Best Cities in Washington for Schools

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Rank (of 291)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Medina	1	0	0	0	2	0.997	1
2^nd	Mercer Island	4	1	1	0	7	0.984	3	1
3^rd	Sammamish	9	3	2	0	3	0.964	2	1
4^th	Redmond	13	5	3	1	14	0.955	4
5^th	Bainbridge Island	5	2	2	1	6	0.942	5
6^th	Mill Creek	1	1	1	0	0	0.924	8	2
7^th	Issaquah	6	4	3	1	14	0.922	6	1
8^th	Fall City	1	1	0	0	0	0.919	7	1
9^th	Ravensdale	0	1	0	1	0	0.914	14	5
10^th	North Bend	2	1	0	0	1	0.905	11	1
11^th	Woodinville	9	2	1	2	9	0.9	9	2
12^th	Paterson	1	0	0	0	0	0.896	46	34
13^th	Kirkland	14	5	7	1	10	0.888	10	3
14^th	Lake Tapps	2	1	0	0	1	0.882	12	2
15^th	Duvall	1	0	1	0	1	0.878	21	6
16^th	Vashon	1	1	2	1	1	0.87	36	20
17^th	Newcastle	2	1	0	0	1	0.863	35	18
18^th	Colfax	1	0	1	0	0	0.856	25	7
19^th	Maple Valley	6	0	2	1	2	0.855	15	4
20^th	Cashmere	1	1	1	0	0	0.853	27	7
21^st	Kenmore	3	1	1	0	1	0.85	29	8
22^nd	Brier	1	1	0	0	0	0.847	28	6
23^rd	Shoreline	11	2	2	2	11	0.842	13	10
24^th	Snoqualmie	3	1	3	2	0	0.839	16	8
25^th	Bothell	15	3	7	1	14	0.838	19	6
26^th	University Place	4	2	2	1	2	0.827	20	6
27^th	Liberty Lake	3	1	2	0	1	0.814	33	6
28^th	Bonney Lake	6	2	1	0	0	0.809	23	5
29^th	Mukilteo	3	2	1	0	3	0.801	30	1
30^th	Carbonado	1	0	0	0	0	0.798	57	27
31^st	Camas	7	3	5	1	4	0.798	17	14
32^nd	Lake Forest Park	2	0	0	0	1	0.796	34	2
33^rd	Bellevue	17	5	7	2	34	0.796	24	9
34^th	Pullman	4	1	1	1	2	0.794	41	7
35^th	Gig Harbor	8	3	3	0	7	0.794	47	12
36^th	Colbert	2	1	0	0	1	0.785	32	4
37^th	Ione	0	1	1	0	0	0.781	61	24
38^th	Almira	1	0	0	0	0	0.781	38
39^th	Asotin	1	0	1	0	0	0.777	59	20
40^th	Sumner	3	1	1	0	1	0.776	48	8
41^st	Dupont	2	1	0	0	0	0.763	71	30
42^nd	Buckley	5	1	2	2	0	0.759	60	18
43^rd	Anacortes	4	1	4	0	2	0.756	39	4
44^th	Lopez Island	1	0	1	1	0	0.754	112	68
45^th	Coupeville	1	1	4	0	0	0.754	67	22
46^th	Northport	1	0	1	1	0	0.753	84	38
47^th	Spangle	1	0	1	0	2	0.751	58	11
48^th	Lake Stevens	7	2	4	1	1	0.745	52	4
49^th	Joint Base Lewis McChord	3	0	0	0	0	0.731	44	5
50^th	Nine Mile Falls	3	1	2	0	0	0.726	49	1
51^st	Ridgefield	2	2	1	1	1	0.721	78	27
52^nd	Carnation	2	1	1	1	0	0.719	37	15
53^rd	Vaughn	1	0	0	0	0	0.71	43	10
54^th	Davenport	1	0	3	1	0	0.709	50	4
55^th	Edmonds	10	0	2	2	4	0.707	55
56^th	Friday Harbor	1	1	2	1	3	0.704	87	31
57^th	Langley	2	1	2	0	1	0.694	72	15
58^th	Olympia	16	4	4	2	10	0.688	64	6
59^th	Wilkeson	1	0	0	0	0	0.688	26	33
60^th	Fairchild Afb	1	0	0	0	0	0.687	45	15
61^st	Centerville	1	0	0	0	0	0.686	18	43
62^nd	Ritzville	1	0	2	0	0	0.682	51	11
63^rd	Rockford	1	1	1	0	0	0.682	54	9
