Summary:
The Rochester School District has one middle school, Rochester Middle School, serving grades 6–8 in Rochester, Washington. The school enrolls 535 students, has a 19.3-to-1 student-teacher ratio, and serves a community in which 60% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025. The school received a four-star listing rating, while the district ranked 67th of 238 Washington districts, placing it in the 72nd percentile.
For families comparing middle schools in the area, there is no school-to-school choice within this district because Rochester Middle School is the only middle school listed. Its recent results are generally positive and improving. In 2025–2026, 53.26% of students were proficient in English language arts, slightly above both the district and state rates. Science was the strongest subject: 55.33% of students were proficient, compared with 52.80% districtwide and 50.95% statewide. Eighth-grade science proficiency was also notably strong at 55.33%, more than six points above the state rate.
Math is the main area where continued support may be helpful. Overall math proficiency was 41.44%, slightly below the district’s 42.07% and the state’s 43.11%, although the school exceeded state results in each reported grade. Performance improved in every subject from the prior year: ELA rose 2.97 percentage points, math increased 3.67 points, and science climbed 8.70 points. The school’s statewide ranking also improved from 243rd in 2024–2025 to 171st in 2025–2026. Parents may want to pay particular attention to seventh-grade ELA, which trailed the state rate, while recognizing the especially strong eighth-grade ELA results and the school’s broad upward trend.
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