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What's one thing Sacajawea Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
855
Middle
DISTRICT 644 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOKANE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530825001405
Sacajawea Middle School
401 E 33Rd Ave, Spokane, WA 99203 · (509) 354-5500 · Spokane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL855 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
345 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 296 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 285 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 274 | 32% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
66.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -2.7pp since 2014
Math
57.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -4.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 57.2% |
| 2023-24 | 61.7% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | 53.2% |
| 2021-22 | 69.7% | 53.1% |
| 2018-19 | 77.2% | 66.4% |
| 2017-18 | 69.9% | 62.9% |
| 2016-17 | 71.6% | 63.8% |
| 2015-16 | 70.1% | 65.5% |
| 2014-15 | 68.6% | 61.7% |
% 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
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Sacajawea Middle School
Sacajawea Middle School's state test result (58.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacajawea Middle School this school | 855 | 40.4% | 58.4% |
| Glacier Middle School Buckley | 999 | 36.9% | 52.6% |
| Lakeridge Middle School Bonney Lake | 763 | 37.7% | 59.9% |
| John Sedgwick Middle School PORT ORCHARD | 731 | 39.8% | 53.8% |
| Northwood Middle School SPOKANE | 796 | 38.6% | 47.9% |
| George Bush Middle School Tumwater | 762 | 39.0% | 49.4% |
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 Sacajawea Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #61 of 294 | #1 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #53 of 357 ▲ 4 | #1 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #57 of 357 ▲ 17 | #1 of 26 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.1pp | #203 of 290 | #13 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 855 | #46 of 377 | #1 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #95 of 340 | #18 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.4% | #261 of 340 | #11 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.4% | #244 of 359 | #20 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.9% | #60 of 130 | #6 of 9 |
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
855
+10 (+1%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 1,020
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 855 | 47.6 | 18.0:1 | 40% (345) |
| 2023-24 | 985 | 51 | 19.3:1 | 45% (440) |
| 2022-23 | 775 | 43.8 | 17.7:1 | 42% (325) |
| 2020-21 | 845 | 41 | 20.6:1 | 35% (292) |
| 2017-18 | 785 | 41.2 | 19.1:1 | 35% (276) |
| 2015-16 | 787 | 43 | 18.3:1 | 35% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 742 | 38 | 19.5:1 | 31% (232) |
| 2000-01 | 847 | 42 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,020 | 49 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sacajawea Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (785 to 855); teachers up 16% (41.2 to 47.6).
About Sacajawea Middle School
Students in Spokane, Washington, attend Sacajawea Middle School, a mid-sized middle school. It reported 855 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. By comparison, middle schools in Washington enroll about 577 students on average.
Spokane School District is responsible for 62 schools, Sacajawea Middle School included, with 28,853 students in all.
White students are 72% of those enrolled at Sacajawea Middle School. Other reported shares: 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Black. That compares with about 83% White among all Spokane County residents. A diversity index of 45% means there is a 45% chance two randomly chosen students at Sacajawea Middle School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.0:1. The school has 47.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Washington, the average ratio is 18.9:1. Federal data show 40% of students (345) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 52% average for public schools in Spokane County is 12 points higher.
Sacajawea Middle School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (58.4%) and its predicted rate (53.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools.
In the wider Spokane County area, the median household earns about $78,582 a year, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Spokane County, 187 public schools serve about 76,588 students.
Sacajawea Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Jefferson Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Sacajawea Middle School is ahead of the 56.1% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Sacajawea Middle School had 845 students in 2020-21 and 855 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The school's ratio dropped from 20.6:1 to 18.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Spokane School District
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- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
Other Sacajawea Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sacajawea Middle. Sacajawea Middle School is the largest of the 4.
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolFEDERAL WAY, WA · 668 students
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolBozeman, MT · 807 students
- SACAJAWEA MIDDLE SCHOOLLEWISTON, ID · 547 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson Elementary0.3 mi · 359
- Hutton Elementary0.6 mi · 492
- Wilson Elementary1.1 mi · 307
- Hamblen Elementary1.2 mi · 508
- Roosevelt Elementary1.3 mi · 402
- Grant Elementary1.6 mi · 289
Frequently asked questions
About Sacajawea Middle SchoolHow large is Sacajawea Middle School?
Sacajawea Middle School enrolls approximately 855 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Sacajawea Middle School serve?
Sacajawea Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Sacajawea Middle School have?
Sacajawea Middle School employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sacajawea Middle School?
At Sacajawea Middle School, the student body is approximately 72% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Sacajawea Middle School public or private?
Sacajawea Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Spokane School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.