1
Enrollment
877
Middle
DISTRICT 739 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530375000580
Pine Lake Middle School
3095 Issaquah-Pine Lake Rd SE, SAMMAMISH, WA 98075 · (425) 837-5700 · King County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL877 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of Washington public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
21.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
74 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 256 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 338 | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 283 | 32% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
81.3%
WA avg 58.4% . +3.9pp since 2014
Math
82.4%
WA avg 51.2% . +3.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.3% | 82.4% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 76.8% |
| 2022-23 | 80.5% | 77.7% |
| 2021-22 | 79.5% | 75.2% |
| 2018-19 | 82.5% | 79.0% |
| 2017-18 | 81.2% | 79.6% |
| 2016-17 | 81.1% | 82.3% |
| 2015-16 | 83.0% | 82.3% |
| 2014-15 | 77.4% | 78.7% |
% 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
79.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Pine Lake Middle School
Pine Lake Middle School's state test result (79.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Lake Middle School this school | 877 | 8.4% | 79.2% |
| Timberline Middle School Redmond | 788 | 7.1% | 80.6% |
| Inglewood Middle School Sammamish | 1,229 | 4.3% | 79.5% |
| Beaver Lake Middle School ISSAQUAH | 699 | 9.6% | 80.5% |
| Pacific Cascade Middle School Issaquah | 605 | 10.7% | 75.3% |
| Evergreen Middle School Redmond | 761 | 9.2% | 83.2% |
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 Pine Lake Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #6 of 294 | #5 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #2 of 357 ▲ 4 | #2 of 76 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.3% | #9 of 357 ▼ 1 | #7 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #92 of 290 | #25 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 877 | #36 of 377 | #20 of 80 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #302 of 340 | #64 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #144 of 340 | #59 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.4% | #355 of 359 | #73 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #136 of 192 | #28 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
877
-65 (-7%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 626
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 877 | 40.1 | 21.9:1 | 8% (74) |
| 2023-24 | 940 | 40.8 | 23.0:1 | 7% (68) |
| 2022-23 | 900 | 38 | 23.7:1 | 5% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 942 | 42 | 22.4:1 | 3% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 939 | 39.9 | 23.5:1 | 3% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 911 | 39 | 23.4:1 | 4% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 714 | 32 | 22.3:1 | 4% (25) |
| 2000-01 | 848 | 34 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 626 | 28 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pine Lake Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (939 to 877); teachers up 1% (39.9 to 40.1).
About Pine Lake Middle School
Pine Lake Middle School is a public middle school run by Issaquah School District in SAMMAMISH, Washington. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 877 students. By comparison, middle schools in Washington enroll about 577 students on average.
Enrollment across the 30 schools in Issaquah School District totals 19,098 students.
Asian students are 53% of those enrolled at Pine Lake Middle School. Other reported shares: 32% White, 7% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. That compares with about 21% Asian among all King County residents. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at Pine Lake Middle School are from different groups.
Pine Lake Middle School lists 40.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 21.9 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Washington, the average ratio is 18.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 8% of the student body. The 38% average for public schools in King County is 30 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Pine Lake Middle School lands at A+, ahead of 96% of Washington public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Pine Lake Middle School is 74.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 79.2%.
The school's county is King County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $124,746 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Pine Lake Middle School shares King County with 543 other public schools.
Pine Lake Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Sunny Hills Elementary, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Pine Lake Middle School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Pine Lake Middle School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 877, down from 942 in 2020-21.
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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 Issaquah School District
- Issaquah High SchoolHigh · 2,419 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 2,244 students
- Liberty Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- Maywood Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
- Issaquah Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
- Beaver Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
Other schools in SAMMAMISH
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 2,244 students
- Inglewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,229 students
- Margaret Mead ElementaryElementary · 580 students
- Sunny Hills ElementaryElementary · 574 students
- Creekside ElementaryElementary · 555 students
Nearby schools
- Sunny Hills Elementary0.2 mi · 574
- Discovery Elementary0.6 mi · 508
- Cedar Trails Elementary1.0 mi · 374
- Beaver Lake Middle School1.2 mi · 699
- Challenger Elementary1.3 mi · 350
- Skyline High School1.4 mi · 2,244
Frequently asked questions
About Pine Lake Middle SchoolHow many students attend Pine Lake Middle School?
Pine Lake Middle School enrolls approximately 877 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Pine Lake Middle School serve?
Pine Lake Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Pine Lake Middle School?
Approximately 21.9:1 students per teacher at Pine Lake Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pine Lake Middle School?
At Pine Lake Middle School, the student body is approximately 32% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 53% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Pine Lake Middle School in?
Pine Lake Middle School is part of Issaquah School District.
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