Summary:
ZIP code 98570 has three public schools serving grades PK–12 through the Onalaska School District: Onalaska Elementary School (PK–5), Onalaska Middle School (6–8), and Onalaska High School (9–12), serving 913 students in a small community where roughly half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among the three schools, Onalaska High School has the strongest current academic highlights. Its ELA proficiency rate was 61.29%, above both the Washington average of 52.81% and the district rate of 44.08%. It also reported a 90% graduation rate, higher than the statewide 82.6% rate, and its overall ranking improved substantially compared with two years earlier. However, high school math is a significant weakness: only 20.63% of students were proficient, compared with 43.11% statewide. Onalaska Elementary School had the strongest elementary result in third-grade math, at 53.45%, slightly above the state rate, while its overall math performance was better relative to the district than its ELA performance.
Onalaska Middle School is the main area of concern for families comparing recent results. Its proficiency rates were 40.12% in ELA, 28.14% in math, and 47.17% in science, and its ranking fell sharply from the 61st percentile the previous year to the 37th percentile. Science declined at all three schools, while math remains the district’s clearest system-wide challenge, especially in fifth, sixth, and tenth grades. Overall, the schools offer a mixed picture: strong high school ELA and graduation outcomes, a promising third-grade math result, but a need for sustained math support and closer attention to recent middle-school and science declines.
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