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Tillicum Middle School

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Tillicum Middle School ranks 54 th of 534 Washington middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 5 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

54^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 534 Washington Middle Schools

Better than 90% of Washington middle schools

Summary

Tillicum Middle School is a consistently high-performing public school serving 676 students in grades 6-8 within the highly-regarded Bellevue School District.

The school stands out for its remarkable stability, ranking in the 90th-94th percentile among Washington middle schools for ten straight years. While nearby schools like Tyee Middle School and Odle Middle School rank higher, Tillicum excels at serving all students well, showing strong and improving results for English Language Learners, Hispanic students, and students from lower-income families. Its academic proficiency, at roughly 70% in English and 65% in Math, is solidly above state averages, with scores that improve each year in English Language Arts.

An interesting comparison within the same district is Highland Middle School, which, despite having more spending per student and smaller classes, struggles academically, highlighting how outcomes can vary within a district. Tillicum operates with higher per-student spending than many peers, though schools like Pine Lake Middle School achieve similar results with less. Overall, Tillicum represents a stable, well-resourced choice that delivers balanced, high-quality education across its diverse student community.

676

Students ?

18.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,640

Per pupil spending ?

19.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1280 160th Avenue SE
Bellevue, WA 98008

(425) 456-6700

District: Bellevue School District

Students who attend Tillicum Middle School usually attend:

High:

Sammamish Senior High

Racial breakdown:

White:

32.4%

Asian:

31.4%

Two or more races:

16.3%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 92nd percentile in 2015 → 90th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Washington average (69% vs 48% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 10% of Washington middle schools

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school69%

District avg71%

Washington avg48%

54^th of 534

Washington public middle schools ?

Top 10%▼ down 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 5Middle Schools in the Bellevue School District

17^th of 247Bellevue School District among Washington districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	90.1	54 of 534	89.9%	★★★★★
2024	92.9	41 of 535	92.3%	★★★★★
2023	91.4	42 of 539	92.2%	★★★★★
2022	91.3	39 of 541	92.8%	★★★★★
2021	90.7	44 of 529	91.7%	★★★★★
2019	90.2	37 of 512	92.8%	★★★★★
2018	90.1	39 of 437	91.1%	★★★★★
2017	86.9	41 of 435	90.6%	★★★★★
2016	91.8	27 of 443	93.9%	★★★★★
2015	88.9	37 of 445	91.7%	★★★★★
2013	88.6	29 of 498	94.2%	★★★★★
2012	89.1	29 of 497	94.2%	★★★★★
2011	80.6	69 of 492	86.0%	★★★★☆
2010	84.6	45 of 483	90.7%	★★★★★
2009	85.5	43 of 476	91.0%	★★★★★
2008	81.9	61 of 466	86.9%	★★★★☆
2007	79.9	63 of 463	86.4%	★★★★☆
2006	73.0	96 of 449	78.6%	★★★★☆
2005	79.2	71 of 425	83.3%	★★★★☆
2004	81.3	56 of 421	86.7%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	75.0	19 of 101	81.2%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	79.7	34 of 147	76.9%	★★★★☆
2024	83.9	26 of 148	82.4%	★★★★☆
2023	81.6	31 of 145	78.6%	★★★★☆
2022	72.6	43 of 161	73.3%	★★★★☆
2021	76.5	41 of 149	72.5%	★★★★☆
2019	77.1	32 of 152	78.9%	★★★★☆
2018	71.1	37 of 123	69.9%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	77.2	14 of 96	85.4%	★★★★☆
2023	71.2	10 of 57	82.5%	★★★★☆
2022	44.0	29 of 63	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	58.9	18 of 50	64.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	89.5	45 of 471	90.4%	★★★★★
2024	92.0	27 of 464	94.2%	★★★★★
2023	90.8	36 of 464	92.2%	★★★★★
2022	88.4	46 of 479	90.4%	★★★★★
2021	88.7	49 of 469	89.6%	★★★★☆
2019	87.2	43 of 452	90.5%	★★★★★
2018	87.2	42 of 376	88.8%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	87.9	32 of 347	90.8%	★★★★★
2024	78.8	52 of 344	84.9%	★★★★☆
2023	75.3	60 of 336	82.1%	★★★★☆
2022	79.1	47 of 360	86.9%	★★★★☆
2021	79.9	48 of 353	86.4%	★★★★☆
2019	92.3	14 of 344	95.9%	★★★★★
2018	89.4	18 of 259	93.1%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	66.6	117 of 457	74.4%	★★★★☆
2024	62.0	142 of 455	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.6	159 of 463	65.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	66.3	100 of 475	78.9%	★★★★☆
2021	60.6	135 of 458	70.5%	★★★★☆
2019	46.9	236 of 448	47.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	56.0	125 of 349	64.2%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	89.6	49 of 472	89.6%	★★★★☆
2024	93.3	39 of 466	91.6%	★★★★★
2023	91.1	38 of 470	91.9%	★★★★★
2022	92.8	33 of 480	93.1%	★★★★★
2021	92.2	37 of 476	92.2%	★★★★★
2019	91.5	30 of 453	93.4%	★★★★★
2018	89.7	39 of 371	89.5%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	85.8	29 of 246	88.2%	★★★★☆
2024	90.7	16 of 243	93.4%	★★★★★
2023	85.0	24 of 244	90.2%	★★★★★
2022	92.4	10 of 257	96.1%	★★★★★
2021	92.9	10 of 250	96.0%	★★★★★
2019	84.5	32 of 246	87.0%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	54.5	60 of 186	67.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	62.2	56 of 179	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	59.6	50 of 167	70.1%	★★★★☆
2022	58.1	55 of 199	72.4%	★★★★☆
2021	74.2	29 of 210	86.2%	★★★★☆
2019	62.6	48 of 231	79.2%	★★★★☆
2018	62.3	59 of 268	78.0%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	85.0	65 of 488	86.7%	★★★★☆
2024	90.9	31 of 486	93.6%	★★★★★
2023	90.6	32 of 488	93.4%	★★★★★
2022	86.7	47 of 488	90.4%	★★★★★
2021	87.8	43 of 480	91.0%	★★★★★
2019	86.8	44 of 470	90.6%	★★★★★
2018	86.5	39 of 325	88.0%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Hispanic (2025)91st percentile~ school

