Summary:
Springdale, Washington, has one listed middle school serving grades 6–8: Springdale Middle School, which enrolls 112 students in the Mary Walker School District. Because it is the only middle school in the city, there are no local school-to-school comparisons; the most useful benchmarks are the district and Washington state. The school serves a community with substantial economic need, with 80.36% of students participating in free or reduced-price lunch.
Academic results are below both district and state averages overall. In 2025–2026, 25.58% of students were proficient in English language arts, 17.24% in math, and 25.00% in science. Seventh grade was the strongest grade, with 35.71% proficiency in English and 32.14% in math; both results exceeded district performance. Math was also a relative strength compared with the district in every grade: school proficiency was higher by 1.25 points in sixth grade, 4.01 points in seventh grade, and 1.79 points in eighth grade. Eighth-grade science also exceeded the district, 25.00% to 21.43%. However, the school remained well below state levels, especially in sixth-grade math at 8.57% and eighth-grade English at 17.39%.
For parents, the clearest concerns are the large achievement gaps compared with Washington overall and the lack of meaningful year-over-year improvement. English and math results were essentially unchanged from 2024–2025, while science declined by about two percentage points. The school ranked in the ninth percentile statewide in 2025–2026, with 466th place out of 514 schools. Its reported 14:1 student-teacher ratio may support individual attention, but outcomes suggest that instructional support and interventions remain important. Families may especially want to ask about sixth-grade math support, eighth-grade English and math interventions, and what practices are contributing to stronger seventh-grade performance.
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