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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 98952

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136

Students

Top rankedMount Adams Middle School534^th of 534 Washington middle schools

Summary:

This analysis covers the one middle school, Mount Adams Middle School, serving grades 7-8 in the rural zip code 98952 (White Swan, WA), which is part of the Mount Adams School District.

The school faces significant academic challenges, consistently ranking at the very bottom of all Washington middle schools for the last three years. Proficiency rates in core subjects are critically low, with only 2.31% of students proficient in math and 9.23% in English Language Arts, creating a gap of over 40 percentage points compared to the state average. This underperformance is a district-wide trend, as the Mount Adams School District itself is ranked last in the state.

Notably, the school has a very high per-student spending of $25,588 and serves a student population where 95.59% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic need. This combination of high investment and severe academic outcomes suggests deep, systemic challenges that extend beyond the classroom, requiring comprehensive support and targeted interventions to improve student readiness for high school and beyond.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				WCAS Science (2025)		SBAC English Language Arts (2025)			SBAC Math (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WCAS Science 8th Grade	WCAS Science All Grades	SBAC English Language Arts 7th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 8th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts All Grades	SBAC Math All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Mount Adams Middle School	Public	7-8	541 Signal Peak Road	White Swan	98952	Yakima County	Mount Adams School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 874-2324	136	6	22.2	95.6%	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (38.2%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (52.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (8.1%)	1.2	534^th of 534 public middle schools	0.0%		3.3	535^th of 535 public middle schools	0.0%	1	7.3	7.3	8.2	10.1	9.2	2.3	$25,588	$1,938	$23,650

Cities Near Zip Code 98952

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
White Swan	1.54 mi	2	285^th
Harrah	7.88 mi	1	287^th
Yakima	12.46 mi	53	216^th
Wapato	14.08 mi	10	278^th
Union Gap	16.51 mi	1	144^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.

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