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Best Middle Schools in Yakima County, WA

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Schools

11,319

Students

Districts

Top rankedWest Valley Mid-Level Campus161^st of 514 Washington middle schools

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Biggest riser

East Valley Central Middle School up 82 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Granger Middle School 17.7 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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2 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				WCAS Science (2026)			SBAC English Language Arts (2026)					SBAC Math (2026)					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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WCAS Science 5th Grade	WCAS Science 8th Grade	WCAS Science All Grades	SBAC English Language Arts 5th Grade	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 5th Grade	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
Grandview Middle School	Public	6-8	1401 W 2nd ST	Grandview	98930	Yakima County	Grandview School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 882-8600	815	46	17.9	84.8%	32 (3.9%)	2 (0.2%)	773 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.9%)	30.5	354^th of 514 public middle schools	31.1%		28.4	388^th of 534 public middle schools	27.3%	34		25.9	25.9		34.7	38.3	31.7	34.9		42.1	28.5	35.7	35.4	$17,461	$1,194	$16,266
Granger Middle School	Public	5-8	501 Bailey Avenue	Granger	98932	Yakima County	Granger School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 854-1003	425	24	17.7	92.7%	14 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	398 (93.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13.4	464^th of 514 public middle schools	9.7%		16.3	461^st of 534 public middle schools	13.7%	3	20.7	19.8	20.2	20.7	25.0	41.5	26.0	28.2	5.4	17.6	24.5	7.3	13.9	$18,755	$1,452	$17,303
Highland Middle School	Public	6-8	17000 Summitview	Cowiche	98923	Yakima County	Highland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 678-8870	243	13	18.5	76.5%	50 (20.6%)	0 (0.0%)	192 (79.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16.6	442^nd of 514 public middle schools	14.0%		17.1	459^th of 534 public middle schools	14.0%	17		28.1	28.1		34.4	26.3	37.8	32.9		18.0	25.3	11.0	17.9	$14,620	$1,484	$13,136
Mount Adams Middle School	Public	7-8	541 Signal Peak Road	White Swan	98952	Yakima County	Mount Adams School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 874-2324	136	6	22.2	95.6%	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (38.2%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (52.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (8.1%)	2.8	514^th of 514 public middle schools	0.0%		1.2	534^th of 534 public middle schools	0.0%	20		10.5	10.5			12.1	7.1	9.8			6.2	10.7	8.3	$25,588	$1,938	$23,650
East Valley Central Middle School	Public	6-8	2010 Beaudry Rd	Yakima	98901	Yakima County	East Valley School District (Yakima)	No	No	No	No	(509) 573-7500	792	42	18.8	62.4%	297 (37.5%)	10 (1.3%)	448 (56.6%)	5 (0.6%)	8 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	22 (2.8%)	49.8	231^st of 514 public middle schools	55.1%		38.9	313^th of 534 public middle schools	41.4%	82		52.8	52.8		46.4	52.1	50.4	49.5		34.0	36.3	30.1	33.4	$15,011	$827	$14,185
Naches Valley Middle School	Public	5-8	32 Shafer Avenue	Naches	98937	Yakima County	Naches Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 653-1599	427	22	19.1	50.6%	303 (71.0%)	2 (0.5%)	104 (24.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.0%)	29	362^nd of 514 public middle schools	29.6%		35.4	336^th of 534 public middle schools	37.1%	26	37.6	31.0	34.5	32.3	33.3	52.5	38.3	39.2	25.0	17.0	33.0	27.3	25.5	$17,078	$583	$16,495
Selah Middle School	Public	6-8	411 North First Street	Selah	98942	Yakima County	Selah School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 698-8400	871	47	18.5	51.7%	508 (58.3%)	3 (0.3%)	320 (36.7%)	4 (0.5%)	10 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (2.9%)	28.3	366^th of 514 public middle schools	28.8%		24.9	414^th of 534 public middle schools	22.5%	48		41.0	41.0		35.8	44.1	29.8	36.4		25.9	31.2	24.8	27.3	$15,488	$479	$15,009
Harrison Middle School	Public	6-8	810 S. 16th Street	Sunnyside	98944	Yakima County	Sunnyside School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 837-3601	820	40	20.3	83.0%	46 (5.6%)	1 (0.1%)	769 (93.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	14.8	456^th of 514 public middle schools	11.3%		18.2	449^th of 534 public middle schools	15.9%	7		28.6	28.6		24.3	36.7	33.5	31.4		14.6	22.3	16.0	17.5	$18,194	$2,363	$15,831
