Eastmont Junior High, East Wenatchee WA

Original Research by School Decision on Eastmont Junior High

Eastmont Junior High serves grades seven through nine in the Eastmont School District, drawing its roughly 700 students largely from East Wenatchee and the surrounding area. East Wenatchee itself is a growing city on the Columbia River, its economy rooted in apple and cherry orchards and diversified into retail and tourism. The housing market reflects that growth: buying a home here carries a price tag well above the national typical level, while renting is somewhat more affordable relative to incomes, though monthly mortgage costs outpace typical rent by a noticeable gap. The city has expanded substantially over recent decades through annexation, and its long-range planning suggests continued development.

The school’s student body is majority Hispanic, with a substantial White population and small shares of students who identify as Asian, two or more races, or Black. About seven in ten students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, giving the school a high level of economic need that shapes the support programs families can expect. The district’s website and publicly reported information do not indicate any major recent bond, levy, curriculum, or capital project changes, so the school appears to be operating under established conditions without a notable disruption.

On state assessments, Eastmont Junior High’s results sit below the midpoint when compared across districts in Douglas County. In English language arts, roughly half of students in both seventh and eighth grade met the state proficiency bar. In math, the rate was noticeably lower, with just over a quarter of seventh graders and about the same share of eighth graders hitting that mark. Science results for eighth graders were similar to math, also below half. Because these are results from a single year, there is no trend to draw from; a parent may want to ask the school about how the current numbers compare to past years and what specific supports are in place for students who are not yet meeting proficiency.

The school does not serve grades that produce a graduation rate, and data on chronic absenteeism and on special education and English learner populations were not available in the source records. Those are gaps that a family would want to fill by speaking directly with the school or consulting the district’s own reported figures.

What kind of experience does Eastmont Junior High offer? It is a regular public school in a district that covers a growing, economically mixed city on the eastern side of the Columbia River. The student body is diverse, with a large share of families navigating economic constraints, and the academic results on state tests are modest, particularly in math and science. For a family weighing this school, the question is less about a standout program and more about whether the school’s current level of achievement and the support it can offer for students who need it align with what they are looking for in these middle and early high school years. Visiting the campus and talking with teachers and current parents would give a clearer picture than the numbers alone can.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 728%

School 28% · District 38% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 823%

School 23% · District 27% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 748%

School 48% · District 53% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 845%

School 45% · District 50% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median

Science

Grade 823%

School 23% · District 30% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median

This schoolEastmont School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income33%Higher-income57%25 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income43%Higher-income56%13 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income38%Higher-income55%17 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income12%Higher-income31%19 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income22%Higher-income41%18 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income19%Higher-income28%9 pp gap