Enrollment
167
Middle
DISTRICT 165 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITE SALMON VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530981001666
Wayne M Henkle Middle School
480 NW LOOP ROAD, WHITE SALMON, WA 98672 · (509) 493-1502 · Klickitat County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL167 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
18.1:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
79 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 81 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 86 | 51% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Wayne M Henkle Middle School→Columbia High School
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
46.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -12.4pp since 2014
Math
42.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -2.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.4% | 42.2% |
| 2023-24 | 44.9% | 36.5% |
| 2022-23 | 48.2% | 41.6% |
| 2021-22 | 49.5% | 38.3% |
| 2018-19 | 49.7% | 48.0% |
| 2017-18 | 55.0% | 48.5% |
| 2016-17 | 45.5% | 36.5% |
| 2015-16 | 53.1% | 40.3% |
| 2014-15 | 58.8% | 44.5% |
% 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
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Wayne M Henkle Middle School
Wayne M Henkle Middle School's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne M Henkle Middle School this school | 167 | 47.3% | 42.2% |
| Pinnacles Prep Charter School Wenatchee | 234 | 51.3% | N/A |
| Icicle River Middle School Leavenworth | 258 | 48.8% | N/A |
| Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School White Salmon | 163 | 55.8% | 40.6% |
| Bryant Montessori Middle School Tacoma | 135 | 48.1% | 37.1% |
| Friday Harbor Middle School FRIDAY HARBOR | 157 | 41.4% | 50.1% |
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 Wayne M Henkle Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #140 of 294 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #124 of 357 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #184 of 357 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.4pp | #194 of 290 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 167 | #347 of 377 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.3% | #211 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
167
-42 (-20%) vs 2020
-66% since 1990-91, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 23.2:1
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 | 167 | 9.2 | 18.1:1 | 47% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 178 | 7.8 | 22.7:1 | 46% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 173 | 10.5 | 16.5:1 | 45% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 209 | 9 | 23.2:1 | 46% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 188 | 10.5 | 17.9:1 | 42% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 195 | 10 | 19.5:1 | 55% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 341 | 18 | 18.9:1 | 52% (178) |
| 2000-01 | 411 | 18 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 486 | 22 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wayne M Henkle Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (188 to 167); teachers down 12% (10.5 to 9.2).
About Wayne M Henkle Middle School
Wayne M Henkle Middle School is classified as a middle-grades school. It is located in WHITE SALMON, Washington. The school serves 167 students in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in Washington is roughly 577 students; this school is 71% smaller than that.
Wayne M Henkle Middle School is one school in White Salmon Valley School District, a system of 5 schools with 1,078 students.
White students account for 61% of enrollment at Wayne M Henkle Middle School. Other groups make up 34% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Klickitat County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at Wayne M Henkle Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 51%.
Wayne M Henkle Middle School counts 9.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 18.1 students for each one. The 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. About 47% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 55% for public schools in Klickitat County.
allk12 grades Wayne M Henkle Middle School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Washington public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Wayne M Henkle Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (42.2%) and its predicted rate (48.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools.
Klickitat County census figures show that median household income is about $71,042, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Wayne M Henkle Middle School is among the 21 public schools in Klickitat County.
The nearest other public school, Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Wayne M Henkle Middle School. By average proficiency, Wayne M Henkle Middle School is 6th among 8 schools close by.
The school's locale code, Town: Remote, means it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Wayne M Henkle Middle School saw enrollment fall 20% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 23.2:1 in 2020-21, and 18.1:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Wayne M Henkle Middle School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Klickitat County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in White Salmon Valley School District
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 361 students
- Hulan L Whitson ElemElementary · 352 students
- Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 163 students
- White Salmon AcademyHigh · 35 students
Other schools in WHITE SALMON
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 361 students
- Hulan L Whitson ElemElementary · 352 students
- Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 163 students
- White Salmon AcademyHigh · 35 students
Nearby schools
- Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School0.0 mi · 163
- White Salmon Academy0.1 mi · 35
- Columbia High School0.1 mi · 361
- Hulan L Whitson Elem0.8 mi · 352
- May Street Elementary School2.9 mi · 452
- Hood River Middle School3.0 mi · 461
Frequently asked questions
About Wayne M Henkle Middle SchoolHow many students attend Wayne M Henkle Middle School?
Wayne M Henkle Middle School enrolls approximately 167 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Wayne M Henkle Middle School serve?
Wayne M Henkle Middle School serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Wayne M Henkle Middle School have?
Wayne M Henkle Middle School employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wayne M Henkle Middle School?
At Wayne M Henkle Middle School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 34% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Wayne M Henkle Middle School public or private?
Wayne M Henkle Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by White Salmon Valley School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.