Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 98292

ZIP code 98292 is home to three middle schools — Port Susan Middle School, Stanwood Middle School, and Lincoln Academy — all serving grades 6–8 and all part of the Stanwood-Camano School District, which enrolls roughly 1,078 middle-grade students in total.

Port Susan Middle School is the academic standout of the area, with about 530 students, a 4-star rating, and a 2025–2026 rank of 94th of 514 middle schools — the 82nd percentile. Its all-grade proficiency beats both the district and the state in ELA (63.3%), Math (52.45%), and Science (56.67%), and it has held 4 stars for three straight years. Stanwood Middle School, with 528 students, is the standout for improvement: it jumped from 1 star and the 29th percentile to 3 stars and the 61st percentile in a single year, a 176-rank gain, with ELA, Math, and Science all rising roughly 10–12 percentage points. Even so, Stanwood remains below district and state averages in all three all-grade subjects, and Port Susan still leads it by about 8–13 points per subject — a narrower gap than the prior year, but still a clear one.

Lincoln Academy is a small outlier at just 20 students, with the highest free/reduced-lunch rate (50%), the highest per-student spending ($22,741), and the lowest student-teacher ratio (14.2, versus 21.4 at the other two). Its 2025–2026 test scores are suppressed by the state, so its current academic performance is unknown and should not be read as either strong or weak. In short: Port Susan is the strongest performer today, Stanwood has the most momentum, and Lincoln Academy cannot be compared academically right now.