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What's one thing Summit Trail Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,097
Middle
DISTRICT 1,072 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TAHOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530876002979
Summit Trail Middle School
25600 SE Summit Landsburg Rd, Ravensdale, WA 98051 · (425) 413-5600 · King County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,097 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Washington public middle schools
- ATest 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.
- A-Three-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
21.3:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
164 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 | 335 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 380 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 382 | 35% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
72.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -3.1pp since 2014
Math
62.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -2.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.5% | 62.9% |
| 2023-24 | 69.4% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.9% | 54.9% |
| 2021-22 | 68.3% | 56.1% |
| 2018-19 | 75.1% | 66.9% |
| 2017-18 | 73.9% | 67.2% |
| 2016-17 | 73.8% | 68.6% |
| 2015-16 | 71.9% | 64.4% |
| 2014-15 | 75.6% | 65.7% |
% 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
66.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Summit Trail Middle School
Summit Trail Middle School's state test result (66.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Trail Middle School this school | 1,097 | 14.9% | 66.7% |
| Eckstein Middle School SEATTLE | 1,024 | 15.4% | 73.3% |
| Skyridge Middle School Camas | 760 | 16.4% | N/A |
| Hamilton International Middle School SEATTLE | 983 | 12.0% | 74.8% |
| Maple View Middle School Covington | 1,046 | 23.6% | 61.2% |
| Madison Middle School SEATTLE | 1,017 | 16.7% | 68.7% |
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 Summit Trail Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #30 of 294 | #25 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #34 of 357 ▼ 4 | #25 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #33 of 357 ▲ 5 | #23 of 76 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.4pp | #73 of 290 | #20 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,097 | #6 of 377 | #2 of 80 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #278 of 340 | #56 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #173 of 340 | #64 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.9% | #342 of 359 | #63 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.7% | #53 of 130 | #18 of 33 |
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
1,097
-14 (-1%) vs 2020
+91% since 2010-11, when it was 575
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 1,097 | 51.6 | 21.3:1 | 15% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 1,113 | 50.9 | 21.9:1 | 15% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 1,098 | 50.6 | 21.7:1 | 15% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 1,111 | 50 | 22.2:1 | 10% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 991 | 42.1 | 23.5:1 | 9% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 606 | 26 | 23.3:1 | 15% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 575 | 27 | 21.3:1 | 12% (68) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Summit Trail Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (991 to 1,097); teachers up 23% (42.1 to 51.6).
About Summit Trail Middle School
In Ravensdale, Washington, Summit Trail Middle School is a high-enrollment middle school. The school's enrollment of 1,097 students covers grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Washington average about 577 students each.
Tahoma School District has 9,234 students spread across 9 schools.
White students are the majority at Summit Trail Middle School, with 63% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 16% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among all residents of King County, the White share is about 55%. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 21.3:1 comes from the school's 51.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 2.3 students per teacher above the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 15% in 2024-25. Compared with the 38% average for public schools in King County, the school's rate is lower.
Summit Trail Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 82% of Washington public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 70.2% for Summit Trail Middle School. The school posts 66.7%, 3.5 points below the prediction.
Federal survey data for King County show that the median household income is $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 544 public schools in King County, enrolling about 278,492 students in all.
Nearby, Rock Creek Elementary is about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Summit Trail Middle School at 5th of 9.
In the federal locale system, Summit Trail Middle School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 1,111 in 2020-21, 1,097 in 2024-25.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tahoma School District
- Tahoma Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,919 students
- Maple View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,046 students
- Lake Wilderness ElementaryElementary · 923 students
- Glacier Park ElementaryElementary · 803 students
- Tahoma ElementaryElementary · 688 students
- Rock Creek ElementaryElementary · 686 students
Other Summit Trail Middle schools
One other US public school is named Summit Trail Middle. Summit Trail Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Summit Trail Middle SchoolOlathe, KS · 576 students
Nearby schools
- Rock Creek Elementary1.0 mi · 686
- Tahoma Senior High School1.7 mi · 2,919
- Glacier Park Elementary1.9 mi · 803
- Lake Wilderness Elementary2.2 mi · 923
- Tahoma Elementary2.5 mi · 688
- Shadow Lake Elementary2.8 mi · 479
Frequently asked questions
About Summit Trail Middle SchoolHow many students attend Summit Trail Middle School?
Summit Trail Middle School enrolls approximately 1,097 students in grades 06-08.
Is Summit Trail Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Summit Trail Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Summit Trail Middle School have?
Summit Trail Middle School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Summit Trail Middle School?
Student demographics at Summit Trail Middle School are roughly 63% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 16% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Summit Trail Middle School in?
Summit Trail Middle School is part of Tahoma School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.