Tonasket Middle School

Located at 35MS HIGHWAY 20, in TONASKET, Washington, Tonasket Middle School is a very small middle-grades school that instructs 221 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Tonasket School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 577 students each, so Tonasket Middle School sits 62% below that benchmark.

Tonasket School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,104 students. Tonasket Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Tonasket Middle School lists that 57% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 38% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Tonasket Middle School shows 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.9:1, putting Tonasket Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Tonasket Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.8%, the actual is 30.4%, a residual of -2.5 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Okanogan County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,207, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tonasket Middle School is one of 38 public schools in Okanogan County (combined enrollment of about 11,538 students).

Tonasket High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tonasket Middle School at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 35.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 25%: 295 students in 2018 compared to 221 in 2025. The White share of enrollment expanded from 53% to 57% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.