Enrollment
221
Middle
DISTRICT 221 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TONASKET SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530894001647
Tonasket Middle School
35MS HIGHWAY 20, TONASKET, WA 98855 · (509) 486-2147 · Okanogan County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL221 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
16.5:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
156 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 83 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 71 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 67 | 30% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Tonasket School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
37.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -7.3pp since 2014
Math
22.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -11.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.2% | 22.9% |
| 2023-24 | 35.9% | 18.7% |
| 2022-23 | 35.6% | 19.1% |
| 2021-22 | 34.3% | 18.0% |
| 2018-19 | 54.0% | 33.8% |
| 2017-18 | 56.2% | 32.5% |
| 2016-17 | 52.1% | 37.8% |
| 2015-16 | 53.6% | 35.7% |
| 2014-15 | 44.5% | 34.5% |
% 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
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Tonasket Middle School
Tonasket Middle School's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tonasket Middle School this school | 221 | 70.6% | 30.4% |
| Okanogan Middle School Okanogan | 238 | 64.3% | 37.0% |
| Goldendale Middle School GOLDENDALE | 255 | 68.2% | 23.2% |
| Forks Middle School Forks | 237 | 65.8% | N/A |
| Finley Middle School KENNEWICK | 204 | 72.5% | N/A |
| Winlock Middle School WINLOCK | 160 | 68.1% | 25.5% |
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 Tonasket Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #221 of 294 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #269 of 357 ▲ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #271 of 357 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.9pp | #104 of 290 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 221 | #334 of 377 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #36 of 340 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #219 of 340 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.6% | #61 of 359 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.1% | #24 of 192 |
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
221
-26 (-11%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 277
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 221 | 13.4 | 16.5:1 | 71% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 225 | 13.2 | 17.1:1 | 80% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 232 | 14.8 | 15.7:1 | 84% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 247 | 16 | 15.4:1 | 75% (185) |
| 2017-18 | 295 | 14.9 | 19.8:1 | 69% (205) |
| 2015-16 | 261 | 11 | 23.7:1 | 67% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 235 | 11 | 21.4:1 | 71% (166) |
| 2000-01 | 277 | 12 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tonasket Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (295 to 221); teachers down 10% (14.9 to 13.4).
About Tonasket Middle School
At 35MS HIGHWAY 20 in TONASKET, Washington, Tonasket Middle School operates as a very small middle-grades school. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 221 students. It has 62% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Washington (about 577).
Tonasket Middle School is among 5 schools run by Tonasket School District, which serves 1,104 students.
More than half of enrollment at Tonasket Middle School is White: 57%. Enrollment also includes 38% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The diversity index for Tonasket Middle School is 53%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Tonasket Middle School totals 13.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.5:1. The average for middle schools in Washington is 18.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Tonasket Middle School is about 71%. Public schools in Okanogan County average a similar 72%.
On the allk12 Grade, Tonasket Middle School lands at C+, ahead of 42% of Washington public middle schools.
A school with Tonasket Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Washington is predicted to score 32.8%. Tonasket Middle School scores 30.4%, 2.5 points below that line.
American Community Survey estimates for Okanogan County show that median household income comes to about $63,207, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Okanogan County counts 38 public schools with about 11,538 students.
Of the public schools around it, Tonasket Middle School is closest to Tonasket Outreach School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Tonasket Middle School has 4 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Tonasket Middle School at 5th of 5.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Remote.
In 2020-21, Tonasket Middle School enrolled 247 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 221. Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.4:1 to 16.5:1.
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Okanogan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,425
Census ACS
Median income
$63,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
11,538 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tonasket School District
- Tonasket Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Tonasket High SchoolHigh · 280 students
- Tonasket Outreach SchoolCombined · 105 students
- Tonasket Choice High SchoolHigh · 22 students
Other schools in TONASKET
- Tonasket Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Tonasket High SchoolHigh · 280 students
- Tonasket Outreach SchoolCombined · 105 students
- Tonasket Choice High SchoolHigh · 22 students
Nearby schools
- Tonasket Outreach School0.0 mi · 105
- Tonasket High School0.0 mi · 280
- Tonasket Choice High School0.0 mi · 22
- Tonasket Elementary School0.1 mi · 476
- Oroville Elementary16.0 mi · 298
- Oroville Middle-High School16.1 mi · 243
Frequently asked questions
About Tonasket Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tonasket Middle School?
Tonasket Middle School enrolls approximately 221 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Tonasket Middle School serve?
Tonasket Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Tonasket Middle School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Tonasket Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Tonasket Middle School?
Student demographics at Tonasket Middle School are roughly 57% White, 38% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
What district is Tonasket Middle School in?
Tonasket Middle School is part of Tonasket School District.
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