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Enrollment
788
Middle
DISTRICT 589 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530423003708
Timberline Middle School
9900 Redmond Ridge Drive NE, Redmond, WA 98053 · (425) 936-2820 · King County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL788 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
56 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 263 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 256 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 269 | 34% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
83.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -1.1pp since 2021
Math
80.4%
WA avg 51.2% . +3.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.4% | 80.4% |
| 2023-24 | 83.8% | 78.3% |
| 2022-23 | 85.1% | 78.4% |
| 2021-22 | 84.5% | 76.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
80.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Timberline Middle School
Timberline Middle School's state test result (80.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timberline Middle School this school | 788 | 7.1% | 80.6% |
| Pine Lake Middle School SAMMAMISH | 877 | 8.4% | 79.2% |
| Beaver Lake Middle School ISSAQUAH | 699 | 9.6% | 80.5% |
| Inglewood Middle School Sammamish | 1,229 | 4.3% | 79.5% |
| Evergreen Middle School Redmond | 761 | 9.2% | 83.2% |
| Pacific Cascade Middle School Issaquah | 605 | 10.7% | 75.3% |
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 Timberline Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #3 of 294 | #2 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.4% | #6 of 357 ▼ 1 | #5 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.4% | #6 of 357 ▼ 4 | #4 of 76 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.3pp | #164 of 290 | #48 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 788 | #79 of 377 | #32 of 80 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #296 of 340 | #62 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #139 of 340 | #58 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.1% | #357 of 359 | #75 of 77 |
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
788
-20 (-2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 20.7:1
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 | 788 | 36.3 | 21.7:1 | 7% (56) |
| 2023-24 | 741 | 34.8 | 21.3:1 | 9% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 752 | 37.2 | 20.2:1 | 10% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 808 | 39 | 20.7:1 | 7% (54) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Timberline Middle School.
About Timberline Middle School
Timberline Middle School is classified as a middle school. It is located in Redmond, Washington. Enrollment totals 788 students across grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Washington, the average enrollment is about 577.
The district, Lake Washington School District, has 30,986 students enrolled across 55 schools.
Asian students are 53% of those enrolled at Timberline Middle School. The remaining shares are 29% White, 8% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the Asian share of King County's population at about 21%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
Its ratio of 21.7:1 is based on 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Washington average 18.9:1, 2.8 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 7%. That is lower than the 38% average for public schools in King County.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Timberline Middle School is 75.4%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 80.6%.
For the population of King County, the median household earns about $124,746 a year, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Timberline Middle School shares King County with 543 other public schools.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Rosa Parks Elementary, is the closest to Timberline Middle School. Timberline Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Timberline Middle School comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Timberline Middle School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 808 students in 2020-21 and 788 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.7:1 to 21.7:1.
On allk12, people connected to Timberline Middle School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Lake Washington School District
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Redmond High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Lake Washington High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Juanita High SchoolHigh · 1,778 students
- Inglewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,229 students
- Redmond Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
Other schools in Redmond
- Redmond High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Redmond Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
- Rose Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Benjamin Rush ElementaryElementary · 631 students
- Louisa May Alcott ElementaryElementary · 615 students
Other Timberline Middle schools
One other US public school is named Timberline Middle. Timberline Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Timberline MiddleAlpine, UT · 1,322 students
Nearby schools
- Rosa Parks Elementary0.3 mi · 450
- Ella Baker Elementary School1.0 mi · 401
- Emily Dickinson Elementary1.8 mi · 294
- Explorer Community School1.8 mi · 60
- Evergreen Middle School2.0 mi · 761
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary2.2 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About Timberline Middle SchoolHow many students attend Timberline Middle School?
Timberline Middle School enrolls approximately 788 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Timberline Middle School serve?
Timberline Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Timberline Middle School have?
Timberline Middle School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.7:1.
How diverse is Timberline Middle School?
Timberline Middle School reports a student body of 29% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 53% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Timberline Middle School in?
Timberline Middle School is part of Lake Washington School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.