Springdale Middle School, Springdale WA

Original Research by School Decision on Springdale Middle School

Springdale Middle School serves grades six through eight as part of the Mary Walker School District in the small, rural town of Springdale, Washington. The school is a regular public school and its enrollment is small, with the seventh grade notably the largest of the three grade levels. Most students are White, with smaller shares identifying as Hispanic, American Indian or Alaska Native, and two or more races. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

The town of Springdale is a very small, rural community about a forty-minute drive northwest of Spokane. It grew from logging, farming, and mining roots and retains a quiet, working-class character. The district’s schools, including this middle school, sit within the compact town layout, not on separate campuses far from the center. Residents rely on personal vehicles for most needs, and the town offers limited commercial activity. Property values in the area have risen modestly in recent years, and the town has faced governance challenges, including multiple fraud investigations by the Washington State Auditor’s Office over the past decade. The district itself did not show any recent major changes or initiatives in publicly available information.

On state assessments, academic performance at Springdale Middle School is low. In English language arts, the share of students meeting proficiency was below a third in each tested grade. In math, proficiency rates were lower across the board, with the eighth-grade cohort faring the worst. Science results for the single tested grade, eighth, were also low. Compared to other districts in Stevens County, the school’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades sits in the bottom quartile. Data is available only for the most recent school year, so there is no trend information to show whether these results are improving or declining.

A parent may want to look into this further with the school. The data does not include information on special education or English learner populations, which can clarify the kinds of support available. Discipline statistics, staffing ratios, and course access information were also absent from the available data, leaving gaps in understanding the school environment beyond test scores.

Springdale Middle School is a small, rural setting serving a low-income student body. The academic numbers are considerably weaker than most peers in the county. A family considering this school would benefit from direct conversations with the school about what instruction and support look like day to day.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 627%

School 27% · District 23% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 11 pts below state median

Grade 718%

School 18% · District 21% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median

Grade 88%

School 8% · District 7% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 624%

School 24% · District 21% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 722%

School 22% · District 20% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 29 pts below state median

Grade 830%

School 30% · District 25% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Science

Grade 827%

School 27% · District 23% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 15 pts below state median

This schoolMary Walker 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 5Lower-income14%Higher-income71%57 pp gap