Female (2025)90th percentile~ school

Male (2025)90th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2025)88th percentile~ school

White (2025)87th percentile-3 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)85th percentile-4 vs school

African American (2025)81st percentile-9 vs school

Asian (2025)77th percentile-13 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)74th percentile-15 vs school

Special Education (2025)68th percentile-22 vs school

By subject vs Washington (2024-2025) ?

Science72%+23 vs state

English Language Arts70%+17 vs state

Math65%+22 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, May 16, 2019

School places too much academic pressure on the kids to get their "higher test scores." Teachers need to be better supporting the students academically, need to be much better communicating with parents (not answering emails for weeks, not updating grades for months) makes it really difficult as parents to support academically at home. Bullying can be a problem -- teachers need to pay more attention in class and during lunch. Close Quote

by a student on FaceBook
Sunday, February 1, 2009

This school was awsome really glad I went thiere all 3 years, the only propblem I had was with one of the administrattors, but besides that good. I still go back and visit the teachers, the teachers are great. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				WCAS Science (2025)		SBAC English Language Arts (2025)				SBAC Math (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WCAS Science 8th Grade	WCAS Science All Grades	SBAC English Language Arts 6th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 7th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 8th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts All Grades	SBAC Math 6th Grade	SBAC Math 7th Grade	SBAC Math 8th Grade	SBAC Math All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Tillicum Middle School	Public	6-8	1280 160th Avenue SE	Bellevue	98008	King County	Bellevue School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 456-6700	676	37	18.2	19.8%	219 (32.4%)	27 (4.0%)	106 (15.7%)	212 (31.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	110 (16.3%)	90.1	54^th of 534 public middle schools	89.9%		92.9	41^st of 535 public middle schools	92.3%	13	72.3	72.3	64.1	71.1	75.7	70.5	61.5	66.0	66.5	64.8	$21,640	$588	$21,052
Odle Middle School	Public	6-8	502 143rd Avenue NE	Bellevue	98007	King County	Bellevue School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 456-6600	974	52	18.7	20.2%	146 (15.0%)	29 (3.0%)	86 (8.8%)	635 (65.2%)	2 (0.2%)	5 (0.5%)	70 (7.2%)	96.4	19^th of 534 public middle schools	96.4%		96.8	16^th of 535 public middle schools	97.0%	3	74.3	74.3	80.7	80.3	76.9	79.3	77.3	78.7	73.4	76.5	$18,949	$796	$18,153
Highland Middle School	Public	6-8	15027 NE Bel-Red Rd	Bellevue	98007	King County	Bellevue School District	No	No	No	Yes	(425) 456-6469	589	38	15.6	60.6%	118 (20.0%)	31 (5.3%)	293 (49.7%)	92 (15.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	48 (8.1%)	19.5	443^rd of 534 public middle schools	17.0%		27.5	386^th of 535 public middle schools	27.9%	57	25.9	25.9	32.6	37.5	34.4	34.9	20.5	29.4	23.5	24.5	$24,196	$1,181	$23,015
Tyee Middle School	Public	6-8	13630 S.E. Allen Road	Bellevue	98006	King County	Bellevue School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 456-6800	1,007	53	19.1	18.8%	170 (16.9%)	13 (1.3%)	54 (5.4%)	675 (67.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	91 (9.0%)	98.4	9^th of 534 public middle schools	98.3%		96.8	15^th of 535 public middle schools	97.2%	6	80.2	80.2	84.5	82.9	86.7	84.7	85.5	83.3	85.0	84.6	$19,421	$328	$19,093
