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Issaquah Middle School

Q: Is Issaquah Middle School a good school?

Issaquah Middle School ranks 62 nd of 534 Washington middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

62^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 534 Washington Middle Schools

Better than 88% of Washington middle schools

Summary

Issaquah Middle School is a public school serving 808 students in grades 6-8 within the highly-regarded Issaquah School District in Washington.

Academically, this is a strong school that significantly outperforms state averages, with about 68% of students proficient in English, 62% in Math, and 65% in Science. However, within its own exceptional district, Issaquah Middle School often ranks lower than its peers, such as Beaver Lake Middle School and Pine Lake Middle School. A key factor differentiating it is its student population; Issaquah Middle serves a significantly higher percentage of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds than other middle schools in the Issaquah district. The school also invests more resources per student, which likely supports this need.

It's important for parents to understand the context: while it may appear average compared to its district neighbors, Issaquah Middle School still ranks in the 88th percentile statewide, meaning it outperforms the vast majority of Washington middle schools. The school shows particular strengths in supporting English Language Learners. Over the past decade, its statewide ranking has gradually declined, which coincides with an increase in the number of students needing economic support. Performance varies by grade, with a notable jump in Math proficiency by 8th grade, and there is a consistent performance gap favoring female students over male students.

808

Students ?

19.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,961

Per pupil spending ?

29%

Free/discounted lunch ?

600 2nd Ave SE
Issaquah, WA 98027-4318

(425) 837-6800

District: Issaquah School District

Students who attend Issaquah Middle School usually attend:

High:

Issaquah High School

Feeder schools for Issaquah Middle School:

Elementary:	Clark Elementary
	Issaquah Valley Elementary
	Sunset Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

47.4%

Asian:

19.3%

Hispanic:

15.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 94th percentile in 2015 → 88th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Washington average (65% vs 48% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 12% of Washington middle schools

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 6 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Near the bottom of Issaquah School District's ranking

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school65%

District avg77%

Washington avg48%

62^nd of 534

Washington public middle schools ?

Top 12%▼ down 6 pts since 2015

From top 6% (2015) to top 12% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

