Summary:
ZIP code 98682 has one middle school, Frontier Middle School, serving grades 6–8 in the Vancouver area through the Evergreen School District (Clark). The school enrolls 767 students and has a 19:1 student–teacher ratio. About 43.55% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025, providing important economic context when considering achievement results. Because there is only one middle school in the ZIP code, families cannot compare schools within the area directly.
Frontier’s strongest results are in math and science compared with its district. In 2025–2026, 35.78% of students were proficient in math, 2.33 percentage points above the district but 7.33 points below Washington overall. Frontier exceeded the district in math at every grade level, with the largest advantage in 8th grade, where its rate was 7.81 points higher. Science proficiency was 41.00%, slightly above the district’s 40.43%, and 8th-grade science was 5.84 points above the district. Science also improved by 1.78 percentage points from the prior year.
English Language Arts is the clearest area for improvement. Frontier’s 34.49% proficiency rate was 6.06 points below the district and 18.32 points below the state. Seventh-grade ELA was especially weak compared with the district, while 6th grade was the school’s strongest ELA level. Even with these challenges, Frontier’s statewide ranking improved from 380th in 2023–2024 to 331st in 2025–2026, and its rating rose from one star to two. Overall, the school shows encouraging progress and relative strength in math and science, but families should recognize that proficiency remains below state averages in all three tested subjects.
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