Chinook Middle School	Public	6-8	2001 98th Ave NE	Bellevue	98004	King County	Bellevue School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 456-6300	752	40	18.7	24.1%	260 (34.6%)	34 (4.5%)	96 (12.8%)	264 (35.1%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	90 (12.0%)	86.2	64^th of 534 public middle schools	88.0%		87.3	60^th of 535 public middle schools	88.8%	4	68.3	68.3	63.6	69.2	67.8	67.0	60.7	62.8	56.8	59.8	$20,939	$155	$20,784
Renaissance School of Art and Reasoning	Public, Magnet	6-8	400 228th Ave NE	Sammamish	98074	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	Yes	No	No	(425) 936-1544	80	5	17.3	3.8%	45 (56.3%)	3 (3.8%)	4 (5.0%)	18 (22.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (12.5%)	93.2	37^th of 534 public middle schools	93.1%		85.2	74^th of 535 public middle schools	86.2%	37	90.0	90.0	75.0	80.8	90.0	81.1	60.7	73.1	52.6	63.0	$15,630	$163	$15,466
Pine Lake Middle School	Public	6-8	3095 Issaquah-Pine Lake Rd SE	Sammamish	98075	King County	Issaquah School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 837-5700	877	40	21.8	8.4%	284 (32.4%)	15 (1.7%)	51 (5.8%)	461 (52.6%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	63 (7.2%)	98	12^th of 534 public middle schools	97.8%		97.3	12^th of 535 public middle schools	97.8%		79.5	79.5	81.3	82.7	83.9	82.7	82.6	85.3	84.4	84.2	$16,019	$293	$15,726
Vera Risdon Middle School	Public	6-8	6928 116th Ave SE	Newcastle	98056	King County	Renton School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 204-2700	751	34	21.8	39.3%	191 (25.4%)	49 (6.5%)	205 (27.3%)	209 (27.8%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.7%)	89 (11.9%)	66.9	156^th of 534 public middle schools	70.8%		66.1	164^th of 535 public middle schools	69.3%	8	48.7	48.7	48.8	63.9	62.9	58.5	42.9	57.1	44.4	48.3	$18,281	$1,158	$17,123
Northstar Middle School	Public	6-8	10903 NE 53rd St	Kirkland	98033	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-1760	85	4	19.7	3.5%	22 (25.9%)	1 (1.2%)	4 (4.7%)	51 (60.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (8.2%)								(n/a)			89.7			94.3				93.2	$16,267	$710	$15,557
Rose Hill Middle School	Public	6-8	13505 NE 75th	Redmond	98052	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-2460	901	45	19.9	14.7%	323 (35.8%)	20 (2.2%)	106 (11.8%)	354 (39.3%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	89 (9.9%)	96.4	22^nd of 534 public middle schools	95.9%		95	29^th of 535 public middle schools	94.6%	7	69.5	69.5	80.3	82.5	79.5	80.7	80.8	79.4	72.2	77.6	$16,988	$775	$16,213

Frequently Asked Questions about Tillicum Middle School

What high school do graduates of Tillicum Middle School attend?

Students who attend Tillicum Middle School usually go on to attend Sammamish Senior High

How many students attend Tillicum Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 676 students attended Tillicum Middle School.

What district is Tillicum Middle School in?

Bellevue School District

What is the racial makeup of Tillicum Middle School?

Students at Tillicum Middle School are 32% White, 31% Asian, 16% Two or more races, 16% Hispanic, 4% African American.

Is Tillicum Middle School a good school?

Tillicum Middle School ranks 54^th of 534 Washington middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 5 stars out of 5.

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