64^th	Reardan	1	0	1	2	1	0.681	85	21
65^th	Winthrop	1	0	1	1	1	0.678	96	31
66^th	Brinnon	1	0	0	0	0	0.677		(n/a)
67^th	Clearlake	1	0	0	0	0	0.675	89	22
68^th	Silverdale	7	2	3	2	1	0.674	66	2
69^th	Montesano	2	0	1	0	1	0.672	90	21
70^th	Eastsound	2	1	1	1	3	0.666	68	2
71^st	Palouse	1	1	2	0	0	0.666	86	15
72^nd	Leavenworth	3	1	2	0	1	0.662	42	30
73^rd	Colville	3	1	2	1	3	0.662	91	18
74^th	Waterville	1	0	1	0	0	0.659	79	5
75^th	Medical Lake	1	1	2	0	0	0.658	76	1
76^th	Steilacoom	2	0	1	1	0	0.656	74	2
77^th	Garfield	1	1	0	0	0	0.65	53	24
78^th	Endicott	1	0	0	0	0	0.649	181	103
79^th	Richland	9	2	4	1	5	0.648	81	2
80^th	Coulee City	1	1	1	0	0	0.644	31	49
81^st	Moxee	2	0	0	0	0	0.641	97	16
82^nd	Port Townsend	1	1	1	1	2	0.64	63	19
83^rd	Poulsbo	3	1	1	1	7	0.634	40	43
84^th	Snohomish	10	3	5	2	2	0.632	80	4
85^th	Oak Harbor	5	2	2	2	5	0.628	62	23
86^th	Stevenson	2	0	2	0	0	0.626	95	9
87^th	Seattle	84	19	37	7	100	0.621	94	7
88^th	Mead	2	0	2	0	0	0.621	77	11
89^th	Stanwood	3	3	2	1	0	0.62	107	18
90^th	Yacolt	1	0	0	0	0	0.619	106	16
91^st	Oakesdale	1	0	1	0	0	0.618	122	31
92^nd	Amboy	0	1	0	0	0	0.617	116	24
93^rd	Grapeview	1	0	0	0	0	0.615	69	24
94^th	Normandy Park	1	0	0	0	0	0.614	108	14
95^th	Sequim	2	1	1	2	2	0.612	82	13
96^th	Black Diamond	2	0	0	0	0	0.61	70	26
97^th	Rainier	1	1	1	0	1	0.609	92	5
98^th	Saint John	1	0	1	0	0	0.606	73	25
99^th	Enumclaw	5	2	1	1	1	0.6	88	11
100^th	Battle Ground	5	4	1	3	4	0.599	83	17
101^st	Wilbur	1	0	1	0	0	0.597	100	1
102^nd	Mountlake Terrace	4	0	1	0	3	0.595	99	3
103^rd	Kingston	3	1	2	2	0	0.594	105	2
104^th	Cle Elum	1	1	2	0	1	0.58	111	7
105^th	Washougal	5	2	2	1	0	0.58	93	12
106^th	Edgewood	4	1	0	0	1	0.577	98	8
107^th	Brush Prairie	1	1	5	1	0	0.575	101	6
108^th	Odessa	1	0	1	0	1	0.571	150	42
109^th	Renton	20	5	12	4	10	0.567	109
110^th	West Richland	3	2	0	2	0	0.562	118	8
111^th	McKenna	1	0	0	0	0	0.558	56	55
112^th	Pateros	1	0	1	1	0	0.554	161	49
113^th	Bellingham	18	4	13	1	17	0.554	113
114^th	Lakebay	1	1	0	0	0	0.553	129	15
115^th	Custer	1	0	0	0	0	0.55	133	18
116^th	Union Gap	1	0	0	0	1	0.547	114	2
117^th	Port Angeles	6	1	4	4	2	0.546	103	14
118^th	Spokane Valley	18	6	7	3	10	0.545	123	5
119^th	La Center	1	1	1	1	0	0.541	104	15
120^th	Quilcene	1	0	0	1	0	0.537	160	40
121^st	Puyallup	24	6	6	3	5	0.533	121
122^nd	Woodland	6	3	2	1	0	0.532	120	2
123^rd	Pomeroy	1	0	1	0	0	0.532	125	2
124^th	Ellensburg	5	1	3	1	2	0.531	135	11
125^th	Chattaroy	2	1	1	1	0	0.53	110	15
126^th	Sultan	1	1	3	2	0	0.528	140	14
127^th	Everett	22	6	14	4	13	0.526	143	16
128^th	White Salmon	1	2	2	0	2	0.523	137	9
