Summary:
Lakewood Middle School is the only middle school in Lakewood School District, serving grades 6–8 and 668 students in the Marysville, Washington area. The school’s overall results are mixed: science is its strongest subject, while English Language Arts (ELA) is the largest concern. In 2025–2026, 44.81% of students were proficient in science, compared with 40.93% districtwide and 50.95% statewide. Math proficiency was 30.17%, nearly matching the district’s 30.95%, while ELA proficiency was 31.90%, below the district’s 36.47% and the state’s 52.81%.
Performance varies noticeably by grade. Eighth grade had the strongest results in both ELA and math, with 34.68% and 34.07% proficient, respectively. Eighth-grade math was only 4.73 percentage points below the state rate, suggesting comparatively solid performance by the end of middle school. Seventh grade was the weakest area, especially in math, where only 25.58% of students were proficient. Seventh-grade ELA was also the lowest by grade, at 30.48%. These results make seventh grade an important area for parents and school leaders to monitor, while also raising the question of whether successful eighth-grade strategies could be introduced earlier.
Year-to-year results show improvement in math and science but a decline in ELA. Math increased 3.88 percentage points and science rose 1.88 points from the prior year, while ELA fell 4.72 points. The school’s ranking also improved, moving from the 23rd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 29th percentile in 2025–2026, although it remained in the lower portion of the statewide ranking and retained a one-star rating. About half of students, 50.15%, received free or reduced-price lunch. Reported resources include $17,433 in spending per student and a 20.8 student-teacher ratio; these figures provide context but do not describe actual class sizes or school quality by themselves.
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