Middle Schools in Orcas Island School District

Summary:

Orcas Island School District serves the rural San Juan Islands community with one middle school, Orcas Island Middle School, which educates about 110 students in grades 6 through 8.

This school has shown remarkable recent improvement, jumping from an average state ranking into the top 20% of all Washington middle schools in just one year, a sign of very positive momentum. Academically, the school is particularly strong in English Language Arts, where student proficiency significantly outpaces the state average, with the 7th-grade cohort performing exceptionally well. Performance in math and science is also solidly above state averages, though there is a noticeable opportunity to grow math scores to match the school's strength in reading.

Operating within the highly-ranked Orcas Island School District, the middle school benefits from strong district support and a per-student investment above the national average. The school serves a diverse socioeconomic population and maintains good academic outcomes with a class size slightly above the ideal for middle school, suggesting effective use of its resources and teaching strategies to support all students.

District Detail

557 School Rd
Eastsound, WA 98245-9457

(360) 376-2284

SchoolDigger Rank:
32^nd of 247 Washington districts

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Grades served: K-12
Students: 807

Primary Schools: 3
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 1

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				WCAS Science (2025)		SBAC English Language Arts (2025)				SBAC Math (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WCAS Science 8th Grade	WCAS Science All Grades	SBAC English Language Arts 6th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 7th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 8th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts All Grades	SBAC Math 6th Grade	SBAC Math 7th Grade	SBAC Math 8th Grade	SBAC Math All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Orcas Island Middle School	Public	6-8	715 School Rd	Eastsound	98245	San Juan County	Orcas Island School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 376-2287	110	5	20.6	39.1%	79 (71.8%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (23.6%)	3 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.8%)	75.4	109^th of 534 public middle schools	79.6%		48	259^th of 535 public middle schools	51.6%	150	55.9	55.9	52.8	77.3	66.7	63.8	41.7	63.6	48.7	49.5	$17,885	$959	$16,927

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Shaw Island School District	9.15 mi	1
Ferndale School District	10 mi	14	168^th
Lummi High School	11.52 mi	1
Lummi Nation Tribal School	11.52 mi	1
San Juan Island School District	12.52 mi	6	52^nd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.

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