Okanogan Middle School

Okanogan Middle School operates as a low-enrollment junior high in Okanogan, Washington, part of Okanogan School District. Current enrollment sits at 238 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 59% leaner than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 577 students.

Across the 6 schools in Okanogan School District (1,041 students total), Okanogan Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Okanogan Middle School lists that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 15% Native American, 6% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

In terms of school funding signals, Okanogan Middle School lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. The state averages around 18.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Okanogan Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.1%, the actual is 37.0%, a residual of -0.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Okanogan County put the typical household earns roughly $63,207 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Okanogan Middle School is one of 38 public schools in Okanogan County (combined enrollment of about 11,538 students).

Okanogan High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Okanogan Middle School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.8%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Okanogan Middle School has fell 6%, going from 252 students in 2018 to 238 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 58% to 51%.

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