Northwood Middle School

As a mid-tier intermediate school in SPOKANE, Washington, Northwood Middle School instructs 796 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Mead School District. Enrollment runs roughly 38% larger than the state mean of about 577.

Northwood Middle School is one of 17 schools operated by Mead School District, a district that teaches 10,657 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Northwood Middle School reports that nearly all students (81%) are White. The remainder comes out to 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Northwood Middle School reports 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.7:1. The state averages about 18.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 39% of students at Northwood Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Spokane County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Northwood Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.3%, the actual is 47.9%, a residual of -6.4 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Spokane County shows median household earnings sit near $78,582, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Northwood Middle School is one of 187 public schools in Spokane County (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students).

Nearest neighbor: Farwell Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Northwood Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northwood Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.5%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 917 students in 2018 compared to 796 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.