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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Port Susan Middle School?
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Enrollment
530
Middle
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STANWOOD-CAMANO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530834002595
Port Susan Middle School
7506 267TH ST NW, STANWOOD, WA 98292 · (360) 629-1360 · Snohomish County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
21.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
174 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 170 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 168 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 192 | 36% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
59.3%
WA avg 58.4% . +4.3pp since 2014
Math
47.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -3.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 down about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.3% | 47.8% |
| 2023-24 | 59.2% | 47.3% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 62.6% | 42.3% |
| 2018-19 | 74.3% | 60.4% |
| 2017-18 | 71.6% | 66.0% |
| 2016-17 | 71.9% | 65.6% |
| 2015-16 | 68.5% | 62.5% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Port Susan Middle School
Port Susan Middle School's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Susan Middle School this school | 530 | 32.8% | 53.1% |
| Anacortes Middle School Anacortes | 617 | 32.7% | 54.5% |
| Hockinson Middle School BRUSH PRAIRIE | 480 | 30.4% | N/A |
| La Center Middle School La Center | 441 | 33.6% | N/A |
| Stanwood Middle School STANWOOD | 528 | 36.9% | 34.5% |
| Kulshan Middle School Bellingham | 575 | 28.7% | 60.1% |
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 Port Susan Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #74 of 294 | #9 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #89 of 357 ▼ 8 | #11 of 32 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #90 of 357 ▼ 8 | #10 of 32 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #178 of 290 | #23 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #231 of 377 | #25 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #284 of 340 | #19 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.8% | #291 of 340 | #32 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.8% | #286 of 359 | #24 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.2% | #56 of 130 | #8 of 17 |
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
530
+44 (+9%) vs 2020
-18% since 2000-01, when it was 646
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 530 | 24.8 | 21.4:1 | 33% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 522 | 24.8 | 21.1:1 | 31% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 26.5 | 19.5:1 | 34% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 25 | 19.4:1 | 31% (151) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 25.4 | 18.9:1 | 25% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 501 | 24 | 20.9:1 | 30% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 537 | 26 | 20.6:1 | 29% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 646 | 33 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Port Susan Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (481 to 530); teachers down 3% (25.4 to 24.8).
About Port Susan Middle School
Port Susan Middle School is a medium-sized middle school found in STANWOOD, Washington. The school counts 530 students across grades 6 through 8.
Port Susan Middle School is part of Stanwood-Camano School District, where 11 schools serve 4,880 students.
Port Susan Middle School's enrollment is 76% White. Enrollment also includes 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Snohomish County, the White share is about 64%. The chance that two students picked at random at Port Susan Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 40%.
Port Susan Middle School's 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 21.4:1. That ratio is over the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 33%. Among public schools in Snohomish County, the average eligibility rate is 41%.
Measured against Washington public middle schools, Port Susan Middle School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Port Susan Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.1% is 5.0 points below the 58.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Snohomish County has these Census figures: median household income is about $111,246, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The public schools of Snohomish County number 227 and enroll about 118,688.
Lincoln Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Port Susan Middle School ranks 4th of 6 nearby schools, at 53.1% versus a 49.7% average.
Port Susan Middle School is coded as Town: Fringe in federal locale data.
Port Susan Middle School saw enrollment rise 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 21.4 students per teacher, compared with 19.4 in 2020-21.
Community posts for Port Susan Middle School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stanwood-Camano School District
- Stanwood High SchoolHigh · 1,384 students
- Stanwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 528 students
- Twin City ElementaryElementary · 440 students
- Cedarhome Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Stanwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
- Utsalady ElementaryElementary · 391 students
Other schools in STANWOOD
- Stanwood High SchoolHigh · 1,384 students
- Stanwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 528 students
- Twin City ElementaryElementary · 440 students
- Cedarhome Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Stanwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
- Saratoga SchoolCombined · 218 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Academy0.3 mi · 20
- Saratoga School0.3 mi · 218
- Stanwood High School0.3 mi · 1,384
- Lincoln Hill High School0.3 mi · 130
- Twin City Elementary0.4 mi · 440
- Cedarhome Elementary School1.0 mi · 433
Frequently asked questions
About Port Susan Middle SchoolHow many students attend Port Susan Middle School?
Port Susan Middle School enrolls approximately 530 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Port Susan Middle School serve?
Port Susan Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Port Susan Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Port Susan Middle School is approximately 21.4:1 (25 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Port Susan Middle School?
Port Susan Middle School reports a student body of 76% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Port Susan Middle School public or private?
Port Susan Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Stanwood-Camano School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.