Summary:
Centralia Middle School is the only middle school in the Centralia School District, serving students in grades 7–8 in Centralia, Washington. The school enrolls 479 students, has a 17.9:1 student-teacher ratio, and reported $17,295 in spending per student in 2023–2024. About 75% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that the school serves a community with substantial measured economic need. Because there is only one middle school in the district, families are evaluating this school’s performance over time rather than choosing among multiple district middle schools.
Academic results show that English language arts is the school’s strongest subject relative to district performance. In 2025–2026, 38.88% of students were proficient in ELA, slightly above the district rate of 36.21%, though below Washington’s 52.81%. Math proficiency was 23.97%, below both the district at 28.39% and the state at 43.11%. Science was the weakest area, with 22.49% proficiency compared with 34.77% districtwide and 50.95% statewide. Math did improve by 6.89 percentage points from the prior year, while ELA declined modestly and science fell by 5.36 points.
Results were notably stronger in seventh grade than in eighth grade. ELA proficiency was 46.67% in seventh grade versus 29.33% in eighth grade, while math proficiency was 28.63% versus 18.27%. The eighth-grade science result was also low at 22.49%, well below the statewide eighth-grade rate of 48.78%. These grade-level differences make eighth-grade support a key area for families and school leaders to examine. The school received a 1-star rating and has generally ranked around the bottom fifth of Washington schools, although its ranking improved from 446th to 413th most recently. Overall, the clearest priorities are eighth-grade achievement, science, and continued math improvement, while ELA offers a foundation for further progress.
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