Summary:
Sadie Halstead Middle School is the only listed middle school in the Newport School District, serving grades 5–8 in Newport, Washington, with 272 students. Families should expect a small-school setting, a 14.2-to-1 student-teacher ratio, and a community where 66.91% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025.
Sadie Halstead Middle School has a mixed academic profile, with results that are generally close to Newport School District averages but below Washington averages. In 2025–2026, 45.39% of students were proficient in English language arts, compared with 43.37% districtwide and 52.81% statewide. Science proficiency was nearly identical to the district at 48.18%, while math was the main concern at 33.09%, about 10 percentage points below the state. Fifth-grade math was the standout result: 45.95% of students were proficient, exceeding both district and state rates. Seventh-grade ELA also performed better than the district. By contrast, sixth- and eighth-grade math were especially weak, at 25.00% and 24.62% proficiency.
There are encouraging signs of improvement at Sadie Halstead Middle School. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, proficiency rose by 3.56 points in ELA, 4.57 points in math, and 1.67 points in science. The school’s reported ranking also improved from the 22nd to the 38th percentile, although rankings and test scores are different measures. Parents may want to pay particular attention to the drop in performance from 5th to 8th grade, especially the 21.33-point decline in math and the 11.23-point decline in science. The clearest opportunity is to sustain the stronger 5th-grade results while providing focused support in later-grade math and science.
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