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
181	Camas Connect Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	841 NE 22nd Ave	Camas	98607	Clark County	Camas School District	No	No	Yes	No	(360) 335-3000	155	10	16.3	36.1%	106 (68.4%)	7 (4.5%)	20 (12.9%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (11.6%)	$14,503			$736			$13,767	61.9	79.1	92	89		530081003823
182	Northwood Middle School	Public	6-8	17007 SE 184th ST	Renton	98058	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 373-7780	911	44	20.6	34.7%	313 (34.4%)	95 (10.4%)	148 (16.2%)	230 (25.2%)	6 (0.7%)	12 (1.3%)	105 (11.5%)	$18,568			$623			$17,945	61.4	66.1	163	19		530396002521
183	Enterprise Middle School	Public	6-8	5200 Paradise Way	West Richland	99353	Benton County	Richland School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 967-6200	745	37	19.9	34.0%	526 (70.6%)	8 (1.1%)	152 (20.4%)	19 (2.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (5.1%)	$17,227			$408			$16,819	61.4	61.7	185	2		530732002504
184	Nautilus K-8 School	Public	K-8	1000 S 289th St	Federal Way	98003	King County	Federal Way School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 945-3400	469	29	16.4	66.3%	112 (23.9%)	53 (11.3%)	155 (33.0%)	62 (13.2%)	2 (0.4%)	11 (2.3%)	73 (15.6%)	$17,915			$1,183			$16,732	60.6	49	256	72		530282000444
185	Tacoma Online Middle School	Public, Virtual	6-8	6501 N.23rd St.	Tacoma	98406	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(253) 571-1545	170	12	13.8	64.7%	64 (37.6%)	22 (12.9%)	37 (21.8%)	7 (4.1%)	1 (0.6%)	6 (3.5%)	33 (19.4%)	$16,887			$1,227			$15,660	60.6	70	134	51		530870003890
186	West Valley Mid-Level Campus	Public	6-8	7505 Zier Rd	Yakima	98908	Yakima County	West Valley School District (Yakima)	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 972-5800	1,167	62	18.7	54.7%	612 (52.4%)	10 (0.9%)	472 (40.4%)	31 (2.7%)	8 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (2.9%)	$16,150			$770			$15,380	60.2	62.4	181	5		530972001653
187	Olympic View Middle School	Public	6-8	2602 Mukilteo Speedway	Mukilteo	98275	Snohomish County	Mukilteo School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 366-5200	851	43	19.6	49.1%	368 (43.2%)	77 (9.0%)	175 (20.6%)	136 (16.0%)	6 (0.7%)	11 (1.3%)	77 (9.0%)	$19,373			$251			$19,122	60.1	64.3	171	16		530543000820
188	Edmonds Heights K-12	Public, Alternative	K-12	23200 100th Ave W	Edmonds	98020	Snohomish County	Edmonds School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 431-7840	599	19	31.5	26.4%	414 (69.1%)	16 (2.7%)	66 (11.0%)	48 (8.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (7.2%)	$14,670			$265			$14,405	60.1	76.3	107	81		530240003139
189	Elk Plain School of Choice	Public	K-8	22015 22nd Avenue East	Spanaway	98397	Pierce County	Bethel School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 800-7900	574	34	17	39.7%	322 (56.1%)	50 (8.7%)	76 (13.2%)	17 (3.0%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.9%)	101 (17.6%)	$18,221			$745			$17,476	60	64.6	169	20		530048000123
190	Broadview-Thomson K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	13052 Greenwood Av N	Seattle	98133	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 252-4080	581	42	13.7	56.5%	180 (31.0%)	145 (25.0%)	154 (26.5%)	35 (6.0%)	9 (1.5%)	3 (0.5%)	54 (9.3%)	$26,522			$2,102			$24,421	59.8	58.1	202	12		530771001145

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.