129^th	Wilson Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.522	211	82
130^th	Pacific	1	0	0	0	0	0.521	158	28
131^st	Blaine	3	1	1	0	0	0.518	146	15
132^nd	Cathlamet	1	0	1	0	0	0.517	157	25
133^rd	Cheney	3	1	4	1	0	0.517	193	60
134^th	Addy	1	0	0	0	0	0.514		(n/a)
135^th	Covington	4	3	1	0	1	0.511	130	5
136^th	Lynden	3	2	2	1	5	0.511	149	13
137^th	Graham	6	2	1	0	0	0.511	138	1
138^th	Everson	3	1	2	0	0	0.506	164	26
139^th	Port Orchard	10	3	3	1	4	0.505	117	22
140^th	Tumwater	4	2	7	0	0	0.503	127	13
141^st	Chehalis	6	1	6	0	2	0.503	141
142^nd	Dayton	1	1	2	0	0	0.497	128	14
143^rd	Spokane	53	15	30	6	34	0.491	147	4
144^th	Toledo	1	1	2	0	0	0.489	165	21
145^th	Rochester	2	1	2	0	0	0.486	155	10
146^th	Monroe	3	1	2	2	7	0.485	144	2
147^th	Inchelium	1	1	1	0	0	0.483	263	116
148^th	Kalama	1	1	1	0	0	0.479	136	12
149^th	Lacey	14	5	4	1	11	0.477	145	4
150^th	Deer Park	2	1	2	1	0	0.473	126	24
151^st	Walla Walla	6	3	6	2	4	0.471	180	29
152^nd	Naselle	1	0	1	1	0	0.467	132	20
153^rd	Naches	2	1	1	0	1	0.467	171	18
154^th	College Place	1	1	2	0	2	0.456	183	29
155^th	Cosmopolis	1	0	0	1	0	0.454	148	7
156^th	Metaline Falls	1	0	0	0	0	0.451	210	54
157^th	Loon Lake	2	0	0	0	0	0.451	201	44
158^th	Yelm	5	2	2	0	1	0.45	142	16
159^th	Lyman	1	0	0	0	0	0.45	65	94
160^th	Entiat	1	0	1	0	0	0.45	134	26
161^st	Onalaska	2	1	1	0	0	0.449	170	9
162^nd	Fort Lewis	3	0	0	0	0	0.448	153	9
163^rd	East Wenatchee	6	2	1	1	0	0.446	166	3
164^th	Kittitas	1	0	1	0	0	0.442	197	33
165^th	Suquamish	1	0	0	0	0	0.438	124	41
166^th	Carson	1	1	0	1	0	0.438	182	16
167^th	Randle	1	0	1	0	0	0.435	196	29
168^th	Kettle Falls	1	1	2	0	1	0.433	151	17
169^th	Valley	2	0	1	0	0	0.429	174	5
170^th	Tukwila	4	0	3	0	1	0.423	168	2
171^st	Arlington	6	2	5	1	2	0.42	139	32
172^nd	Camano Island	2	0	0	0	0	0.415	167	5
173^rd	Sumas	1	0	0	0	0	0.414	235	62
174^th	Waitsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.414	162	12
175^th	Otis Orchards	1	0	0	0	0	0.413	204	29
176^th	Zillah	2	1	1	0	1	0.412	156	20
177^th	Ashford	1	0	0	0	0	0.409	119	58
178^th	Kelso	6	2	3	1	1	0.405	186	8
179^th	Bremerton	13	2	8	1	6	0.403	189	10
180^th	Chimacum	1	1	2	1	0	0.401	177	3
181^st	Chewelah	1	0	3	1	0	0.401	202	21
182^nd	Okanogan	1	1	4	0	0	0.4	188	6
183^rd	Elma	2	1	4	2	0	0.397	184	1
184^th	McCleary	1	0	0	0	0	0.395	131	53
185^th	Bow	2	0	0	0	0	0.394	178	7
186^th	Lynnwood	12	3	3	2	6	0.393	159	27
187^th	Wenatchee	8	4	5	4	6	0.392	192	5
188^th	Kennewick	17	6	10	1	4	0.392	169	19
189^th	Chelan	1	1	2	1	1	0.391	203	14
190^th	Clarkston	5	1	3	2	2	0.386	217	27
191^st	Tenino	2	1	1	0	0	0.383	163	28
