Enrollment
300
Middle
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ZILLAH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 531017002502
Zillah Middle School
1301 Cutler Way, Zillah, WA 98953 · (509) 829-5511 · Yakima County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL300 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Washington public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
18.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
216 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 96 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 106 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 98 | 33% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Zillah Middle School→Zillah High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Zillah School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
43.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -16.1pp since 2014
Math
33.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -2.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 16 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 | 43.7% | 33.8% |
| 2023-24 | 37.8% | 30.8% |
| 2022-23 | 47.3% | 33.3% |
| 2021-22 | 44.4% | 35.1% |
| 2018-19 | 54.2% | 46.3% |
| 2017-18 | 58.9% | 46.6% |
| 2016-17 | 51.7% | 43.8% |
| 2015-16 | 61.4% | 42.2% |
| 2014-15 | 59.8% | 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
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Zillah Middle School
Zillah Middle School's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zillah Middle School this school | 300 | 72.0% | 35.0% |
| Orchard Middle School WENATCHEE | 395 | 76.7% | N/A |
| Robert L Olds Junior High School Connell | 322 | 79.2% | 26.5% |
| Highland Middle School Cowiche | 243 | 76.5% | 23.2% |
| Endeavor Middle School Moses Lake | 270 | 82.6% | 15.6% |
| Housel Middle School Prosser | 529 | 75.8% | N/A |
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 Zillah Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #191 of 294 | #4 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #180 of 357 ▲ 16 | #3 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #209 of 357 ▲ 42 | #3 of 17 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #70 of 290 | #8 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 300 | #312 of 377 | #15 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #119 of 340 | #3 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #241 of 340 | #4 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.0% | #56 of 359 | #13 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +44.9% | #6 of 130 | #1 of 6 |
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
300
+110 (+58%) vs 2020
+42% since 2000-01, when it was 211
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 300 | 16.3 | 18.4:1 | 72% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 16.1 | 19.4:1 | 76% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 14.9 | 20.8:1 | 70% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 190 | 11 | 17.3:1 | 62% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 207 | 12.9 | 16.1:1 | 55% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 222 | 11 | 20.2:1 | 57% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 226 | 13 | 17.4:1 | 57% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 211 | 10 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Zillah Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 45% (207 to 300); teachers up 26% (12.9 to 16.3).
About Zillah Middle School
Zillah Middle School is one of the public schools in Zillah, Washington. It is a low-enrollment middle school. The school's 300 students are in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Washington average about 577 students each.
The 4 schools of Zillah School District, including Zillah Middle School, enroll 1,330 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Zillah Middle School, at 65%. Other students are 28% White and 5% Native American. That is higher than the 52% Hispanic share among all Yakima County residents. The school's diversity index is 49%, meaning two students picked at random have a 49% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Zillah Middle School operates with 16.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 18.4:1. That is close to the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington. Zillah Middle School reports 72% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Zillah Middle School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Washington public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Zillah Middle School are 3.0 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (35.0% actual, 31.9% predicted).
Census estimates describe Yakima County this way: the median household income is $70,656, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. In all, Yakima County has 119 public schools and roughly 52,145 students.
The next-closest public school is Hilton Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Zillah Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Zillah Middle School's average proficiency of 35.0% compares with 30.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Zillah Middle School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school counted 190 students in 2020-21 and 300 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 18.4:1, from 17.3:1.
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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 Zillah School District
- Zillah High SchoolHigh · 455 students
- Hilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- Zillah Intermediate SchoolElementary · 270 students
Other schools in Zillah
- Zillah High SchoolHigh · 455 students
- Hilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- Zillah Intermediate SchoolElementary · 270 students
Nearby schools
- Hilton Elementary School0.5 mi · 305
- Zillah Intermediate School0.7 mi · 270
- Zillah High School1.6 mi · 455
- Valley View Elementary2.4 mi · 484
- Lincoln Elementary School2.6 mi · 244
- Toppenish Middle School2.7 mi · 757
Frequently asked questions
About Zillah Middle SchoolHow many students attend Zillah Middle School?
Zillah Middle School enrolls approximately 300 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Zillah Middle School serve?
Zillah Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Zillah Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Zillah Middle School is approximately 18.4:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Zillah Middle School?
Student demographics at Zillah Middle School are roughly 28% White, 65% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
What district is Zillah Middle School in?
Zillah Middle School is part of Zillah School District.
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