Best Middle Schools in Washington

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the WCAS and SBAC test scores by the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 10, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 534)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
291	Julius A Wendt Elementary/John C Thomas Middle School	Public	K-8	265 South Third St	Cathlamet	98612	Wahkiakum County	Wahkiakum School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 795-3261	272	16	17.5	57.7%	219 (80.5%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (12.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.0%)	$20,784			$1,881			$18,902	42.1	49.3	253	38		530933001593
292	Oroville Middle-High School	Public	7-12	1016 Ironwood	Oroville	98844	Okanogan County	Oroville School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 476-3612	243	19	12.9	70.0%	142 (58.4%)	1 (0.4%)	88 (36.2%)	2 (0.8%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)	$24,318			$1,779			$22,539	41.9	41.1	303	11		530642000951
293	Garrison Middle School	Public	6-8	906 Chase St	Walla Walla	99362	Walla Walla County	Walla Walla Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 527-3040	546	31	17.5	66.8%	238 (43.6%)	8 (1.5%)	269 (49.3%)	6 (1.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.0%)	$18,932			$1,569			$17,363	41.9	44.9	278	15		530945001601
294	Trout Lake School	Public	5-12	2310 Hwy 141	Trout Lake	98650	Klickitat County	Trout Lake School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 395-2571	130	9	13.8	45.4%	98 (75.4%)	1 (0.8%)	21 (16.2%)	5 (3.8%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.3%)	$20,272			$477			$19,796	41.5	31.9	361	67		530906001539
295	Cusick Junior Senior High School	Public	6-12	305 Monumental Way	Cusick	99119	Pend Oreille County	Cusick School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 445-1125	147	14	10.8	67.3%	76 (51.7%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (21.1%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (12.2%)	$26,685			$3,998			$22,687	41.5	35.6	332	37		530192000297
296	Frontier Middle School	Public	6-8	22110 108th Avenue East	Graham	98338	Pierce County	Bethel School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 800-8300	620	30	20.8	49.0%	346 (55.8%)	29 (4.7%)	104 (16.8%)	21 (3.4%)	10 (1.6%)	16 (2.6%)	94 (15.2%)	$17,266			$1,265			$16,001	41.4	44	284	12		530048000595
297	Fairview Middle School	Public	6-8	8107 Central Valley Rd NW	Bremerton	98310	Kitsap County	Central Kitsap School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 662-2600	620	31	20.2	50.5%	281 (45.3%)	23 (3.7%)	132 (21.3%)	29 (4.7%)	7 (1.1%)	15 (2.4%)	128 (20.6%)	$17,420			$586			$16,835	41.4	39.6	310	13		530108000183
298	Colton School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	706 Union	Colton	99113	Whitman County	Colton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 229-3386	166	15	11	29.5%	152 (91.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	$25,635			$1,485			$24,150	41.3	47.7	261	37		530150000277
299	Spokane International Academy	Public, Magnet, Charter, Alternative	K-12	777 E Magnesium Rd	Spokane	99208	Spokane County	Spokane International Academy	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	(509) 209-8730	824	55	14.9	55.3%	493 (59.8%)	38 (4.6%)	119 (14.4%)	43 (5.2%)	6 (0.7%)	4 (0.5%)	121 (14.7%)	$17,730			$1,067			$16,663	41.1	55.4	214	85		530033703539
300	Edmonds S. Meany Middle School	Public	6-8	301 21st Ave E	Seattle	98112	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 413-2100	504	26	19.6	48.4%	167 (33.1%)	136 (27.0%)	81 (16.1%)	34 (6.7%)	3 (0.6%)	11 (2.2%)	56 (11.1%)	$20,220			$777			$19,443	40.8	50.3	245	55		530771003612

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SBAC English Language Arts, SBAC Math, WCAS Science test scores released by the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on September 10, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.
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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.