6^th of 6Middle Schools in the Issaquah School District

3^rd of 247Issaquah School District among Washington districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	86.9	62 of 534	88.4%	★★★★☆
2024	85.3	72 of 535	86.5%	★★★★☆
2023	89.5	48 of 539	91.1%	★★★★★
2022	84.7	67 of 541	87.6%	★★★★☆
2021	85.5	68 of 529	87.1%	★★★★☆
2019	90.9	34 of 512	93.4%	★★★★★
2018	91.1	33 of 437	92.4%	★★★★★
2017	88.8	35 of 435	92.0%	★★★★★
2016	94.6	13 of 443	97.1%	★★★★★
2015	91.9	26 of 445	94.2%	★★★★★
2013	88.6	30 of 498	94.0%	★★★★★
2012	83.0	53 of 497	89.3%	★★★★☆
2011	84.2	48 of 492	90.2%	★★★★★
2010	85.8	40 of 483	91.7%	★★★★★
2009	86.0	41 of 476	91.4%	★★★★★
2008	88.7	28 of 466	94.0%	★★★★★
2007	87.0	34 of 463	92.7%	★★★★★
2006	88.9	29 of 449	93.5%	★★★★★
2005	91.3	24 of 425	94.4%	★★★★★
2004	89.2	34 of 421	91.9%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	71.8	25 of 101	75.2%	★★★★☆
2024	54.1	35 of 90	61.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	81.8	14 of 96	85.4%	★★★★☆
2022	46.6	49 of 104	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	66.7	21 of 106	80.2%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	76.4	39 of 147	73.5%	★★★★☆
2024	77.8	36 of 148	75.7%	★★★★☆
2023	87.3	17 of 145	88.3%	★★★★☆
2022	84.5	23 of 161	85.7%	★★★★☆
2021	82.9	27 of 149	81.9%	★★★★☆
2019	86.2	19 of 152	87.5%	★★★★☆
2018	79.9	24 of 123	80.5%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	68.0	21 of 96	78.1%	★★★★☆
2024	76.1	13 of 78	83.3%	★★★★☆
2022	84.1	7 of 63	88.9%	★★★★★
2021	79.5	5 of 50	90.0%	★★★★★
2019	82.4	14 of 100	86.0%	★★★★☆
2018	67.7	11 of 135	91.9%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	90.2	43 of 471	90.9%	★★★★★
2024	89.1	40 of 464	91.4%	★★★★★
2023	90.9	34 of 464	92.7%	★★★★★
2022	84.9	64 of 479	86.6%	★★★★☆
2021	86.6	59 of 469	87.4%	★★★★☆
2019	87.6	38 of 452	91.6%	★★★★★
2018	90.1	29 of 376	92.3%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	53.5	138 of 347	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	48.4	160 of 344	53.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	69.6	77 of 336	77.1%	★★★★☆
2022	48.7	160 of 360	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	74.6	61 of 353	82.7%	★★★★☆
2019	60.4	113 of 344	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	69.7	66 of 259	74.5%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	57.1	169 of 457	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	48.1	218 of 455	52.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	56.7	178 of 463	61.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	56.3	153 of 475	67.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	63.4	114 of 458	75.1%	★★★★☆
2019	55.4	175 of 448	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	34.9	237 of 349	32.1%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	81.3	78 of 472	83.5%	★★★★☆
2024	79.9	83 of 466	82.2%	★★★★☆
2023	86.8	57 of 470	87.9%	★★★★☆
2022	82.8	71 of 480	85.2%	★★★★☆
2021	83.6	68 of 476	85.7%	★★★★☆
2019	92.7	24 of 453	94.7%	★★★★★
2018	90.0	36 of 371	90.3%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	81.4	42 of 246	82.9%	★★★★☆
2024	75.1	50 of 243	79.4%	★★★★☆
2023	81.9	32 of 244	86.9%	★★★★☆
2022	82.5	32 of 257	87.5%	★★★★☆
2021	77.9	41 of 250	83.6%	★★★★☆
2019	87.1	22 of 246	91.1%	★★★★★
2018	92.0	11 of 166	93.4%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	64.4	43 of 186	76.9%	★★★★☆
2024	47.6	80 of 179	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	62.0	46 of 167	72.5%	★★★★☆
2022	60.4	48 of 199	75.9%	★★★★☆
2021	68.0	39 of 210	81.4%	★★★★☆
2019	41.2	105 of 231	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	72.9	40 of 268	85.1%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	89.4	40 of 488	91.8%	★★★★★
2024	88.8	42 of 486	91.4%	★★★★★
2023	88.9	42 of 488	91.4%	★★★★★
2022	84.5	58 of 488	88.1%	★★★★☆
2021	83.8	66 of 480	86.3%	★★★★☆
2019	90.3	26 of 470	94.5%	★★★★★
2018	89.2	28 of 325	91.4%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

White (2025)92nd percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)91st percentile~ school

Male (2025)83rd percentile-5 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)83rd percentile-5 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)78th percentile-10 vs school

Special Education (2025)77th percentile-12 vs school

African American (2025)75th percentile-13 vs school

Asian (2025)73rd percentile-15 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)63rd percentile-25 vs school

Hispanic (2025)60th percentile-28 vs school

By subject vs Washington (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts68%+14 vs state

