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How has Mount Baker Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
569
Middle
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530540002585
Mount Baker Middle School
2310 E Section St, Mount Vernon, WA 98274 · (360) 428-6127 · Skagit County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
403 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 179 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 191 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 199 | 35% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
22.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -20.1pp since 2014
Math
19.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -12.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 23 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 down about 20 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.9% | 19.4% |
| 2023-24 | 25.4% | 17.5% |
| 2022-23 | 25.9% | 18.7% |
| 2021-22 | 23.8% | 16.7% |
| 2018-19 | 41.9% | 34.2% |
| 2017-18 | 43.6% | 43.0% |
| 2016-17 | 42.8% | 36.9% |
| 2015-16 | 42.3% | 32.2% |
| 2014-15 | 43.1% | 31.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Baker Middle School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Baker Middle School this school | 569 | 70.8% | 21.2% |
| La Venture Middle School Mount Vernon | 663 | 69.8% | 32.1% |
| Highlands Middle School KENNEWICK | 745 | 76.5% | N/A |
| Housel Middle School Prosser | 529 | 75.8% | N/A |
| Orchard Middle School WENATCHEE | 395 | 76.7% | N/A |
| Pioneer Middle School WENATCHEE | 488 | 79.7% | 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 Baker Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #270 of 294 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #293 of 357 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #337 of 357 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.9pp | #181 of 290 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #211 of 377 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #140 of 340 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #210 of 340 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.8% | #60 of 359 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #66 of 192 |
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
569
-123 (-18%) vs 2020
+26% since 2000-01, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 569 | 30.3 | 18.8:1 | 71% (403) |
| 2023-24 | 592 | 32.8 | 18.1:1 | 79% (467) |
| 2022-23 | 628 | 39.7 | 15.8:1 | 73% (458) |
| 2020-21 | 692 | 41 | 16.9:1 | 67% (464) |
| 2017-18 | 672 | 40 | 16.8:1 | 61% (411) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 39 | 17.8:1 | 64% (442) |
| 2010-11 | 515 | 28 | 18.4:1 | 66% (339) |
| 2000-01 | 450 | 23 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Baker Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (672 to 569); teachers down 24% (40 to 30.3).
About Mount Baker Middle School
As a mid-sized middle school, Mount Baker Middle School serves students in Mount Vernon, Washington. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 569 students in 2024-25.
The 14 schools of Mount Vernon School District, including Mount Baker Middle School, enroll 6,326 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Mount Baker Middle School is 62%, a majority. It is also 29% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Skagit County is roughly 19% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
Mount Baker Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1, with 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 71% at Mount Baker Middle School. The average for public schools in Skagit County is 56%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mount Baker Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Washington schools: 21.2% actual against 32.7% predicted.
The school's county is Skagit County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $89,263 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Skagit County number 54, with about 18,298 students.
Among nearby public schools, Little Mountain Elementary is closest at about 0.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 32.2%, higher than Mount Baker Middle School's 21.2%.
Under the NCES locale system, Mount Baker Middle School is City: Small.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 18% decline, from 692 to 569. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.9:1 to 18.8:1 over the same years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Mount Baker Middle School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Skagit County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,328
Census ACS
Median income
$89,263
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
18,298 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mount Vernon School District
- Mount Vernon High SchoolHigh · 1,849 students
- La Venture Middle SchoolMiddle · 663 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Harriet RowleyElementary · 440 students
- Centennial Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
Other schools in Mount Vernon
- Mount Vernon High SchoolHigh · 1,849 students
- La Venture Middle SchoolMiddle · 663 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Harriet RowleyElementary · 440 students
- Centennial Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
Nearby schools
- Little Mountain Elementary0.1 mi · 381
- Jefferson Elementary0.5 mi · 445
- Mount Vernon High School1.0 mi · 1,849
- Skagit County Detention Center1.2 mi · 4
- Mount Vernon Special Ed1.2 mi · 152
- La Venture Middle School1.2 mi · 663
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Baker Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mount Baker Middle School?
Mount Baker Middle School enrolls approximately 569 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Mount Baker Middle School serve?
Mount Baker Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mount Baker Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mount Baker Middle School is approximately 18.8:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mount Baker Middle School?
Student demographics at Mount Baker Middle School are roughly 29% White, 62% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Mount Baker Middle School?
Mount Baker Middle School is overseen by Mount Vernon School District in Skagit County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.