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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Stanwood Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
528
Middle
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STANWOOD-CAMANO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530834001424
Stanwood Middle School
9405 271ST ST NW, STANWOOD, WA 98292 · (360) 629-1350 · Snohomish County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Washington public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
21.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
195 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 203 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 166 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 159 | 30% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
39.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -14.4pp since 2014
Math
28.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -19.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 2014, while math scores are down about 20 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.2% | 28.2% |
| 2023-24 | 39.6% | 25.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.8% | 25.1% |
| 2021-22 | 49.4% | 28.2% |
| 2018-19 | 73.1% | 54.2% |
| 2017-18 | 68.5% | 49.6% |
| 2016-17 | 61.1% | 51.6% |
| 2015-16 | 57.1% | 48.8% |
| 2014-15 | 53.6% | 47.8% |
% 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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% 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 Stanwood Middle School
Stanwood Middle School's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanwood Middle School this school | 528 | 36.9% | 34.5% |
| Chief Umtuch Middle Battle Ground | 522 | 37.4% | N/A |
| Enumclaw Middle School Enumclaw | 522 | 38.1% | 50.5% |
| Port Susan Middle School STANWOOD | 530 | 32.8% | 53.1% |
| Greenacres Middle School Spokane Valley | 555 | 38.6% | 52.3% |
| 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 Stanwood Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #195 of 294 | #25 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #227 of 357 ▲ 19 | #24 of 32 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #256 of 357 ▼ 18 | #28 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.1pp | #21 of 290 | #2 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #233 of 377 | #26 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #285 of 340 | #20 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.7% | #288 of 340 | #31 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.9% | #265 of 359 | #19 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.6% | #48 of 130 | #6 of 17 |
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
528
+49 (+10%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 713
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 528 | 24.6 | 21.4:1 | 37% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 472 | 21 | 22.5:1 | 39% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 22.7 | 21.0:1 | 39% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 479 | 23 | 20.8:1 | 35% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 22.4 | 21.1:1 | 25% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 472 | 21 | 22.5:1 | 29% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 614 | 28 | 21.9:1 | 31% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 621 | 30 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 713 | 30 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stanwood Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (473 to 528); teachers up 10% (22.4 to 24.6).
About Stanwood Middle School
Stanwood Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in STANWOOD, Washington. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 528 students in 2024-25.
Within Stanwood-Camano School District, Stanwood Middle School is one of 11 schools. The district enrolls 4,880 students.
White students are 76% of those enrolled at Stanwood Middle School. The rest of enrollment is 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Snohomish County's population at about 64%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 41, compared with 70 nationally.
Stanwood Middle School reported 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 21.4:1. Middle schools in Washington average 18.9:1, 2.5 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 195 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 37% of enrollment.
Stanwood Middle School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 10% of Washington public middle schools.
A school in Washington with Stanwood Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 55.4%. Stanwood Middle School scores 34.5%.
In Snohomish County, median household income comes to about $111,246, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Snohomish County counts 227 public schools with about 118,688 students.
Stanwood Elementary School sits about 0.6 miles from Stanwood Middle School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Stanwood Middle School ranks 6th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Stanwood Middle School is coded as Town: Fringe in federal locale data.
Enrollment rose 10% over 4 years, reaching 528 in 2024-25.
Stanwood Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stanwood-Camano School District
- Stanwood High SchoolHigh · 1,384 students
- Port Susan Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
- Twin City ElementaryElementary · 440 students
- Cedarhome Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Stanwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
- Utsalady ElementaryElementary · 391 students
Other schools in STANWOOD
- Stanwood High SchoolHigh · 1,384 students
- Port Susan Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
- Twin City ElementaryElementary · 440 students
- Cedarhome Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Stanwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
- Saratoga SchoolCombined · 218 students
Nearby schools
- Stanwood Elementary School0.6 mi · 430
- Saratoga School1.1 mi · 218
- Lincoln Academy1.1 mi · 20
- Port Susan Middle School1.2 mi · 530
- Stanwood High School1.2 mi · 1,384
- Lincoln Hill High School1.2 mi · 130
Frequently asked questions
About Stanwood Middle SchoolHow many students attend Stanwood Middle School?
Stanwood Middle School enrolls approximately 528 students in grades 06-08.
Is Stanwood Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Stanwood Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Stanwood Middle School have?
Stanwood Middle School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Stanwood Middle School?
Student demographics at Stanwood Middle School are roughly 76% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Stanwood Middle School public or private?
Stanwood Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Stanwood-Camano School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.