Summary:
ZIP code 99141 has one middle school, Kettle Falls Middle School, serving grades 5–8 with 205 students in the Kettle Falls School District. Since it is the only school in the area, there are no local school-to-school comparisons; the most useful benchmarks are the district and Washington state. The school has a 14.2-to-1 student-teacher ratio, and 61.95% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, providing important context about the community’s level of economic need.
Academic results are mixed. Science is the school’s strongest subject: 49.43% of students were proficient in 2025–2026, nearly matching the district’s 51.68% and the state’s 50.95%. Eighth-grade science was especially strong, with 60.98% proficiency, exceeding the statewide eighth-grade rate of 48.78%. Math is the biggest concern, with 22.87% proficiency compared with 27.16% in the district and 43.11% statewide. Fifth- and sixth-grade math results were particularly low, at 15.22% and 14.58%, while eighth-grade math improved to 34.15%, only 4.65 points below the state. English language arts proficiency was 31.38%, below the district’s 34.88% and well below the state’s 52.81%.
Parents may want to pay particular attention to the difference between lower and upper grades. Eighth grade had the school’s best results in ELA, math, and science, suggesting that students generally perform better by the end of middle school. However, ELA and math declined from the prior year by 8.42 and 10.29 percentage points, while science improved by 10.04 points. The school’s reported ranking also fell from the 54th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 33rd percentile in 2025–2026. Overall, the clearest priorities are strengthening early middle-school math and ELA while maintaining the school’s comparatively strong science performance.
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