Summary:
ZIP code 98204 has two public middle schools serving grades 6–8: Voyager Middle School and Explorer Middle School, both part of the Mukilteo School District. Together, they enroll 1,679 students in the area. Voyager is larger, with 902 students, while Explorer enrolls 777. The district ranks around the middle of Washington districts overall, providing a useful shared context for comparing these schools.
Explorer Middle School has the stronger overall academic profile. In 2025–26, 39.68% of students were proficient in English Language Arts and 28.84% in math, compared with 35.93% and 20.33% at Voyager Middle School. Explorer led Voyager in math at every grade level and ranked 361st of 514 Washington middle schools, compared with Voyager’s 412th-place ranking. Explorer also improved notably in English Language Arts and its statewide ranking from the prior year. It has a lower student-teacher ratio, 18.0 compared with Voyager’s 20.6, and higher per-student spending. However, both schools remain below district and state averages in English Language Arts, math, and science, so families should view Explorer as the stronger local option rather than a school that meets statewide benchmarks.
Voyager Middle School has a relative advantage in science, with 35.27% proficiency compared with 33.04% at Explorer, and its science result improved by nearly eight percentage points in the latest year. Voyager also slightly exceeded Explorer in eighth-grade English Language Arts and shows steadily rising English Language Arts results from sixth through eighth grade. Math is the clearest concern for both schools, especially at Voyager, where proficiency stayed near 20% across all three grades. For parents comparing the two schools, Explorer offers the stronger current combination of English Language Arts, math, ranking, and staffing measures, while Voyager may appeal to families placing particular value on its science results and recent science improvement.
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