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Enrollment
748
Middle
DISTRICT 813 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YAKIMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 531011001708
Washington Middle School
510 S 9th St, Yakima, WA 98901 · (509) 573-2300 · Yakima County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL748 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
718 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 243 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 256 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 249 | 33% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
22.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -1.6pp since 2014
Math
17.3%
WA avg 51.2% . +1.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.4% | 17.3% |
| 2023-24 | 22.3% | 12.5% |
| 2022-23 | 20.4% | 12.0% |
| 2021-22 | 18.3% | 8.8% |
| 2018-19 | 28.9% | 23.4% |
| 2017-18 | 30.1% | 34.1% |
| 2016-17 | 24.0% | 25.4% |
| 2015-16 | 29.3% | 24.8% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 15.8% |
% 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
17.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Washington Middle School
Washington Middle School's state test result (17.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Middle School this school | 748 | 96.0% | 17.9% |
| Ellen Ochoa Middle School PASCO | 831 | 91.0% | 14.2% |
| Stevens Middle School PASCO | 956 | 91.7% | 16.7% |
| Wahluke Junior High Mattawa | 554 | 94.9% | 21.6% |
| Lewis & Clark Middle School Yakima | 815 | 90.2% | 22.5% |
| Toppenish Middle School TOPPENISH | 757 | 89.7% | 19.4% |
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 Washington Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #281 of 294 | #15 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #310 of 357 ▲ 24 | #12 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #340 of 357 ▲ 3 | #15 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.3pp | #58 of 290 | #1 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 748 | #103 of 377 | #10 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #133 of 340 | #8 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.5% | #334 of 340 | #12 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.0% | #1 of 359 | #1 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #137 of 192 | #7 of 9 |
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
748
-125 (-14%) vs 2020
+62% since 1990-91, when it was 462
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 748 | 40 | 18.7:1 | 96% (718) |
| 2023-24 | 738 | 42.1 | 17.5:1 | 97% (715) |
| 2022-23 | 751 | 45 | 16.7:1 | 94% (705) |
| 2020-21 | 873 | 43 | 20.3:1 | 90% (790) |
| 2017-18 | 801 | 45.1 | 17.8:1 | 87% (695) |
| 2015-16 | 762 | 43 | 17.7:1 | 97% (739) |
| 2010-11 | 714 | 39 | 18.3:1 | 88% (631) |
| 2000-01 | 687 | 41 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 462 | 24 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (801 to 748); teachers down 11% (45.1 to 40).
About Washington Middle School
Washington Middle School is a middle school in Yakima, Washington, and it is part of Yakima School District. The school counts 748 students across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 30% above the 577 average for middle schools in Washington.
Washington Middle School is in Yakima School District, a district with 15,488 students across 27 schools.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Washington Middle School, with 93% of enrollment. Other groups include 3% White. By comparison, Yakima County residents are about 52% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Washington Middle School comes in at 13%.
Washington Middle School's 40 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 18.7:1. Middle schools in Washington have a similar average ratio of 18.9:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 96%. The rate at public schools in Yakima County averages 77%, lower than here.
Washington Middle School is 2.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (17.9% versus 15.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Washington.
Washington Middle School is located in Yakima County, where median household income is about $70,656, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 119 public schools in Yakima County, with a combined enrollment of about 52,145.
The closest public school to Washington Middle School is Adams Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 25.2%, higher than Washington Middle School's 17.9%.
Federal data place Washington Middle School in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 873 in 2020-21 and 748 in 2024-25, a decrease of 125 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.7:1) than in 2020-21 (20.3:1).
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Yakima County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
257,152
Census ACS
Median income
$70,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
119
52,145 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yakima School District
- Davis High SchoolHigh · 2,359 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 848 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 840 students
- Lewis & Clark Middle SchoolMiddle · 815 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
Other schools in Yakima
- Davis High SchoolHigh · 2,359 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,494 students
- West Valley Mid-Level CampusMiddle · 1,167 students
- East Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,064 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 848 students
Other Washington Middle schools
30 other US public schools in 17 states are named Washington Middle. Washington Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 31.
- Washington Middle SchoolOLYMPIA, WA · 702 students
- Washington Middle SchoolSEATTLE, WA · 566 students
- Washington MiddleSalinas, CA · 1,082 students
- Washington MiddleLong Beach, CA · 849 students
- Washington Middle SchoolAurora, IL · 690 students
Nearby schools
- Adams Elementary School0.2 mi · 643
- ESD 105 Open Doors0.9 mi · 120
- Davis High School1.2 mi · 2,359
- Barge-Lincoln Elementary School1.4 mi · 518
- Hoover Elementary School1.5 mi · 582
- Garfield Elementary School1.6 mi · 507
Frequently asked questions
About Washington Middle SchoolHow large is Washington Middle School?
Washington Middle School enrolls approximately 748 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Washington Middle School serve?
Washington Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Washington Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Washington Middle School is approximately 18.7:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Washington Middle School?
Student demographics at Washington Middle School are roughly 3% White, 93% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Washington Middle School public or private?
Washington Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Yakima School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.