Best Middle Schools in Washington for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Washington!

Every year, the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

JUST IN! Washington WCAS and SBAC test scores and updated rankings for the 2022-23 school year were recently posted to SchoolDigger!

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Washington test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2020)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 167)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
530585003280	1	Aspire Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	5900 54th Ave SE	Lacey	98513	Thurston County	North Thurston Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(360) 412-4400	306	15	20.6	29.4%	172 (56.2%)	12 (3.9%)	57 (18.6%)	18 (5.9%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (14.1%)	$8,868			$27			$8,841	99.4%	88.3%	11.09%
530771001264	2	Whitman Middle School	Public	6-8	9201 15 Av NW	Seattle	98117	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-1200	671	35	19	13.0%	461 (68.7%)	27 (4.0%)	64 (9.5%)	27 (4.0%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (12.1%)	$10,141			$129			$10,012	98.8%	95.9%	2.88%
530771001307	3	Tops K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	2500 Franklin Av E	Seattle	98102	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-3510	476	30	15.7	24.2%	208 (43.7%)	60 (12.6%)	33 (6.9%)	80 (16.8%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	89 (18.7%)	$10,968			$93			$10,875	98.2%	92.8%	5.44%
530771001180	4	Hamilton International Middle School	Public	6-8	1610 N 41 St	Seattle	98103	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-5810	924	47	19.5	8.0%	575 (62.2%)	24 (2.6%)	98 (10.6%)	77 (8.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	139 (15.0%)	$8,740			$22			$8,718	97.6%	98.0%	0.35%
530771002716	5	Salmon Bay K-8 School	Public	K-8	1810 NW 65 St	Seattle	98117	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-1720	664	40	16.6	8.9%	472 (71.1%)	9 (1.4%)	36 (5.4%)	31 (4.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	99 (14.9%)	$11,087			$47			$11,040	97.0%	93.9%	3.13%
530771001162	6	Eckstein Middle School	Public	6-8	3003 NE 75 St	Seattle	98115	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-5010	1,053	56	18.9	14.6%	645 (61.3%)	53 (5.0%)	85 (8.1%)	87 (8.3%)	9 (0.9%)	3 (0.3%)	162 (15.4%)	$9,954			$91			$9,864	96.4%	95.0%	1.42%
530591002571	7	Timbercrest Middle School	Public	6-8	19115 215 Wy NE	Woodinville	98077	King County	Northshore School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 408-6900	708	34	20.5	7.2%	534 (75.4%)	5 (0.7%)	56 (7.9%)	59 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (7.5%)	$9,903			$171			$9,732	95.8%	94.8%	1.00%
530771001212	8	McClure Middle School	Public	6-8	1915 1 Av W	Seattle	98119	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-1900	437	27	16.3	13.5%	265 (60.6%)	19 (4.3%)	46 (10.5%)	29 (6.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	68 (15.6%)	$10,502			$127			$10,375	95.2%	85.0%	10.24%
530240000348	9	Madrona K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	9300 236th ST SW	Edmonds	98026	Snohomish County	Edmonds School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 431-7979	583	37	15.8	11.7%	337 (57.8%)	29 (5.0%)	57 (9.8%)	80 (13.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	77 (13.2%)	$12,307			$204			$12,104	94.6%	88.7%	5.93%
530771003620	10	Robert Eagle Staff Middle School	Public	6-8	1330 N 90th St	Seattle	98103	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 413-2300	688	40	17.3	26.5%	376 (54.7%)	67 (9.7%)	101 (14.7%)	48 (7.0%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	81 (11.8%)	$10,144			$184			$9,960	94.0%	91.7%	2.36%

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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 9, 2023, 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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.