Summary
Wellpinit Middle School is a small public school in the rural community of Wellpinit, Washington, serving 83 students in grades 6–8. The school is part of Wellpinit School District #49, which serves a community with substantial economic need. About 90.36% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025. The school’s 14:1 student-teacher ratio is relatively favorable, matching nearby Springdale Middle School and lower than Lakeside Middle School’s 16.4:1 ratio.
Academic results are a significant concern. For 2025–2026, Wellpinit ranked 510th out of 514 Washington middle schools, approximately the 1st percentile, and received zero stars in the available rating history. Only 16% of students were proficient in English language arts, compared with 25.58% at Springdale, 55.37% at Lakeside, and 52.81% statewide. Science proficiency was 20%, also below Springdale’s 25%, Lakeside’s 56.88%, and the state’s 50.95%. Results were low across all grades rather than concentrated in one grade. Current school-level math results were suppressed by the state, so they should be treated as unknown rather than zero; however, the district’s all-grade math proficiency was 5.16%.
There are some encouraging signs: ELA proficiency increased from 6.17% in 2023–2024 to 16% in 2025–2026, while science improved from 9.68% in 2022–2023 to 20%. These gains will need to continue over several years to change the school’s overall standing. Wellpinit is smaller than Springdale, with 83 students compared with 112, and much smaller than Lakeside’s 293. Its reported per-student spending was also higher—$26,704 versus $23,806 at Springdale and $16,383 at Lakeside—but higher spending and a favorable staffing ratio have not yet produced comparable outcomes. Because annual percentages can shift substantially in a school this small, parents may want to consider attendance, teacher stability, course access, and available academic interventions alongside test results.
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