Summary:
Carson, Washington, has one middle school serving grades 7–8: Wind River Middle School. Located in the small Carson community, the school enrolls 186 students and is part of the Stevenson-Carson School District. Because it is the only middle school in the city, families cannot compare it with another local school; the most useful comparisons are with the district and Washington state.
In 2025–2026, Wind River students were proficient at rates of 38.53% in English Language Arts, 28.97% in math, and 35.42% in science. Math was essentially in line with the district’s 28.79%, but all three subjects were below state averages. Science was the clearest area of concern, trailing the district by 9.91 percentage points and the state by 15.53 points. Eighth-grade ELA also deserves attention: proficiency was 28.26%, compared with 46.03% in seventh grade. Math performance was low in both grades, with only a 5.06-point difference between seventh and eighth grade.
Recent results show a broad decline. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA fell 7.80 percentage points, science fell 7.00 points, and math fell 2.67 points. The school’s ranking also moved from the 61st percentile with three stars in 2023–2024 to the 28th percentile with one star in 2025–2026. More than half of students, 53.23%, qualified for free or reduced-price lunch, providing important context for planning support, though the data does not explain the causes of performance changes. Parents may want to ask about eighth-grade literacy support, science instruction, attendance and tutoring programs, and how the reported $20,207 per-student spending is directed toward student needs.
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