Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 98024

ZIP code 98024 has one listed middle school, Chief Kanim Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with about 520 students in the Snoqualmie Valley area.

Chief Kanim Middle School is a high-performing school by statewide standards. It ranked 26th out of 514 Washington middle schools for 2025–2026, placing it in the 95th percentile with a five-star rating. Its performance was well above state averages in every reported subject: 75.95% of students were proficient in English Language Arts, 72.38% in math, and 69.18% in science. Those results were approximately 23, 29, and 18 percentage points higher than the corresponding state rates. The school also improved in all three subjects compared with the prior year, with especially strong gains in math and science.

Although Chief Kanim performed slightly below the averages for the Snoqualmie Valley School District, the district is itself among Washington’s strongest, ranked sixth out of 238 districts. Parents may want to note a few grade-level patterns: eighth-grade ELA was particularly strong at 79.62%, while sixth-grade math led the school at 76.42%. Math results declined across the middle-school years, reaching 68.79% in eighth grade, and science was the school’s largest gap relative to the district despite its substantial year-over-year improvement. Other reported context includes a 15% free/reduced-price lunch rate, $16,023 in spending per student, and an 18.8 student-teacher ratio.