Summary:
Stevenson-Carson School District has one middle school, Wind River Middle School, serving 186 students in grades 7–8 in Carson, Washington. Because it is the district’s only middle school, there are no within-district school comparisons; the most useful context comes from comparing Wind River with district and Washington state results, as well as examining grade-level and year-to-year trends.
In 2025–26, Wind River students were proficient in 38.53% of ELA assessments, 28.97% of math assessments, and 35.42% of science assessments. Math was essentially equal to the district average, while ELA was slightly below it. Science was the clearest relative weakness, trailing the district by nearly 10 percentage points. All three subjects were well below state results, which were 52.81% in ELA, 43.11% in math, and 50.95% in science. Within the school, seventh-grade ELA performance was stronger than eighth-grade ELA—46.03% compared with 28.26%—creating the largest grade-level gap. Seventh-grade math was also somewhat higher than eighth-grade math. The seventh-grade science result was not reported because it was suppressed for privacy, so it should not be interpreted as zero.
Performance declined in every reported subject from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA fell 7.80 percentage points, science fell 7.00 points, and math fell 2.67 points. Wind River’s statewide ranking also decreased from the 61st percentile and three stars in 2023–24 to the 28th percentile and one star in 2025–26. These results point to eighth-grade literacy, science achievement, and the broad year-over-year decline as the most important areas for families and school leaders to monitor. The school’s 19.7-to-1 student-teacher ratio, 53.23% free/reduced-price lunch rate, and $20,207 per-student spending figure provide additional context about its size, staffing, and student needs.
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