Selkirk Middle School

Located at 10372 Highway 31, in Ione, Washington, Selkirk Middle School is a rural-scale intermediate school that educates 52 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Selkirk School District. That puts it 91% leaner than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 577 students.

Selkirk Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by Selkirk School District, a district that educates 252 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Selkirk Middle School reports that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to Pend Oreille County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.9:1, putting Selkirk Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Selkirk Middle School ranks in the top 10% of Washington public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 32.5%; Selkirk Middle School posts 53.0%, +20.6 points above that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Pend Oreille County) records that the typical household earns roughly $67,436 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Pend Oreille County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,825 students), Selkirk Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Selkirk High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Selkirk Middle School. On composite proficiency, Selkirk Middle School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Selkirk Middle School's enrollment has ticked up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 49 (now 52). The White share of enrollment edged down from 88% to 83% over that span.

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