Summary:
Nooksack Valley School District has one middle school, Nooksack Valley Middle School, serving students in grades 6–8 in Everson, Washington. The school enrolls 469 students and is located in a community where 58.42% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025, an important factor to consider when evaluating academic results and student support needs.
The school’s overall performance is mixed, but its recent direction is encouraging. Its statewide standing improved from the 45th percentile and a 2-star rating in 2023–2024 to the 57th percentile and a 3-star rating in 2025–2026. English Language Arts proficiency rose from 40.95% to 47.17% over the past year, the school’s largest year-over-year gain. Math is a relative strength: 42.64% of students were proficient, nearly matching the Washington average of 43.11%, and the school exceeded state math rates in sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Overall, however, proficiency remained below the district average in ELA, math, and science.
Parents may want to pay particular attention to differences by grade and subject. Sixth- and seventh-grade ELA performance was near or above state levels, but eighth-grade ELA proficiency was only 37.01%, nearly 14 points below the state rate. Science was the school’s greatest overall challenge, with 39.74% proficiency compared with 50.95% statewide, and it declined slightly from the prior year. The school’s 18.7-to-1 student-teacher ratio and $16,808 per-student spending provide additional context, though they do not directly measure class size or instructional quality. Overall, the school shows positive momentum, especially in ranking, ELA improvement, and mathematics, while eighth-grade ELA and science remain the clearest areas for added support.
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