Enrollment
290
Middle
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH WHIDBEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530819001358
South Whidbey Middle
5675 Maxwelton Road, Langley, WA 98260 · (360) 221-4300 · Island County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of Washington public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
24.9:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.3:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
100 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 102 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 93 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 95 | 33% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
South Whidbey Middle→South Whidbey High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within South Whidbey School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
45.6%
WA avg 58.4% . +44.3pp since 2014
Math
41.8%
WA avg 51.2% . +38.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 44 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 38 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.6% | 41.8% |
| 2023-24 | 53.6% | 44.4% |
| 2022-23 | 50.8% | 38.1% |
| 2021-22 | 52.3% | 34.9% |
| 2018-19 | 64.6% | 47.8% |
| 2017-18 | 58.1% | 44.9% |
| 2016-17 | 56.0% | 36.1% |
| 2015-16 | 63.2% | 38.1% |
| 2014-15 | 1.4% | 3.4% |
% 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% 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 South Whidbey Middle
South Whidbey Middle's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Whidbey Middle this school | 290 | 34.5% | 45.5% |
| Lakeside Middle School Nine Mile Falls | 293 | 35.2% | 60.0% |
| Kalama Middle School Kalama | 266 | 40.2% | N/A |
| La Center Middle School La Center | 441 | 33.6% | N/A |
| Walter Strom Middle School Cle Elum | 206 | 39.8% | 45.4% |
| Hidden River Middle School Snohomish | 313 | 35.1% | 48.0% |
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 South Whidbey Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #113 of 294 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #126 of 357 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #189 of 357 ▼ 65 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.1pp | #202 of 290 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #315 of 377 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.9:1 | #340 of 340 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.9% | #309 of 340 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.5% | #280 of 359 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.5% | #15 of 130 |
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
290
+102 (+54%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 290 | 11.7 | 24.9:1 | 34% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 283 | 12.9 | 22.0:1 | 33% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 204 | 10 | 20.5:1 | 41% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 188 | 10 | 18.8:1 | 26% (49) |
| 2017-18 | 224 | 11.3 | 19.8:1 | 28% (62) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 17 | 17.5:1 | 26% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 396 | 19 | 20.8:1 | 26% (103) |
| 2000-01 | 553 | 28 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 464 | 22 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Whidbey Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (224 to 290); teachers up 3% (11.3 to 11.7).
About South Whidbey Middle
South Whidbey Middle is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in Langley, Washington. The school has 290 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Washington have about 577 students on average; enrollment here is 50% lower.
South Whidbey Middle is one school in a 4-school district, South Whidbey School District, which enrolls 1,207 students.
The share of White students at South Whidbey Middle is 81%. Next come 9% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. In Island County overall, the White share is about 78%. The diversity index for South Whidbey Middle is 33%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at South Whidbey Middle totals 11.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 24.9:1. Statewide, middle schools in Washington average 18.9:1. Federal data show 34% of students (100) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Washington public middle schools, South Whidbey Middle outscored 39%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, South Whidbey Middle is in the bottom 10% of Washington schools: 45.5% actual against 57.1% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Island County, the median household earns about $90,551 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Island County has 26 public schools with about 8,561 students, including South Whidbey Middle.
South Whidbey Academy is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of South Whidbey Middle, there are 3 other public schools. On average proficiency, South Whidbey Middle is 8th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal records list enrollment at South Whidbey Middle as 188 in 2020-21 and 290 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 18.8:1 to 24.9:1.
On allk12, people connected to South Whidbey Middle can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Island County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
86,836
Census ACS
Median income
$90,551
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
8,561 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Whidbey School District
- South Whidbey ElementaryElementary · 485 students
- South Whidbey High SchoolHigh · 390 students
- South Whidbey AcademyHigh · 42 students
- South Whidbey Special ServicesElementary
Other schools in Langley
- South Whidbey ElementaryElementary · 485 students
- South Whidbey High SchoolHigh · 390 students
- South Whidbey AcademyHigh · 42 students
- South Whidbey Special ServicesElementary
Nearby schools
- South Whidbey Academy0.0 mi · 42
- South Whidbey High School0.0 mi · 390
- South Whidbey Elementary0.6 mi · 485
- Mukilteo Elementary7.0 mi · 521
- Olympic View Middle School7.2 mi · 851
- Columbia Elementary8.6 mi · 596
Frequently asked questions
About South Whidbey MiddleHow many students attend South Whidbey Middle?
South Whidbey Middle enrolls approximately 290 students in grades 06-08.
Is South Whidbey Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
South Whidbey Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at South Whidbey Middle?
Approximately 24.9:1 students per teacher at South Whidbey Middle.
What is the student diversity at South Whidbey Middle?
Student demographics at South Whidbey Middle are roughly 81% White, 9% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is South Whidbey Middle public or private?
South Whidbey Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by South Whidbey School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.