Summary:
Okanogan Middle School is the only middle school in the Okanogan School District, serving grades 6–8 and 238 students in the rural community of Okanogan, Washington. The school has a 17.3-to-1 student-teacher ratio, and 64.29% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025, providing important context when considering its academic results.
Okanogan Middle School has a mixed academic profile, with science standing out as its greatest strength. In 2025–2026, 58.67% of students were proficient in science, compared with 53.59% across the district and 50.95% statewide. Eighth-grade science performance was similarly strong, exceeding the state by nearly 10 percentage points. Science also improved substantially from the previous year, rising 18.67 percentage points from 40.00% to 58.67%. English language arts was more middle-of-the-road: 45.78% of students were proficient, nearly matching the district but trailing Washington by 7.03 points. Seventh grade had the strongest ELA result at 50.60%, while sixth grade was lowest at 40.30%.
Math is the school’s clearest area for improvement. Only 25.78% of students were proficient in 2025–2026, below both the district’s 29.52% and the state’s 43.11%. Results declined across the grades, from 29.85% in sixth grade to 22.67% in eighth grade, and the all-grade result fell 3.48 points from the prior year. Families may also find the school’s recent ranking trend encouraging: its statewide rank improved from 330th in 2024–2025 to 287th in 2025–2026, although rankings can vary as comparison groups change. Overall, the school offers a notable science strength and generally district-level ELA performance, while math—especially in seventh and eighth grades—deserves the greatest attention.
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