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Enrollment
974
Middle
DISTRICT 800 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530039000079
Odle Middle School
502 143rd Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA 98007 · (425) 456-6600 · King County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL974 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
197 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 330 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 322 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 322 | 33% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
78.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -1.5pp since 2014
Math
75.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.8% | 75.8% |
| 2023-24 | 77.9% | 73.5% |
| 2022-23 | 79.7% | 75.6% |
| 2021-22 | 76.5% | 73.7% |
| 2018-19 | 83.2% | 75.8% |
| 2017-18 | 85.8% | 79.6% |
| 2016-17 | 82.7% | 79.3% |
| 2015-16 | 83.6% | 79.8% |
| 2014-15 | 80.3% | 76.6% |
% 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
75.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Odle Middle School
Odle Middle School's state test result (75.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odle Middle School this school | 974 | 20.2% | 75.4% |
| Tyee Middle School Bellevue | 1,007 | 18.8% | 79.2% |
| Evergreen Middle School Redmond | 761 | 9.2% | 83.2% |
| Skyview Middle School Bothell | 1,215 | 16.7% | 66.9% |
| Pine Lake Middle School SAMMAMISH | 877 | 8.4% | 79.2% |
| Redmond Middle School Redmond | 1,009 | 17.4% | 70.7% |
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 Odle Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #9 of 294 | #7 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #9 of 357 ▼ 1 | #8 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #15 of 357 ▼ 4 | #12 of 76 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.2pp | #140 of 290 | #40 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 974 | #18 of 377 | #11 of 80 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #135 of 340 | #23 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #207 of 340 | #67 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.2% | #324 of 359 | #52 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #126 of 192 | #26 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
974
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+60% since 1990-91, when it was 610
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 974 | 52.1 | 18.7:1 | 20% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 919 | 50 | 18.4:1 | 18% (161) |
| 2022-23 | 873 | 52.3 | 16.7:1 | 21% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 973 | 51 | 19.1:1 | 17% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 1,055 | 52.5 | 20.1:1 | 21% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 877 | 47 | 18.7:1 | 25% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 717 | 34 | 21.1:1 | 29% (209) |
| 2000-01 | 544 | 25 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 610 | 28 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Odle Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,055 to 974); teachers down 1% (52.5 to 52.1).
About Odle Middle School
Students in Bellevue, Washington, attend Odle Middle School, a large middle-grades school. It had 974 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Washington average about 577 students, which makes this school 69% larger than average.
Bellevue School District serves 20,339 students across 30 schools.
The share of Asian students at Odle Middle School is 65%, a majority. Other students are 15% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is higher than the 21% Asian share among all King County residents. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Odle Middle School are from different groups.
There are about 18.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Odle Middle School, which has 52.1. The ratio is within a point of the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 20%. That is lower than the 38% average for public schools in King County.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Odle Middle School would be expected to post about 66.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 75.4%.
In the surrounding county, King County, the median household earns about $124,746 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Odle Middle School, King County has 544 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Stevenson Elementary, is about 0.3 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Odle Middle School is 2nd among 7 schools close by.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 974, starting from 973.
The allk12 page for Odle Middle School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Bellevue School District
- Newport Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- Bellevue High SchoolHigh · 1,683 students
- Interlake Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Sammamish Senior HighHigh · 1,363 students
- Tyee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,007 students
- Chinook Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
Other schools in Bellevue
- Newport Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- Bellevue High SchoolHigh · 1,683 students
- Interlake Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Sammamish Senior HighHigh · 1,363 students
- Tyee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,007 students
- Chinook Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
Nearby schools
- Stevenson Elementary0.3 mi · 581
- Sammamish Senior High0.5 mi · 1,363
- Puesta del Sol Elementary School0.5 mi · 494
- Highland Middle School0.9 mi · 589
- Lake Hills Elementary0.9 mi · 498
- International School1.2 mi · 600
Frequently asked questions
About Odle Middle SchoolHow many students attend Odle Middle School?
Odle Middle School enrolls approximately 974 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Odle Middle School serve?
Odle Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Odle Middle School have?
Odle Middle School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
How diverse is Odle Middle School?
Odle Middle School reports a student body of 15% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 65% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Odle Middle School in?
Odle Middle School is part of Bellevue School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.