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What's one thing Northwood Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
911
Middle
DISTRICT 803 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530396002521
Northwood Middle School
17007 SE 184th ST, Renton, WA 98058 · (253) 373-7780 · King County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL911 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
20.6:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
316 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 292 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 329 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 290 | 32% |
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 79% · 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
52.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -11.9pp since 2014
Math
42.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -19.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 19 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.4% | 42.9% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 46.2% |
| 2022-23 | 59.3% | 45.1% |
| 2021-22 | 63.7% | 46.1% |
| 2018-19 | 64.1% | 50.1% |
| 2017-18 | 67.2% | 52.8% |
| 2016-17 | 68.8% | 58.8% |
| 2015-16 | 76.0% | 62.1% |
| 2014-15 | 64.3% | 61.9% |
% 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
48.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Northwood Middle School
Northwood Middle School's state test result (48.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwood Middle School this school | 911 | 34.7% | 48.2% |
| Harbour Pointe Middle School Mukilteo | 803 | 35.2% | 55.8% |
| Heatherwood Middle School Mill Creek | 1,031 | 31.8% | 66.5% |
| Brier Terrace Middle School BRIER | 649 | 33.1% | 57.9% |
| Vera Risdon Middle School Newcastle | 751 | 39.3% | 49.9% |
| Issaquah Middle School ISSAQUAH | 808 | 29.0% | 60.7% |
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 Northwood Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #102 of 294 | #45 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #117 of 357 ▼ 28 | #46 of 76 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #134 of 357 no change | #47 of 76 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.2pp | #8 of 290 | #2 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 911 | #29 of 377 | #17 of 80 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #252 of 340 | #51 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.6% | #28 of 340 | #17 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #276 of 359 | #37 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +57.3% | #3 of 130 | #1 of 33 |
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
911
+321 (+54%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 950
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 911 | 44.1 | 20.6:1 | 35% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 891 | 43.8 | 20.4:1 | 35% (313) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 29.9 | 18.2:1 | 31% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 590 | 31 | 19.0:1 | 32% (186) |
| 2017-18 | 579 | 28.8 | 20.1:1 | 27% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 644 | 31 | 20.8:1 | 29% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 655 | 29 | 22.6:1 | 17% (111) |
| 2000-01 | 950 | 43 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwood Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 57% (579 to 911); teachers up 53% (28.8 to 44.1).
About Northwood Middle School
Northwood Middle School is a high-enrollment middle school based in Renton, Washington. The school counted 911 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. The school is 58% above the average for middle schools in Washington.
Northwood Middle School is among 44 schools run by Kent School District, which serves 25,358 students.
The biggest share of students at Northwood Middle School, 34%, is White. Next come 25% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 10% Black. That compares with about 55% White among all King County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 77%.
For every teacher at Northwood Middle School, there are about 20.6 students; the school has 44.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Washington is 18.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 316 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 35% of enrollment. That is in line with the 38% average for public schools in King County.
Northwood Middle School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 40% of Washington public middle schools.
The model predicts 56.9% for a school in Washington with Northwood Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Northwood Middle School posts 48.2%.
American Community Survey estimates for King County show that the median household earns about $124,746 a year, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. King County has 544 public schools with about 278,492 students, including Northwood Middle School.
Ridgewood Elementary School is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Northwood Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Northwood Middle School's average proficiency of 48.2% compares with 49.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES assigns Northwood Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school counted 590 students in 2020-21 and 911 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 20.6:1, from 19.0:1.
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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 Kent School District
- Kentridge High SchoolHigh · 2,186 students
- Kentwood High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Kent-Meridian High SchoolHigh · 1,639 students
- Kentlake High SchoolHigh · 1,561 students
- Cedar Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 866 students
Other schools in Renton
- Hazen Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,796 students
- Liberty Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- Renton Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
- Lindbergh Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,201 students
- Nelsen Middle SchoolMiddle · 913 students
- Maywood Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
Other Northwood Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Northwood Middle. Northwood Middle School is the largest of the 8.
- Northwood Middle SchoolSPOKANE, WA · 796 students
- Northwood MiddleTaylors, SC · 823 students
- Northwood Middle SchoolElyria, OH · 599 students
- Northwood Middle SchoolFort Wayne, IN · 585 students
- Northwood Middle SchoolWoodstock, IL · 576 students
Nearby schools
- Ridgewood Elementary School0.5 mi · 412
- Fairwood Elementary School1.8 mi · 355
- Lake Youngs Elementary School1.9 mi · 416
- Carriage Crest Elementary School2.0 mi · 324
- Maywood Middle School2.4 mi · 826
- Meeker Middle School2.7 mi · 779
Frequently asked questions
About Northwood Middle SchoolHow large is Northwood Middle School?
Northwood Middle School enrolls approximately 911 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Northwood Middle School serve?
Northwood Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northwood Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northwood Middle School is approximately 20.6:1 (44 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Northwood Middle School?
Northwood Middle School reports a student body of 34% White, 16% Hispanic, 10% Black, 25% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Northwood Middle School?
Northwood Middle School is overseen by Kent School District in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.