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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Northshore Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
753
Middle
DISTRICT 855 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHSHORE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530591000891
Northshore Middle School
12101 NE 160 ST, Bothell, WA 98011 · (425) 408-6700 · King County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL753 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Washington public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
21.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
164 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 | 236 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 259 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 258 | 34% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
66.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -8.1pp since 2014
Math
57.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -8.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.2% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.9% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 66.2% | 52.3% |
| 2021-22 | 68.4% | 50.3% |
| 2018-19 | 72.5% | 62.3% |
| 2017-18 | 76.8% | 68.7% |
| 2016-17 | 78.6% | 69.3% |
| 2015-16 | 79.9% | 68.2% |
| 2014-15 | 74.3% | 66.0% |
% 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
61.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Northshore Middle School
Northshore Middle School's state test result (61.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northshore Middle School this school | 753 | 21.8% | 61.6% |
| Valley View Middle School Snohomish | 641 | 21.2% | 61.3% |
| Finn Hill Middle School Kirkland | 664 | 23.3% | 51.0% |
| Kenmore Middle School Kenmore | 733 | 26.5% | 56.9% |
| Skyridge Middle School Camas | 760 | 16.4% | N/A |
| Maple View Middle School Covington | 1,046 | 23.6% | 61.2% |
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 Northshore Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #41 of 294 | #31 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #55 of 357 ▲ 3 | #35 of 76 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #56 of 357 ▼ 10 | #31 of 76 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.2pp | #142 of 290 | #42 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 753 | #98 of 377 | #35 of 80 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #273 of 340 | #53 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #137 of 340 | #57 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.8% | #318 of 359 | #50 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #58 of 192 | #14 of 37 |
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
753
-136 (-15%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 1,003
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 753 | 35.6 | 21.1:1 | 22% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 846 | 39.4 | 21.5:1 | 23% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 827 | 40.7 | 20.3:1 | 19% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 889 | 42 | 21.2:1 | 16% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 895 | 41.1 | 21.8:1 | 16% (144) |
| 2015-16 | 711 | 35 | 20.3:1 | 16% (116) |
| 2010-11 | 698 | 32 | 21.8:1 | 18% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 921 | 39 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,003 | 48 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northshore Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (895 to 753); teachers down 13% (41.1 to 35.6).
About Northshore Middle School
This page covers Northshore Middle School, a mid-sized middle school in Bothell, Washington. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 753 students. Across middle schools in Washington, the average enrollment is about 577.
Northshore Middle School is in Northshore School District, a district with 22,735 students across 37 schools.
The student body at Northshore Middle School is 56% White. The rest of enrollment is 16% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 2% Black. Among King County residents, the White share is about 55%. A diversity index of 63% means there is a 63% chance two randomly chosen students at Northshore Middle School are from different groups.
The school has 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 21.1 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Washington is 18.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 22% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in King County is 38%.
Northshore Middle School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 74% of Washington public middle schools.
The model predicts 65.6% for a school in Washington with Northshore Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Northshore Middle School posts 61.6%.
For the population of King County, the median household earns about $124,746 a year, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Northshore Middle School shares King County with 543 other public schools.
About 0.2 miles separate Northshore Middle School from the closest public school, Woodinville Community Center. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 60.5% on proficiency, and Northshore Middle School is above that at 61.6%.
In the federal locale system, Northshore Middle School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 136 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northshore School District
- North Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,910 students
- Bothell High SchoolHigh · 1,740 students
- Woodinville HSHigh · 1,662 students
- Inglemoor HSHigh · 1,441 students
- Skyview Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,215 students
- Canyon Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 907 students
Other schools in Bothell
- North Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,910 students
- Bothell High SchoolHigh · 1,740 students
- Lynnwood High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Skyview Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,215 students
- Canyon Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 907 students
- Canyon Creek ElementaryElementary · 866 students
Nearby schools
- Woodinville Community Center0.2 mi · 5
- Woodmoor Elementary0.2 mi · 643
- Kamiakin Middle School1.3 mi · 573
- Robert Frost Elementary1.3 mi · 424
- John Muir Elementary1.4 mi · 321
- Helen Keller Elementary1.4 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About Northshore Middle SchoolHow large is Northshore Middle School?
Northshore Middle School enrolls approximately 753 students in grades 06-08.
Is Northshore Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northshore Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Northshore Middle School?
Approximately 21.1:1 students per teacher at Northshore Middle School.
How diverse is Northshore Middle School?
Northshore Middle School reports a student body of 56% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 16% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Northshore Middle School in?
Northshore Middle School is part of Northshore School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.