Soap Lake School District

Soap Lake School District is a small district in the Soap Lake area serving 591 students in two schools: Soap Lake Elementary for PK–6 and Soap Lake Middle & High School for grades 7–12. About 79% of students are estimated to qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating substantial economic need across the district. Both schools have student-teacher ratios near 19 to 1, and both rank among the lower-performing schools in Washington based on the supplied data.

Soap Lake Elementary enrolls 328 students and has shown encouraging recent improvement in English language arts and science. Science is its strongest subject, with 22.22% of students meeting standards, slightly above the district rate, while ELA proficiency rose to 18.49%. Math is the clearest concern, with only 9.66% meeting standards and a small decline from the prior year. Some grade-level results, including upper-grade math, are suppressed, so those figures cannot be interpreted as zero. The school remains well below statewide averages, but its recent gains in ELA and science are positive signs for families monitoring progress.

Soap Lake Middle & High School enrolls 263 students and performs somewhat better than the elementary school in ELA and math. Its overall proficiency rates are 23.89% in ELA and 13.64% in math, both above district averages, while science is weaker at 16.98%. All three subjects improved from the previous year, although results remain far below state averages. The school’s 2024–2025 graduation rate was 68.2%, compared with 82.6% statewide, while its 9.7% dropout rate was close to the state rate. Overall, the district’s main priorities are strengthening elementary math, improving secondary science, and helping more students graduate on time while sustaining recent academic gains.