Enrollment
206
Middle
DISTRICT 257 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLE ELUM-ROSLYN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530135000242
Walter Strom Middle School
2694 SR 903, Cle Elum, WA 98922 · (509) 852-4901 · Kittitas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL206 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Washington public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
19.6:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
82 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 56 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 68 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 82 | 40% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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 Cle Elum-Roslyn School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
53.6%
WA avg 58.4% . +0.9pp since 2014
Math
40.8%
WA avg 51.2% . +4.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.6% | 40.8% |
| 2023-24 | 46.5% | 34.1% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 34.6% |
| 2021-22 | 41.9% | 21.1% |
| 2018-19 | 61.0% | 46.8% |
| 2017-18 | 63.9% | 55.9% |
| 2016-17 | 57.6% | 55.0% |
| 2015-16 | 61.3% | 47.7% |
| 2014-15 | 52.7% | 36.1% |
% 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
45.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Walter Strom Middle School
Walter Strom Middle School's state test result (45.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Strom Middle School this school | 206 | 39.8% | 45.4% |
| Kalama Middle School Kalama | 266 | 40.2% | N/A |
| Coupeville Middle School Coupeville | 158 | 37.3% | 51.2% |
| Rainier Middle School Rainier | 241 | 46.9% | 43.1% |
| Lakeside Middle School Nine Mile Falls | 293 | 35.2% | 60.0% |
| South Whidbey Middle Langley | 290 | 34.5% | 45.5% |
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 Walter Strom Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #114 of 294 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #131 of 357 ▲ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #131 of 357 ▲ 48 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.7pp | #2 of 290 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 206 | #336 of 377 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #191 of 340 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.7% | #310 of 340 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.8% | #250 of 359 |
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
206
-28 (-12%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 242
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 206 | 10.5 | 19.6:1 | 40% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 224 | 10 | 22.3:1 | 42% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 236 | 13 | 18.1:1 | 42% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 234 | 15 | 15.6:1 | 44% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 184 | 13 | 14.2:1 | 36% (67) |
| 2015-16 | 202 | 12 | 16.8:1 | 43% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 221 | N/A | N/A | 40% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 231 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 242 | 10 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walter Strom Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (184 to 206); teachers down 19% (13 to 10.5).
About Walter Strom Middle School
Walter Strom Middle School serves students in Cle Elum, Washington, as a very small middle school. It teaches 206 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Washington have about 577 students on average; enrollment here is 64% lower.
Cle Elum-Roslyn School District (4 schools, 1,026 students) runs Walter Strom Middle School.
Roughly 81% of students at Walter Strom Middle School are White. Enrollment also includes 12% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Kittitas County residents are about 82% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Walter Strom Middle School scores 33%.
The school had 10.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 19.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 40%.
Walter Strom Middle School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 58% of Washington public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Walter Strom Middle School is 53.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 45.4%.
Census data for Kittitas County show the median household earns about $73,804 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Walter Strom Middle School, Kittitas County has 21 public schools.
Cle Elum Roslyn Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 3. Walter Strom Middle School is 3rd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale data from NCES put Walter Strom Middle School in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Walter Strom Middle School had a net loss of 28 students, or 12%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.6:1 to 19.6:1 over the same years.
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Kittitas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,172
Census ACS
Median income
$73,804
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
5,387 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cle Elum-Roslyn School District
- Cle Elum Roslyn ElementaryElementary · 489 students
- Cle Elum Roslyn High SchoolHigh · 311 students
- Swiftwater Alternative High SchoolHigh · 20 students
Other schools in Cle Elum
- Cle Elum Roslyn ElementaryElementary · 489 students
- Swiftwater Alternative High SchoolHigh · 20 students
Nearby schools
- Cle Elum Roslyn Elementary0.1 mi · 489
- Cle Elum Roslyn High School0.1 mi · 311
- Swiftwater Alternative High School0.3 mi · 20
- Easton School9.8 mi · 81
- Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High16.8 mi · 247
- Ida Nason Aronica Elementary23.6 mi · 361
Frequently asked questions
About Walter Strom Middle SchoolHow many students attend Walter Strom Middle School?
Walter Strom Middle School enrolls approximately 206 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Walter Strom Middle School serve?
Walter Strom Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Walter Strom Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Walter Strom Middle School is approximately 19.6:1 (11 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Walter Strom Middle School?
Walter Strom Middle School reports a student body of 81% White, 12% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Walter Strom Middle School in?
Walter Strom Middle School is part of Cle Elum-Roslyn School District.
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