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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Selkirk Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
613
Middle
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530111003706
Selkirk Middle School
1409 N Harvest Parkway, Liberty Lake, WA 99016 · (509) 558-6200 · Spokane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL613 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Washington public middle schools
- B+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.
- DThree-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
20.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
219 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 188 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 193 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 232 | 38% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
59.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -0.3pp since 2021
Math
43.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -4.7pp since 2021
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 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.1% | 43.3% |
| 2023-24 | 62.4% | 42.1% |
| 2022-23 | 63.4% | 46.3% |
| 2021-22 | 59.4% | 48.0% |
% 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
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Selkirk Middle School
Selkirk Middle School's state test result (51.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selkirk Middle School this school | 613 | 35.7% | 51.7% |
| Evergreen Middle School Spokane Valley | 668 | 35.8% | 52.8% |
| Greenacres Middle School Spokane Valley | 555 | 38.6% | 52.3% |
| Highland Middle School Spokane | 704 | 32.8% | 55.4% |
| Chief Umtuch Middle Battle Ground | 522 | 37.4% | N/A |
| Anacortes Middle School Anacortes | 617 | 32.7% | 54.5% |
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 Selkirk Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #80 of 294 | #7 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #113 of 357 ▼ 5 | #11 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #93 of 357 ▼ 24 | #6 of 26 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #45 of 290 | #6 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 613 | #190 of 377 | #12 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #258 of 340 | #26 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.2% | #318 of 340 | #22 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.7% | #268 of 359 | #24 of 27 |
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
613
+95 (+18%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 613 | 29.6 | 20.7:1 | 36% (219) |
| 2023-24 | 566 | 26 | 21.8:1 | 37% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 566 | 27.8 | 20.4:1 | 36% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 23 | 22.5:1 | 22% (112) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Selkirk Middle School.
About Selkirk Middle School
Selkirk Middle School is one of the public schools in Liberty Lake, Washington. It is a mid-sized middle school. The school has 613 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8.
Central Valley School District counts 15,087 students in its 33 schools, and Selkirk Middle School is one of them.
A large majority of enrollment at Selkirk Middle School is White, at 84%. Other reported shares: 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among Spokane County residents, the White share is about 83%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 28%.
The school had 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 20.7:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Washington is 18.9:1. The school reported 36% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 16 points below the 52% average for public schools in Spokane County.
On the allk12 Grade, Selkirk Middle School lands at B, ahead of 58% of Washington public middle schools.
The model predicts 56.2% for a school in Washington with Selkirk Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Selkirk Middle School posts 51.7%.
The school's county is Spokane County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $78,582, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 187 public schools in the county, enrolling about 76,588, Selkirk Middle School among them.
Ridgeline High School is the nearest public school to Selkirk Middle School, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Selkirk Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Selkirk Middle School is behind the 53.0% nearby average, ranking 6th of 7.
NCES assigns Selkirk Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a gain of 95 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 22.5:1 in 2020-21, and 20.7:1 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Selkirk Middle School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Central Valley School District
- Ridgeline High SchoolHigh · 1,575 students
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Central Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Sunrise ElementaryElementary · 644 students
- Greenacres ElementaryElementary · 637 students
Other schools in Liberty Lake
- Ridgeline High SchoolHigh · 1,575 students
- Liberty Lake ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- Liberty Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- CVSD Open Doors ProgramsHigh · 102 students
Other Selkirk Middle schools
One other US public school is named Selkirk Middle. Selkirk Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Selkirk Middle SchoolIone, WA · 52 students
Nearby schools
- Ridgeline High School0.7 mi · 1,575
- Spokane Valley Learning Academy1.0 mi · 62
- Central Valley Virtual Learning1.0 mi · 166
- Riverbend Elementary School1.5 mi · 600
- Greenacres Elementary1.8 mi · 637
- Greenacres Middle School1.9 mi · 555
Frequently asked questions
About Selkirk Middle SchoolHow large is Selkirk Middle School?
Selkirk Middle School enrolls approximately 613 students in grades 06-08.
Is Selkirk Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Selkirk Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Selkirk Middle School?
Approximately 20.7:1 students per teacher at Selkirk Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Selkirk Middle School?
At Selkirk Middle School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Selkirk Middle School public or private?
Selkirk Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Central Valley School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.