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Shaw Middle School

Q: Is Shaw Middle School a good school?

Shaw Middle School ranks in the bottom 4.7% of Washington middle schools.

Q: How many students attend Shaw Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 693 students attended Shaw Middle School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Shaw Middle School?

Students at Shaw Middle School are 56% White, 15% Hispanic, 14% Two or more races, 6% Pacific Islander, 4% African American, 3% American Indian, 2% Asian.

Q: What high school do graduates of Shaw Middle School attend?

Students who attend Shaw Middle School usually go on to attend Rogers High School

Public Grades 6-8

509^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 534 Washington Middle Schools

Better than 5% of Washington middle schools

Summary

Shaw Middle School is a public school serving about 690 students in grades 6-8 within the Spokane School District, which ranks in the middle of Washington districts, but the school itself consistently ranks among the lowest-performing middle schools in the state.

Academically, Shaw's test scores are significantly below district and state averages, with only about 24% of students proficient in English and 17% in math, which are the lowest rates among nearby middle schools in the district like Sacajawea Middle School and Chase Middle School. The school has a very high percentage of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and there is a notable pattern where several geographically close schools, including Garry Middle School and Denny Yasuhara Middle School, also have high economic need and low rankings, suggesting neighborhood challenges that extend beyond school walls.

Despite spending more per student and having smaller class sizes than some higher-performing schools, Shaw has struggled with outcomes. However, there are signs of a slight recent improvement in its state ranking, and performance varies among different student groups, with some showing more progress than others. This indicates that while Shaw faces significant challenges, targeted strategies could help, especially when compared to schools in other districts like West Valley City School that achieve stronger results with similar student demographics.

693

Students ?

15.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,188

Per pupil spending ?

79.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4106 N Cook St
Spokane, WA 99207-5892

(509) 354-5800

District: Spokane School District

Students who attend Shaw Middle School usually attend:

High:

Rogers High School

Feeder schools for Shaw Middle School:

Elementary:	Bemiss Elementary
	Cooper Elementary
	Longfellow Elementary
	Regal Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

55.6%

Hispanic:

15.0%

Two or more races:

14.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 16th percentile in 2015 → 5th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Washington average (18% vs 48% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 11 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school18%

District avg45%

Washington avg48%

509^th of 534

Washington public middle schools ?

Bottom 5%▼ down 12 pts since 2015

From bottom 16% (2015) to bottom 5% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

9^th of 9Middle Schools in the Spokane School District

129^th of 247Spokane 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	8.1	509 of 534	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.3	523 of 535	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.2	508 of 539	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.5	489 of 541	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.1	492 of 529	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.9	498 of 512	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.9	392 of 437	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	10.7	400 of 435	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	12.9	397 of 443	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	18.5	372 of 445	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	15.9	444 of 498	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	16.7	443 of 497	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	36.8	337 of 492	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2010	25.2	387 of 483	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	29.9	361 of 476	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	33.7	320 of 466	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2007	28.8	351 of 463	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	24.9	357 of 449	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	27.3	335 of 425	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	19.7	365 of 421	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2018	1.4	123 of 123	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2018	24.1	122 of 135	9.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	8.1	452 of 471	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.6	456 of 464	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.7	442 of 464	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.3	445 of 479	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.9	445 of 469	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.0	443 of 452	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.9	355 of 376	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	25.1	274 of 347	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.2	234 of 344	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	22.9	265 of 336	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.4	319 of 360	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.8	309 of 353	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.6	324 of 344	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	21.0	215 of 259	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2022	21.4	30 of 33	9.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.2	57 of 59	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	11.7	431 of 457	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.2	436 of 455	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.8	413 of 463	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.4	414 of 475	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.1	399 of 458	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.5	430 of 448	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	21.6	298 of 349	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	7.4	456 of 472	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.0	442 of 466	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.8	447 of 470	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.1	428 of 480	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.2	425 of 476	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	4.3	448 of 453	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.6	341 of 371	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	4.2	246 of 246	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.5	243 of 243	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.8	240 of 244	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.8	243 of 257	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	13.3	232 of 250	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	1.9	245 of 246	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.6	153 of 166	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Pacific Islander

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2018	30.7	8 of 11	27.3%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2018	14.9	263 of 268	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	4.5	481 of 488	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.8	483 of 486	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.5	482 of 488	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.3	463 of 488	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.7	470 of 480	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.0	463 of 470	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	4.4	320 of 325	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Pacific Islander (2018)27th percentile+17 vs school

Hispanic (2025)21st percentile+16 vs school

English Language Learner (2018)10th percentile~ school

Homeless (2022)9th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)6th percentile~ school

Female (2025)4th percentile~ school

Male (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Special Education (2018)2nd percentile-8 vs school

White (2025)1st percentile-3 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)<1st percentile-5 vs school

Asian (2018)<1st percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs Washington (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts24%-29 vs state

