Best Middle Schools in Washington

The top 50 middle schools (grades 6-8) in Washington, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 65%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Inglewood Middle School	Sammamish, WA	1,211	66%
2	Skyview Middle School	Bothell, WA	1,157	70%
3	Summit Trail Middle School	Ravensdale, WA	1,098	68%
4	Redmond Middle School	Redmond, WA	943	63%
5	Islander Middle School	Mercer Island, WA	930	77%
6	Pine Lake Middle School	Sammamish, WA	900	74%
7	Canyon Park Middle School	Bothell, WA	889	71%
8	Desert Hills Middle School	Kennewick, WA	889	62%
9	Rose Hill Middle School	Redmond, WA	885	65%
10	Odle Middle School	Bellevue, WA	873	62%
11	Leota Middle School	Woodinville, WA	839	63%
12	Northshore Middle School	Bothell, WA	827	63%
13	Maywood Middle School	Renton, WA	823	67%
14	Beaver Lake Middle School	Issaquah, WA	807	76%
15	Columbia Virtual Academy	Valley, WA	801	59%
16	Issaquah Middle School	Issaquah, WA	775	68%
17	Evergreen Middle School	Redmond, WA	771	72%
18	Timberline Middle School	Redmond, WA	752	68%
19	Skyridge Middle School	Camas, WA	734	68%
20	Kenmore Middle School	Kenmore, WA	718	63%
21	Pacific Cascade Middle School	Issaquah, WA	683	69%
22	Whitman Middle School	Seattle, WA	679	68%
23	Sumner Middle School	Sumner, WA	677	61%
24	Robert Eagle Staff Middle School	Seattle, WA	676	62%
25	Mason Middle School	Tacoma, WA	659	66%
26	Salmon Bay K-8 School	Seattle, WA	657	62%
27	Lake Stevens Middle School	Lake Stevens, WA	656	65%
28	Dutch Hill Elementary	Snohomish, WA	653	62%
29	Central Kitsap Middle School	Silverdale, WA	633	62%
30	Sunset Ridge Intermediate School	Ridgefield, WA	629	63%
31	Cougar Mountain Middle School	Issaquah, WA	628	69%
32	Kulshan Middle School	Bellingham, WA	623	66%
33	Tumwater Middle School	Tumwater, WA	616	62%
34	Machias Elementary	Snohomish, WA	606	64%
35	Madrona K-8 School	Edmonds, WA	604	54%
36	Harbor Ridge Middle School	Gig Harbor, WA	596	62%
37	Elk Plain School of Choice	Spanaway, WA	570	63%
38	Hilltop Elementary	Lynnwood, WA	555	66%
39	Libby Center	Spokane, WA	554	60%
40	Greenacres Middle School	Spokane Valley, WA	512	63%
41	Snoqualmie Middle School	Snoqualmie, WA	503	64%
42	Ridgewood Elementary School	Renton, WA	496	63%
43	Crestwood Elementary School	Covington, WA	491	63%
44	Woodward Middle School	Bainbridge Island, WA	488	68%
45	Stanwood Middle School	Stanwood, WA	477	63%
46	Hockinson Middle School	Brush Prairie, WA	476	62%
47	Maplewood Parent Coop	Edmonds, WA	469	69%
48	Pathfinder K-8 School	Seattle, WA	465	64%
49	Goodman Middle School	Gig Harbor, WA	459	65%
50	Thunder Mountain Middle School	Enumclaw, WA	454	64%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best middle school in Washington?

The largest middle school in Washington is Inglewood Middle School in Sammamish with 1,211 students and a 66% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many middle schools are in Washington?

This page shows the top 50 middle schools (grades 6-8) in Washington by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.