Summary:
College Place School District has one middle school, John Sager Middle School, serving grades 6–8 in College Place, Washington, near Walla Walla, with 334 students.
Because John Sager is the district’s only middle school, there are no local school-to-school comparisons. The school has a 14.5:1 student–teacher ratio, and 49.1% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–25. In 2025–26, John Sager’s overall proficiency rates were 45.41% in English Language Arts, 34.27% in math, and 51.15% in science. Science is the school’s clearest strength: its result was 8.10 percentage points above the district average and slightly above the Washington average. The school’s listed statewide standing was near the middle, at the 48th percentile with a two-star rating.
Math is the main academic challenge, especially in seventh grade. Only 27.19% of seventh graders were proficient in math, compared with 41.31% statewide, while seventh-grade ELA proficiency was 41.23%, 12 percentage points below the state rate. Eighth grade showed stronger results, including 40.60% proficiency in math—1.80 points above the state—and 48.87% in ELA. Overall performance changed unevenly from the prior year: ELA fell 6.74 percentage points, math declined 3.15 points, and science increased slightly by 0.63 points. For parents, the most important themes are the school’s solid science performance, comparatively encouraging eighth-grade results, and the need for focused support in seventh-grade ELA and math.
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