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Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School

480 NW Loop Rd, White Salmon, WA 98672 · (509) 439-4028 · Klickitat County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL163 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Washington public middle schools
  • B-Test 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.
  • 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

Enrollment
163
Middle
DISTRICT 165 · STATE 577
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
91 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 58150%
Grade 68250%
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 68% · US 70%
White
8854%
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 47% · US 43%
Hispanic
6640%
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 27% · US 30%
Asian
11%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 9% · US 6%
Two+
64%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 9% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
8955%
Female
7445%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School→Wayne M Henkle Middle School→Columbia High School
Feeds from
Hulan L Whitson ElemKG–04
Based on grade levels within White Salmon Valley School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded Standard
English Language Arts
41.1%
WA avg 58.4% . +2.5pp since 2014
Math
27.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -6.2pp since 2014

What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 41 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 up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.

Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2541.1%27.8%
2023-2447.1%35.9%
2022-2344.8%36.2%
2021-2246.3%34.4%
2018-1950.3%41.2%
2017-1848.4%36.6%
2016-1749.8%39.9%
2015-1642.7%30.0%
2014-1538.6%33.9%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School

Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School this school16355.8%40.6%
Columbia Middle School
BURBANK
17459.2%24.8%
Pinnacles Prep Charter School
Wenatchee
23451.3%N/A
Wayne M Henkle Middle School
WHITE SALMON
16747.3%42.2%
Icicle River Middle School
Leavenworth
25848.8%N/A
Okanogan Middle School
Okanogan
23864.3%37.0%
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 Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Washington
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
40.6%#148 of 294
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
27.8%#232 of 357
▼ 84
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
41.1%#234 of 357
▼ 61
3-year test score change
ranked biggest drop first
-5.9pp#13 of 290
Enrollment
ranked largest first
163#348 of 377
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
55.8%#142 of 359
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-47.4%#2 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 2024-25
Enrollment
163
-98 (-38%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 17.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2516311.614.1:156% (91)
2023-241718.719.7:149% (84)
2022-2326416.715.8:148% (128)
2020-212611517.4:142% (110)
2017-183101619.4:147% (145)
2015-162761419.7:147% (130)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School.

Since 2017-18: students down 47% (310 to 163); teachers down 28% (16 to 11.6).

About Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School

Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School is a very small middle school located in White Salmon, Washington. There are 163 students enrolled, covering grades 5 through 6. On average, middle schools in Washington enroll around 577, and this school is 72% below that mark.

Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School is one of the 5 schools that make up White Salmon Valley School District (1,078 students in total).

Federal enrollment data show Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School is 54% White. Next come 40% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 82% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.

For every teacher at Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School, there are about 14.1 students; the school has 11.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 56%. The average for public schools in Klickitat County is similar, at 55%.

On the allk12 Grade, Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School lands at B-, ahead of 48% of Washington public middle schools.

In Washington, Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 40.6% actual against a predicted 42.8%.

Klickitat County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $71,042, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 21 public schools in the county, enrolling about 2,803, Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School among them.

Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School's nearest public school is Wayne M Henkle Middle School (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School is 7th of 8 nearby schools with test data.

Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School is in a town far from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Remote.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 261 to 163, a 38% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.4:1 to 14.1:1.

The allk12 page for Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.

Klickitat County at a glance

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Population
23,411
Census ACS
Median income
$71,042
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
2,803 students

Quick facts

School name
Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School
District
White Salmon Valley School District
Address
480 NW Loop Rd, White Salmon, WA 98672
Phone
(509) 439-4028
County
Klickitat County
Level
Middle
Grade range
05–06
Total enrollment
163
Teachers (FTE)
12
Student–teacher ratio
14.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
91 (56%)
Locale
33-Town: Remote
NCES ID
530981003500
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School
How many students attend Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School?
Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School enrolls approximately 163 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School serve?
Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School is approximately 14.1:1 (12 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School?
Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School reports a student body of 54% White, 40% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School in?
Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School is part of White Salmon Valley School District.
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