Summary:
Hoquiam School District serves middle school students in grades 6-8 through a single school, Hoquiam Middle School, located in a community where a high percentage of students face economic challenges.
This school has consistently ranked in the bottom 11% of Washington middle schools over the past three years, with student proficiency in English, math, and science roughly 23 to 25 percentage points below the state average. A notable pattern is that academic performance peaks in 7th grade and then drops significantly by 8th grade, particularly in math where proficiency falls by over 12 points. Despite these academic struggles, the school's per-student spending is relatively high at over $18,000, and it has shown slight improvement, moving from a 0-star to a 1-star rating in recent years.
The challenges at Hoquiam Middle School reflect broader trends within the Hoquiam School District, which itself ranks in the 7th percentile statewide. For parents, this indicates the school is actively working to improve in a difficult context, with its investment per student and incremental gains in its rating being positive signs amidst the significant work needed to raise academic achievement to state levels.
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