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Best Public Middle Schools in Seattle + Eastside

Seattle and Eastside middle schools follow the same cross-shore pattern as the elementary lens. The Eastside districts (Bellevue, Lake Washington, Issaquah) lead the SBA math and reading proficiency ranking, with proficiency rates in the high 70s to low 80s percent across the top of the metro.

Bellevue School District's middle-school leaders — Tillicum, Tyee, Odle, Chinook — feed into the BSD high schools (Bellevue, Newport, Sammamish, plus the choice options at Interlake and International). Lake Washington School District's middles (Evergreen, Inglewood, Rose Hill, Stella Schola) feed into the LWSD comprehensive 9-12s and Tesla STEM. Issaquah School District's middles (Pacific Cascade, Maywood, Pine Lake) feed the plateau high schools.

Seattle Public Schools' top middles include Hamilton International (the district's IB middle school option), Mercer (which hosts the Cascadia-track Highly Capable Cohort at the middle-school level), and McClure. The Seattle pattern is different from the Eastside: SPS middles cluster more around designated program buildings (Highly Capable Cohort, IB, language-immersion) than around neighborhood demographics, while Eastside middles track more closely to district affluence and feeder patterns.

† OSPI withheld this school's 2025-26 result in one or both subjects under its top/bottom suppression rule; the school's 2024-25 result is used for that subject.

Ranked schools

001NORTHSTAR MIDDLE SCHOOLLAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING92%†
002STELLA SCHOLALAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING90%
003ENVIRONMENTAL & ADVENTURE SCHOOLLAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING85%†
004EVERGREEN MIDDLE SCHOOLLAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING84%
005PINE LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING82%
006TYEE MIDDLE SCHOOLBELLEVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING82%
007TIMBERLINE MIDDLE SCHOOLLAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING81%
008BEAVER LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING81%
009INGLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLLAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING81%
010ISLANDER MIDDLE SCHOOLMERCER ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING78%
011HAMILTON INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOLSEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 · KING77%
012ROSE HILL MIDDLE SCHOOLLAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING76%
013ODLE MIDDLE SCHOOLBELLEVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING76%
014PACIFIC CASCADE MIDDLE SCHOOLISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING76%
015RENAISSANCE SCHOOL OF ART AND REASONINGLAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING75%
016TIMBERCREST MIDDLE SCHOOLNORTHSHORE SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING75%
017KIRKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLLAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING74%
018CHIEF KANIM MIDDLE SCHOOLSNOQUALMIE VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING74%
019COUGAR MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOLISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING73%
020WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOLSEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 · KING73%
021ECKSTEIN MIDDLE SCHOOLSEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 · KING72%
022ROBERT EAGLE STAFF MIDDLE SCHOOLSEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 · KING72%
023MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOLSEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 · KING71%
024REDMOND MIDDLE SCHOOLLAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING71%
025RAINIER PREPRAINIER PREP CHARTER SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING69%

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