Salk Middle School

As a reasonably sized junior high in Spokane, Washington, Salk Middle School enrolls 658 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Spokane School District.

Spokane School District comprises 62 schools with combined enrollment of 28,853 students; Salk Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Salk Middle School lists that 65% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 12% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Salk Middle School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.9:1 average. Roughly 62% of students at Salk Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Spokane County (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Salk Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.5%, the actual is 32.3%, a residual of -6.2 points.

Across the wider county, Spokane County reports that median household income runs about $78,582, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Salk Middle School is one of 187 public schools in Spokane County (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students).

The closest other public school is Balboa Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Salk Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 42.4%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 6%: 699 students in 2018 compared to 658 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 74% to 65%.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.