Omak Middle School

Omak Middle School is a junior high of cozy scale in OMAK, Washington, run under Omak School District, educateing 324 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 577 students per school, that is 44% below typical.

Across the 8 schools in Omak School District (5,873 students total), Omak Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Omak Middle School shows that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 35% Hispanic, 18% Native American, 10% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

In terms of school funding signals, Omak Middle School lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.9:1, putting Omak Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Omak Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 30.7%; actual is 14.6%, a gap of -16.1 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Okanogan County indicate the typical household earns roughly $63,207 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Okanogan County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,538 students), Omak Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Omak High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Omak Middle School.

Omak Middle School operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 351 students in 2018 compared to 324 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 24% to 35%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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