Enrollment
427
Middle
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NACHES VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530546000824
Naches Valley Middle School
32 Shafer Avenue, Naches, WA 98937 · (509) 653-1599 · Yakima County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Washington public middle schools
- C+Test 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.
- BThree-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
19.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
216 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 5 | 103 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 107 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 99 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 118 | 28% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Naches Valley School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
41.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -9.9pp since 2014
Math
29.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -10.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.5% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.6% | 27.9% |
| 2022-23 | 39.5% | 28.3% |
| 2021-22 | 40.8% | 23.3% |
| 2018-19 | 56.3% | 41.6% |
| 2017-18 | 52.0% | 45.8% |
| 2016-17 | 54.2% | 42.0% |
| 2015-16 | 54.2% | 43.8% |
| 2014-15 | 51.4% | 39.9% |
% 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
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Naches Valley Middle School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naches Valley Middle School this school | 427 | 50.6% | 35.7% |
| Jemtegaard Middle School Washougal | 408 | 47.5% | N/A |
| Granite Falls Middle School Granite Falls | 448 | 48.2% | 31.3% |
| Sequim Middle School Sequim | 548 | 50.4% | N/A |
| Pleasant Valley Middle VANCOUVER | 447 | 49.2% | N/A |
| Medical Lake Middle School Medical Lake | 381 | 48.0% | 48.4% |
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 Naches Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #185 of 294 | #3 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #222 of 357 ▼ 3 | #5 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #226 of 357 ▼ 22 | #4 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.2pp | #117 of 290 | #4 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 427 | #282 of 377 | #13 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #168 of 340 | #13 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.6% | #274 of 340 | #5 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.6% | #176 of 359 | #17 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.6% | #68 of 130 | #3 of 6 |
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
427
+55 (+15%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 539
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 427 | 22.3 | 19.2:1 | 51% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 22.4 | 17.9:1 | 57% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 395 | 22.8 | 17.4:1 | 58% (229) |
| 2020-21 | 372 | 21 | 17.7:1 | 54% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 25.1 | 15.8:1 | 51% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 24 | 17.0:1 | 47% (193) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 23 | 19.4:1 | 45% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 771 | 38 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 539 | 21 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Naches Valley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (397 to 427); teachers down 11% (25.1 to 22.3).
About Naches Valley Middle School
Naches Valley Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in Naches, Washington. The latest federal count shows 427 students in grades 5 through 8. Against the 577-student average for middle schools in Washington, enrollment here is 26% lower.
Naches Valley Middle School is run by Naches Valley School District, whose 3 schools enroll 1,308 students.
Naches Valley Middle School's enrollment is 71% White. Next come 24% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 47% White among all Yakima County residents. By the diversity index, Naches Valley Middle School comes in at 44%.
At Naches Valley Middle School, 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 19.2:1. Middle schools in Washington average about 18.9:1, a similar figure. Roughly 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The 77% average for public schools in Yakima County is 26 points higher.
allk12 grades Naches Valley Middle School a C. The grade compares the school only with Washington public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Naches Valley Middle School is 10.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 35.7%. Predicted: 46.3%.
In Yakima County (population about 257,152), median household income is about $70,656, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Naches Valley Middle School is one of 119 public schools in Yakima County, which together enroll about 52,145 students.
The nearest public school is Naches Valley High School, at about 0.6 miles. Naches Valley Middle School has 6 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 37.7% proficiency; Naches Valley Middle School posts 35.7%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment was 372 in 2020-21 and 427 in 2024-25, a rise of 55 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 17.7:1 to 19.2:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Naches Valley School District
- Naches Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Naches Valley High SchoolHigh · 399 students
- NACHES VALLEY ESD 105 OPEN DOORSHigh
Other schools in Naches
- Naches Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Naches Valley High SchoolHigh · 399 students
Nearby schools
- Naches Valley High School0.6 mi · 399
- Naches Valley Elementary School0.7 mi · 482
- Tieton Elementary School3.6 mi · 202
- Highland High School3.8 mi · 366
- Highland Middle School3.8 mi · 243
- Marcus Whitman-Cowiche Elementary4.9 mi · 249
Frequently asked questions
About Naches Valley Middle SchoolHow large is Naches Valley Middle School?
Naches Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 427 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Naches Valley Middle School serve?
Naches Valley Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Naches Valley Middle School?
Approximately 19.2:1 students per teacher at Naches Valley Middle School.
How diverse is Naches Valley Middle School?
Naches Valley Middle School reports a student body of 71% White, 24% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Naches Valley Middle School?
Naches Valley Middle School is overseen by Naches Valley School District in Yakima County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.