Sierra Vista Middle School	Public	6-8	916 N. 16 Street	Sunnyside	98944	Yakima County	Sunnyside School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 836-4157	549	29	18.9	90.9%	27 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	517 (94.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	11.3	471^st of 514 public middle schools	8.4%		7.4	517^th of 534 public middle schools	3.2%	46		17.7	17.7		31.9	28.8	28.6	29.7		20.0	14.2	12.7	15.6	$18,615	$2,399	$16,215
Toppenish Middle School	Public	6-8	104 Goldendale Avenue	Toppenish	98948	Yakima County	Toppenish School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 865-2730	757	40	19.0	89.7%	15 (2.0%)	3 (0.4%)	657 (86.8%)	3 (0.4%)	72 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.9%)	10.7	475^th of 514 public middle schools	7.6%		9.5	500^th of 534 public middle schools	6.4%	25		24.9	24.9		24.4	25.7	29.7	26.6		18.2	14.4	16.2	16.3	$17,393	$1,238	$16,155
Wapato Middle School	Public	6-8	1309 Kateri Lane	Wapato	98951	Yakima County	Wapato School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 877-2173	737	40	18.6	88.6%	9 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	565 (76.7%)	12 (1.6%)	136 (18.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.9%)	7.6	497^th of 514 public middle schools	3.3%		5.1	525^th of 534 public middle schools	1.7%	28		18.5	18.5		21.6	24.3	27.7	24.5		14.4	9.2	13.7	12.3	$19,086	$2,687	$16,399
Wapato Online Academy 6-8	Public, Virtual	6-8	212 W 3rd St	Wapato	98951	Yakima County	Wapato School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(509) 877-4181	8	0		—	1 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (87.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)														$5,076	$866	$4,210
West Valley Mid-Level Campus	Public	6-8	7505 Zier Rd	Yakima	98908	Yakima County	West Valley School District (Yakima)	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 972-5800	1,167	62	18.7	54.7%	612 (52.4%)	10 (0.9%)	472 (40.4%)	31 (2.7%)	8 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (2.9%)	64.5	161^st of 514 public middle schools	68.7%		60.2	186^th of 534 public middle schools	65.2%	25		44.9	44.9		55.3	56.4	45.8	52.5		45.0	46.2	60.0	50.3	$16,150	$770	$15,380
West Valley Virtual Academy 7-8	Public, Virtual	7-8	9206 Zier Road	Yakima	98908	Yakima County	West Valley School District (Yakima)	No	No	Yes	No	(509) 823-2602	21	0		61.9%	16 (76.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.8%)								(n/a)														$7,450	$90	$7,360
Franklin Middle School	Public	6-8	410 S 19th Ave	Yakima	98902	Yakima County	Yakima School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 573-2100	848	42	20.1	85.0%	152 (17.9%)	16 (1.9%)	653 (77.0%)	5 (0.6%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (1.9%)	21.5	411^th of 514 public middle schools	20.0%		22.9	428^th of 534 public middle schools	19.9%	17		40.6	40.6		29.0	35.8	40.0	34.8		19.7	15.0	24.2	19.4	$16,374	$1,271	$15,103
Lewis & Clark Middle School	Public	6-8	1114 W Pierce St	Yakima	98902	Yakima County	Yakima School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 573-2200	815	44	18.6	90.2%	60 (7.4%)	4 (0.5%)	732 (89.8%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.1%)	16.6	441^st of 514 public middle schools	14.2%		13.2	475^th of 534 public middle schools	11.0%	34		23.8	23.8		30.8	34.7	28.2	31.1		23.7	16.2	26.1	22.2	$16,537	$1,326	$15,212
Washington Middle School	Public	6-8	510 S 9th St	Yakima	98901	Yakima County	Yakima School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 573-2300	748	40	18.7	96.0%	26 (3.5%)	6 (0.8%)	699 (93.4%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (1.2%)	9.9	480^th of 514 public middle schools	6.6%		8.6	505^th of 534 public middle schools	5.4%	25		21.5	21.5		22.7	23.9	24.4	23.7		18.0	15.9	20.6	18.1	$16,469	$1,392	$15,077
Wilson Middle School	Public	6-8	902 S 44th Ave	Yakima	98908	Yakima County	Yakima School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 573-2400	840	43	19.5	75.2%	170 (20.2%)	11 (1.3%)	619 (73.7%)	6 (0.7%)	8 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.1%)	24.4	389^th of 514 public middle schools	24.3%		17.4	457^th of 534 public middle schools	14.4%	68		37.1	37.1		34.9	45.0	37.6	39.3		23.4	23.0	16.7	21.0	$16,600	$1,563	$15,037
Zillah Middle School	Public	6-8	1301 Cutler Way	Zillah	98953	Yakima County	Zillah School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 829-5511	300	16	18.4	72.0%	85 (28.3%)	0 (0.0%)	196 (65.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	39.7	293^rd of 514 public middle schools	43.0%		36.4	332^nd of 534 public middle schools	37.8%	39		40.0	40.0		33.0	45.5	47.6	42.3		31.9	35.4	38.1	35.2	$15,801	$440	$15,360

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