Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 99016

ZIP code 99016 has two middle schools serving grades 6–8: Selkirk Middle School and Greenacres Middle School. Both are part of the Central Valley School District, which ranks 46th among 238 Washington districts, around the 81st percentile statewide. Together, the schools enroll 1,168 students, and both rank among the stronger middle schools in the state based on their 2025–2026 results.

Selkirk Middle School has the stronger overall academic balance. It leads in English Language Arts, with 60.74% of students proficient, and science, with 58.06% proficient. Selkirk also performs above the state in all three tested subjects and has the better current ranking, at 111th of 514 schools. Its seventh- and eighth-grade ELA results are particularly strong. Greenacres Middle School is the clear mathematics leader, with 54.75% proficiency compared with Selkirk’s 49.91%. Its sixth-grade math result, 62.35%, is especially notable and stands well above both district and state rates. Greenacres also has a stronger sixth-grade ELA result, although Selkirk leads in ELA in grades seven and eight.

Both schools improved significantly in math from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, gaining about five percentage points. Selkirk’s ELA and science results remained stable, while Greenacres’ science proficiency declined to 49.13%, making science its clearest area for attention. Greenacres has a lower student-teacher ratio, 18.2 compared with Selkirk’s 20.7, and higher per-student spending, but these figures do not by themselves explain academic outcomes. For families prioritizing balanced performance, ELA, or science, Selkirk may be the stronger fit; families placing particular emphasis on mathematics and sixth-grade performance may prefer Greenacres.