Summary:
ZIP code 98635 has one listed middle school, Lyle Middle School, serving grades 6–8 in the small community of Lyle, Washington. The school enrolls 57 students and is part of the Lyle School District. Its student-teacher ratio is 13.9 to 1, and 57.89% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025. With only one middle school in the ZIP code, there is no local school-to-school comparison; the most useful context comes from comparing Lyle with its district and Washington state.
In 2025–2026, Lyle Middle School’s academic results were below Washington averages in every reported subject. English Language Arts proficiency was 22.92%, compared with 52.81% statewide, while math proficiency was 14.58%, compared with 43.11% statewide. Science was 17.65%, compared with 50.95% statewide. Science was the school’s strongest subject relative to its district, where 16.22% of students were proficient, but it still lagged far behind the state. Math appears to be the most urgent academic concern, both because it had the lowest proficiency rate and because it declined from 25.93% the prior year. Science also fell substantially, from 31.58% to 17.65%, while ELA improved slightly.
Families should consider the school’s small size when interpreting these results. With just 57 students, the performance of a small number of students can cause large year-to-year percentage changes, and some eighth-grade ELA and math results were suppressed for privacy. The school reports relatively high spending of $26,460 per student and a favorable overall staffing ratio, but these measures do not by themselves guarantee higher test scores. Lyle’s ranking declined from the 31st percentile in earlier reported years to the 10th percentile in 2025–2026, and its rating fell from two stars to one. The key questions for parents are how the school is addressing math and science, how it supports individual students in a very small setting, and whether recent declines continue or reverse.
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