Summary:
North Tapps Middle School is the only middle school in the Dieringer School District, serving grades 6–8 and 523 students in the Lake Tapps area of Washington. Because it is the district’s sole middle school, families do not have another district school for direct comparison, but the available results show a consistently strong academic option.
North Tapps ranked 54th out of 514 Washington middle schools in 2025–26, placing it around the top 11% statewide. Its ranking has remained very steady over the past three years, ranging from 54th to 57th place. In 2025–26, proficiency was 70.45% in English language arts, 56.63% in math, and 68.60% in science. These results were substantially above Washington averages: 17.64 percentage points higher in ELA, 13.52 points higher in math, and 17.65 points higher in science. Seventh-grade ELA was the strongest grade-level result, with 78.86% of students proficient. Math performance increased across the grades, from 53.59% in sixth grade to 59.30% in eighth grade, while eighth-grade math exceeded the state rate by 20.50 points.
Parents may also want to note the school’s mixed year-to-year trends. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, ELA declined 3.58 percentage points and math declined 2.48 points, while science improved 2.90 points. Even after the declines, ELA and math remained well above statewide results. Compared with districtwide rates, North Tapps was slightly higher in ELA but lower in math and science, so the district averages provide context rather than a direct school-to-school comparison. The reported free- or reduced-price lunch rate was 21.99%, the student–teacher ratio was 20.5:1, and per-student spending was $19,865 in 2023–24. Overall, the school offers broad academic strength, with science and ELA standing out and math representing the main area to monitor.
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