Science65%+16 vs state

Math62%+20 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				WCAS Science (2025)		SBAC English Language Arts (2025)				SBAC Math (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WCAS Science 8th Grade	WCAS Science All Grades	SBAC English Language Arts 6th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 7th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 8th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts All Grades	SBAC Math 6th Grade	SBAC Math 7th Grade	SBAC Math 8th Grade	SBAC Math All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Issaquah Middle School	Public	6-8	600 2nd Ave SE	Issaquah	98027	King County	Issaquah School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 837-6800	808	41	19.5	29.0%	383 (47.4%)	46 (5.7%)	123 (15.2%)	156 (19.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	97 (12.0%)	86.9	62^nd of 534 public middle schools	88.4%		85.3	72^nd of 535 public middle schools	86.5%	10	65.0	65.0	66.6	70.3	66.1	67.6	58.0	61.1	68.9	62.5	$17,961	$415	$17,547
Cougar Mountain Middle School	Public	6-8	1929 NW Talus Drive	Issaquah	98027	King County	Issaquah School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 683-8000	616	31	19.8	12.3%	256 (41.6%)	23 (3.7%)	58 (9.4%)	208 (33.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	68 (11.0%)	95.2	26^th of 534 public middle schools	95.1%		93	39^th of 535 public middle schools	92.7%	13	68.0	68.0	81.3	84.4	74.5	80.1	77.7	71.4	69.0	72.7	$17,182	$338	$16,844
Pacific Cascade Middle School	Public	6-8	24635 SE Issaquah Fall City Ro	Issaquah	98029	King County	Issaquah School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 837-5900	605	29	20.8	10.7%	238 (39.3%)	11 (1.8%)	39 (6.4%)	271 (44.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (7.6%)	96.4	21^st of 534 public middle schools	96.1%		96.6	18^th of 535 public middle schools	96.6%	3	77.3	77.3	78.8	77.5	80.3	78.9	79.5	77.0	70.1	75.3	$17,745	$320	$17,426
Pine Lake Middle School	Public	6-8	3095 Issaquah-Pine Lake Rd SE	Sammamish	98075	King County	Issaquah School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 837-5700	877	40	21.8	8.4%	284 (32.4%)	15 (1.7%)	51 (5.8%)	461 (52.6%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	63 (7.2%)	98	12^th of 534 public middle schools	97.8%		97.3	12^th of 535 public middle schools	97.8%		79.5	79.5	81.3	82.7	83.9	82.7	82.6	85.3	84.4	84.2	$16,019	$293	$15,726
Beaver Lake Middle School	Public	6-8	25025 SE 32nd St	Issaquah	98029	King County	Issaquah School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 837-4150	699	35	20.2	9.6%	248 (35.5%)	13 (1.9%)	58 (8.3%)	314 (44.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (9.0%)	98.4	8^th of 534 public middle schools	98.5%		97.7	9^th of 535 public middle schools	98.3%	1	81.5	81.5	84.3	84.4	87.7	85.4	81.4	84.7	81.0	82.4	$16,620	$286	$16,334
Maywood Middle School	Public	6-8	14490 168th Ave SE	Renton	98059	King County	Issaquah School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 837-6900	826	41	20.2	18.3%	398 (48.2%)	11 (1.3%)	110 (13.3%)	211 (25.5%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	92 (11.1%)	90.7	48^th of 534 public middle schools	91.0%		93.3	36^th of 535 public middle schools	93.3%	12	63.9	63.9	66.4	73.8	73.7	71.4	66.3	70.3	67.4	68.0	$17,670	$398	$17,271
Renaissance School of Art and Reasoning	Public, Magnet	6-8	400 228th Ave NE	Sammamish	98074	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	Yes	No	No	(425) 936-1544	80	5	17.3	3.8%	45 (56.3%)	3 (3.8%)	4 (5.0%)	18 (22.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (12.5%)	93.2	37^th of 534 public middle schools	93.1%		85.2	74^th of 535 public middle schools	86.2%	37	90.0	90.0	75.0	80.8	90.0	81.1	60.7	73.1	52.6	63.0	$15,630	$163	$15,466
Inglewood Middle School	Public	6-8	24120 NE 8th ST	Sammamish	98074	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-2360	1,229	56	21.9	4.3%	427 (34.7%)	20 (1.6%)	85 (6.9%)	600 (48.8%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	87 (7.1%)	98.1	11^th of 534 public middle schools	97.9%		97.6	10^th of 535 public middle schools	98.1%	1	80.4	80.4	83.0	86.7	84.2	84.6	79.8	81.6	76.5	79.2	$15,649	$736	$14,914
Chief Kanim Middle School	Public	6-8	32627 SE Redmond Fall City R	Fall City	98024	King County	Snoqualmie Valley School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 831-8225	520	28	18.8	15.0%	316 (60.8%)	9 (1.7%)	69 (13.3%)	71 (13.7%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	51 (9.8%)	91.1	46^th of 534 public middle schools	91.4%		92.4	44^th of 535 public middle schools	91.8%	2	60.6	60.6	71.3	81.6	72.5	74.8	72.0	67.3	60.8	66.9	$16,023	$175	$15,848
Tillicum Middle School	Public	6-8	1280 160th Avenue SE	Bellevue	98008	King County	Bellevue School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 456-6700	676	37	18.2	19.8%	219 (32.4%)	27 (4.0%)	106 (15.7%)	212 (31.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	110 (16.3%)	90.1	54^th of 534 public middle schools	89.9%		92.9	41^st of 535 public middle schools	92.3%	13	72.3	72.3	64.1	71.1	75.7	70.5	61.5	66.0	66.5	64.8	$21,640	$588	$21,052

Frequently Asked Questions about Issaquah Middle School

Is Issaquah Middle School a good school?

Issaquah Middle School ranks 62^nd of 534 Washington middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What high school do graduates of Issaquah Middle School attend?

Students who attend Issaquah Middle School usually go on to attend Issaquah High School

What district is Issaquah Middle School in?

Issaquah School District

What is the racial makeup of Issaquah Middle School?

Students at Issaquah Middle School are 47% White, 19% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 12% Two or more races, 6% African American.

How many students attend Issaquah Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 808 students attended Issaquah Middle School.

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