Adams Middle School
541 Signal Peak Road, White Swan, WA 98952 · (509) 874-2324 · Yakima County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL136 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of Washington public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
22.3:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
130 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 65 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 52% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Mount Adams Middle School→White Swan High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Mount Adams School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
9.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -2.9pp since 2014
Math
2.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -5.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 2 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 9.1% | 2.3% |
| 2023-24 | 12.1% | 3.5% |
| 2022-23 | 15.9% | 2.1% |
| 2021-22 | 16.1% | 5.8% |
| 2018-19 | 10.0% | 9.3% |
| 2017-18 | 21.5% | 11.8% |
| 2016-17 | 18.1% | 6.8% |
| 2015-16 | 19.8% | 11.1% |
| 2014-15 | 12.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
9.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Mount Adams Middle School
Mount Adams Middle School's state test result (9.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Adams Middle School this school | 136 | 95.6% | 9.2% |
| Wellpinit Middle School Wellpinit W | 83 | 90.4% | 13.8% |
| Endeavor Middle School Moses Lake | 270 | 82.6% | 15.6% |
| Warden Middle School WARDEN | 227 | 81.9% | 21.1% |
| Brewster Middle School BREWSTER | 224 | 90.2% | 32.4% |
| Bridgeport Middle School Bridgeport | 154 | 90.9% | N/A |
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 Mount Adams Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.2% | #294 of 294 | #17 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 2.3% | #357 of 357 no change | #17 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #357 of 357 no change | #17 of 17 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.3pp | #17 of 290 | #3 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 136 | #354 of 377 | #17 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.6% | #2 of 359 | #2 of 17 |
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
136
-14 (-9%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 217
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 75.0:1
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 | 136 | 6.1 | 22.3:1 | 96% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 141 | 7 | 20.0:1 | 100% (141) |
| 2022-23 | 139 | 6.2 | 22.6:1 | 99% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 150 | 2 | 75.0:1 | 100% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 132 | N/A | N/A | 98% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 133 | N/A | N/A | 75% (100) |
| 2010-11 | 159 | 10 | 15.9:1 | 95% (151) |
| 2000-01 | 264 | 11 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 217 | 9 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Adams Middle School.
About Mount Adams Middle School
Mount Adams Middle School is one of the public schools in White Swan, Washington. It is a very small middle-grades school. The school offers grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 136 students. That puts enrollment 76% below the 577-student average for middle schools in Washington.
District-wide, Mount Adams School District has 3 schools and 839 students.
More than half of the students at Mount Adams Middle School are Native American (52%). The rest of enrollment is 38% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mount Adams Middle School scores 57%.
Mount Adams Middle School has 6.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 22.3:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Washington is 18.9:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 96% at Mount Adams Middle School. That is 19 points above the 77% average for public schools in Yakima County.
Among Washington public middle schools, Mount Adams Middle School outscored 6%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Mount Adams Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 9.2%; the prediction is 16.1%.
Census data for Yakima County show median household income comes to about $70,656, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. There are 119 public schools in the county, enrolling about 52,145, Mount Adams Middle School among them.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, White Swan High School, is the closest to Mount Adams Middle School. In all, 2 other public schools sit within ten miles of Mount Adams Middle School. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Mount Adams Middle School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment was 136 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 150. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 75.0:1 in 2020-21 to 22.3:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Mount Adams Middle School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Mount Adams School District
- Harrah Elementary SchoolElementary · 451 students
- White Swan High SchoolHigh · 252 students
Nearby schools
- White Swan High School0.0 mi · 252
- Harrah Elementary School9.2 mi · 451
- West Valley Preschool12.4 mi · 56
- Ahtanum Valley Elementary12.4 mi · 381
- West Valley Open Doors14.1 mi · 14
- West Valley High School14.1 mi · 1,494
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Adams Middle SchoolHow many students attend Mount Adams Middle School?
Mount Adams Middle School enrolls approximately 136 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Mount Adams Middle School serve?
Mount Adams Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mount Adams Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mount Adams Middle School is approximately 22.3:1 (6 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mount Adams Middle School?
At Mount Adams Middle School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 38% Hispanic, 8% Two or more.
Is Mount Adams Middle School public or private?
Mount Adams Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mount Adams School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.