Math17%-26 vs state

Science14%-36 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 5th Grade	WCAS Science 8th Grade	WCAS Science All Grades	SBAC English Language Arts 5th Grade	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 5th Grade	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
Shaw Middle School	Public	6-8	4106 N Cook St	Spokane	99207	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 354-5800	693	46	15.1	79.2%	385 (55.6%)	29 (4.2%)	104 (15.0%)	13 (1.9%)	18 (2.6%)	45 (6.5%)	99 (14.3%)	8.1	509^th of 534 public middle schools	4.7%		7.3	523^rd of 535 public middle schools	2.2%	14		13.6	13.6		23.8	23.8	23.6	23.7		20.8	17.1	11.7	16.6	$19,188	$2,314	$16,873
Denny Yasuhara Middle School	Public	6-8	2701 N. Perry St.	Spokane	99207	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 824-8200	596	41	14.6	83.7%	280 (47.0%)	26 (4.4%)	100 (16.8%)	24 (4.0%)	17 (2.9%)	34 (5.7%)	115 (19.3%)	8.8	503^rd of 534 public middle schools	5.8%		8	514^th of 535 public middle schools	3.9%	11		21.2	21.2		27.8	22.2	30.4	26.8		14.0	16.3	9.0	13.1	$21,603	$1,892	$19,711
Garry Middle School	Public	6-8	725 E Joseph Ave	Spokane	99207	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 354-5200	410	30	13.8	82.0%	199 (48.5%)	22 (5.4%)	73 (17.8%)	19 (4.6%)	5 (1.2%)	14 (3.4%)	77 (18.8%)	17.9	452^nd of 534 public middle schools	15.4%		17.7	457^th of 535 public middle schools	14.6%	5		31.2	31.2		27.5	36.2	35.3	32.6		18.7	21.6	25.2	21.6	$21,970	$2,398	$19,572
Glover Middle School	Public	6-8	2330 W Longfellow Ave	Spokane	99205	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 354-5400	537	33	16.1	73.0%	332 (61.8%)	26 (4.8%)	64 (11.9%)	11 (2.0%)	7 (1.3%)	10 (1.9%)	87 (16.2%)	20.6	436^th of 534 public middle schools	18.4%		17.9	455^th of 535 public middle schools	15.0%	19		30.8	30.8		35.0	30.4	40.3	35.1		21.1	20.9	28.2	23.2	$21,955	$2,089	$19,866
Salk Middle School	Public	6-8	6411 N Alberta St	Spokane	99208	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 354-5600	658	39	16.9	62.2%	429 (65.2%)	29 (4.4%)	82 (12.5%)	19 (2.9%)	7 (1.1%)	17 (2.6%)	75 (11.4%)	32.3	358^th of 534 public middle schools	33.0%		25.7	397^th of 535 public middle schools	25.8%	39		39.5	39.5		33.5	47.6	60.0	46.8		24.3	27.0	16.5	22.5	$19,356	$1,663	$17,693
Centennial Middle School	Public	6-8	915 N Ella Rd	Spokane	99212	Spokane County	West Valley School District (Spokane)	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 922-5482	536	29	18.2	59.5%	393 (73.3%)	18 (3.4%)	71 (13.2%)	9 (1.7%)	3 (0.6%)	6 (1.1%)	36 (6.7%)	23.6	423^rd of 534 public middle schools	20.8%		34.5	340^th of 535 public middle schools	36.4%	83		28.7	28.7		32.8	45.2	36.8	38.1		27.2	30.1	19.7	25.6	$18,051	$1,289	$16,762
West Valley City School	Public	5-8	8920 E Valleyway	Spokane	99212	Spokane County	West Valley School District (Spokane)	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 921-2836	200	8	24.2	49.5%	152 (76.0%)	3 (1.5%)	17 (8.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (13.0%)	67.8	150^th of 534 public middle schools	71.9%		42.6	295^th of 535 public middle schools	44.9%	145	71.4	61.7	64.7	76.2	44.1	69.5	76.1	63.8	47.6	33.9	55.9	39.1	43.8	$14,031	$881	$13,150
Sacajawea Middle School	Public	6-8	401 E 33Rd Ave	Spokane	99203	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 354-5500	855	48	17.9	40.4%	616 (72.0%)	29 (3.4%)	99 (11.6%)	9 (1.1%)	6 (0.7%)	13 (1.5%)	81 (9.5%)	83.7	77^th of 534 public middle schools	85.6%		80.3	90^th of 535 public middle schools	83.2%	13		55.4	55.4		72.5	67.2	64.8	68.2		60.5	57.6	59.8	59.3	$15,364	$1,168	$14,196
Pauline Flett Middle School	Public	6-8	5020 W Wellesley	Spokane	99205	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 824-8000	609	35	17.4	60.8%	449 (73.7%)	13 (2.1%)	54 (8.9%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (1.0%)	82 (13.5%)	42.5	285^th of 534 public middle schools	46.6%		23.6	415^th of 535 public middle schools	22.4%	130		41.5	41.5		47.3	43.8	47.3	46.1		43.5	34.7	30.1	35.9	$17,828	$926	$16,903
Chase Middle School	Public	6-8	4747 E 37Th Ave	Spokane	99223	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 354-5000	685	43	16.1	55.5%	457 (66.7%)	27 (3.9%)	77 (11.2%)	29 (4.2%)	2 (0.3%)	16 (2.3%)	75 (10.9%)	51.5	235^th of 534 public middle schools	56.0%		53	233^rd of 535 public middle schools	56.4%	2		38.1	38.1		51.8	46.3	50.7	49.6		48.0	40.6	41.5	43.4	$17,951	$1,047	$16,904

Frequently Asked Questions about Shaw Middle School

What high school do graduates of Shaw Middle School attend?

Students who attend Shaw Middle School usually go on to attend Rogers High School

What district is Shaw Middle School in?

Spokane School District

How many students attend Shaw Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 693 students attended Shaw Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Shaw Middle School?

Students at Shaw Middle School are 56% White, 15% Hispanic, 14% Two or more races, 6% Pacific Islander, 4% African American, 3% American Indian, 2% Asian.

Is Shaw Middle School a good school?

Shaw Middle School ranks in the bottom 4.7% of Washington middle schools.

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