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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Selah Middle School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
871
Middle
DISTRICT 420 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SELAH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530777003554
Selah Middle School
411 North First Street, Selah, WA 98942 · (509) 698-8400 · Yakima County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL871 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
450 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 282 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 282 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 307 | 35% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
35.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -14.5pp since 2015
Math
26.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -10.4pp since 2015
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 14 points since 2015, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.1% | 26.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 29.5% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 30.1% |
| 2021-22 | 48.4% | 36.7% |
| 2018-19 | 59.0% | 44.7% |
| 2017-18 | 57.9% | 44.1% |
| 2016-17 | 47.4% | 39.2% |
| 2015-16 | 49.6% | 37.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Selah Middle School
Selah Middle School's state test result (32.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selah Middle School this school | 871 | 51.7% | 32.9% |
| Carmichael Middle School Richland | 791 | 49.6% | N/A |
| West Valley Mid-Level Campus Yakima | 1,167 | 54.7% | 47.0% |
| Park Place Middle School Monroe | 755 | 46.8% | 39.0% |
| Lynden Middle School LYNDEN | 705 | 47.5% | 41.0% |
| Horse Heaven Hills Middle School KENNEWICK | 856 | 55.0% | N/A |
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 Selah Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #205 of 294 | #5 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #239 of 357 ▼ 30 | #6 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #276 of 357 ▼ 12 | #6 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.6pp | #2 of 290 | #2 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 871 | #39 of 377 | #2 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #123 of 340 | #4 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #220 of 340 | #3 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.7% | #173 of 359 | #16 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.4% | #82 of 130 | #4 of 6 |
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
871
+34 (+4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 871 | 47 | 18.5:1 | 52% (450) |
| 2023-24 | 909 | 48 | 18.9:1 | 62% (563) |
| 2022-23 | 897 | 44.2 | 20.3:1 | 67% (601) |
| 2020-21 | 837 | 45 | 18.6:1 | 55% (463) |
| 2017-18 | 826 | 43.6 | 18.9:1 | 52% (426) |
| 2015-16 | 841 | 40 | 21.0:1 | 51% (431) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Selah Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (826 to 871); teachers up 8% (43.6 to 47).
About Selah Middle School
Selah Middle School is a public middle-grades school in Selah, Washington. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 871 students. For comparison, middle schools in Washington average about 577 students.
Selah Middle School is a school in Selah School District. The district has 9 schools and 3,784 students.
At 58%, White students outnumber all other groups at Selah Middle School combined. The school is also 37% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 47%. Selah Middle School has a diversity index of 52%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.5:1. Middle schools in Washington average about 18.9:1, a similar figure. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Selah Middle School is 52%. The 77% average for public schools in Yakima County is 25 points higher.
Selah Middle School scores 12.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 32.9% actual versus 45.5% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in Yakima County, median household income is about $70,656, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 119 public schools operate in Yakima County, serving about 52,145 students.
The closest other public school is John Campbell Primary School, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
The NCES locale for Selah Middle School is Suburb: Mid-size, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 871, 4% above the 837 of 2020-21.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Yakima County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
257,152
Census ACS
Median income
$70,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
119
52,145 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Selah School District
- Selah High SchoolHigh · 1,159 students
- Selah Intermediate SchoolElementary · 806 students
- John Campbell Primary SchoolElementary · 492 students
- Robert Lince Early Learning CenterElementary · 362 students
- Selah Academy OnlineHigh · 35 students
- Selah HomeLinkElementary · 33 students
Other schools in Selah
- Selah High SchoolHigh · 1,159 students
- Selah Intermediate SchoolElementary · 806 students
- John Campbell Primary SchoolElementary · 492 students
- Robert Lince Early Learning CenterElementary · 362 students
- Selah Academy OnlineHigh · 35 students
- Selah HomeLinkElementary · 33 students
Nearby schools
- John Campbell Primary School0.2 mi · 492
- Selah High School0.3 mi · 1,159
- Selah HomeLink0.5 mi · 33
- Selah Academy Online0.5 mi · 35
- Selah Open Doors0.5 mi · 13
- Robert Lince Early Learning Center0.6 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About Selah Middle SchoolHow many students attend Selah Middle School?
Selah Middle School enrolls approximately 871 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Selah Middle School serve?
Selah Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Selah Middle School?
Approximately 18.5:1 students per teacher at Selah Middle School.
How diverse is Selah Middle School?
Selah Middle School reports a student body of 58% White, 37% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Selah Middle School in?
Selah Middle School is part of Selah School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.