Tonasket Middle School

Tonasket Middle School is a small public school serving 221 students in grades 6–8 in Tonasket, Washington, a rural community where many families may face economic challenges.

The school’s overall performance is below Washington’s statewide average but generally close to results for the Tonasket School District. In 2025–26, proficiency was 37.78% in English language arts, 21.88% in math, and 43.66% in science. Math is the clearest area of concern: fewer than one in four students reached proficiency overall, including 15.28% of sixth graders. ELA improves by grade, rising from 29.17% in sixth grade to 45.07% in eighth grade. Science is a relative strength, exceeding the district rate and improving from 39.44% in 2022–23 to 43.66% in 2025–26. The school’s latest ranking was 376th of 514 schools, placing it at the 27th percentile, though that is an improvement from the 16th percentile in 2021–22.

About 70.59% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–25, indicating that the school serves a population with substantial economic needs; this figure should not automatically be read as a change in family circumstances because reporting and enrollment factors can affect it. Student-teacher ratios have remained moderate, ranging from 15.6 to 17.1 in recent years. Subgroup results are uneven, with notably strong rankings for migrant students at the 76th percentile and homeless students at the 74th percentile, while the Hispanic subgroup improved to the 46th percentile. There are no other schools within 20 miles, so specific nearby-school comparisons are unavailable. Overall, the school shows gradual improvement and promising science and student-support results, but raising math achievement—especially in sixth grade—remains the most important priority.