192^nd	Tacoma	56	17	31	1	25	0.379	190	2
193^rd	Trout Lake	1	0	1	0	0	0.378	22	171
194^th	Ferndale	5	2	2	1	2	0.377	187	7
195^th	Spanaway	10	3	5	1	0	0.36	195
196^th	Eatonville	2	2	2	0	0	0.358	200	4
197^th	Morton	1	0	1	0	0	0.351	102	95
198^th	Gold Bar	1	0	0	0	0	0.351	230	32
199^th	Longview	9	3	6	2	5	0.349	216	17
200^th	Kent	23	4	7	4	5	0.347	198	2
201^st	Mossyrock	1	0	2	1	0	0.346	244	43
202^nd	Ephrata	3	2	4	0	2	0.344	173	29
203^rd	Napavine	1	0	1	0	0	0.342	152	51
204^th	Orondo	1	0	0	0	0	0.341	179	25
205^th	Vancouver	46	14	22	11	19	0.336	205
206^th	Darrington	1	0	1	0	0	0.335	237	31
207^th	South Bend	1	0	2	1	1	0.333	219	12
208^th	Tekoa	1	0	1	0	0	0.332	115	93
209^th	Oroville	1	0	1	0	1	0.331	208	1
210^th	Manson	1	1	1	0	0	0.327	191	19
211^th	Neah Bay	1	0	1	0	0	0.323	240	29
212^th	Mount Vernon	9	2	4	3	5	0.323	207	5
213^th	Deming	0	1	1	1	0	0.32	176	37
214^th	Marysville	13	5	13	1	3	0.32	226	12
215^th	Republic	1	1	1	1	1	0.319	213	2
216^th	Newport	1	1	2	1	1	0.316	175	41
217^th	Newman Lake	1	0	0	0	0	0.315	243	26
218^th	Orting	2	1	1	0	0	0.313	172	46
219^th	Yakima	24	7	20	0	9	0.312	221	2
220^th	Ocean Shores	1	1	1	0	0	0.311	249	29
221^st	Roy	1	0	0	0	0	0.305	276	55
222^nd	Cusick	2	0	1	1	0	0.301	265	43
223^rd	Auburn	20	6	6	3	9	0.298	214	9
224^th	Cowiche	1	1	1	0	0	0.296	194	30
225^th	Moses Lake	11	3	6	0	3	0.29	239	14
226^th	Shelton	6	3	6	0	2	0.288	253	27
227^th	Raymond	2	0	2	1	0	0.288	206	21
228^th	Burien	5	1	6	2	5	0.288	247	19
229^th	Toutle	1	0	1	0	0	0.285	209	20
230^th	Milton	1	1	0	0	0	0.284	256	26
231^st	Granite Falls	2	1	3	0	0	0.275	225	6
232^nd	Royal City	1	2	1	0	0	0.274	250	18
233^rd	Goldendale	1	1	1	1	1	0.273	227	6
234^th	Des Moines	5	1	4	0	3	0.272	218	16
235^th	Sedro Woolley	4	1	3	0	0	0.272	212	23
236^th	Tieton	1	0	0	0	0	0.271	246	10
237^th	Ocean Park	1	0	0	0	0	0.263	199	38
238^th	Prescott	2	1	1	0	2	0.255	232	6
239^th	Brewster	1	1	2	0	2	0.255	264	25
240^th	Westport	1	0	1	1	0	0.253	224	16
241^st	Grandview	3	1	5	0	1	0.252	220	21
242^nd	Selah	6	2	4	1	1	0.247	223	19
243^rd	Lind	1	2	0	0	0	0.245	228	15
244^th	Mesa	2	0	0	0	0	0.244	236	8
245^th	Ilwaco	0	1	1	0	0	0.244	266	21
246^th	Centralia	5	1	2	0	1	0.241	255	9
247^th	Omak	3	2	2	2	1	0.238	238	9
248^th	Federal Way	15	5	9	3	10	0.234	231	17
249^th	Winlock	2	1	2	0	0	0.233	252	3
250^th	Lyle	0	1	3	0	0	0.231	222	28
251^st	Prosser	3	1	3	0	1	0.229	257	6
252^nd	Pasco	21	4	5	0	6	0.216	261	9
253^rd	La Conner	1	1	1	0	0	0.212	241	12
254^th	Lakewood	13	4	9	2	2	0.206	248	6
255^th	Burbank	1	1	1	0	0	0.205	279	24
256^th	Belfair	3	1	2	1	0	0.2	251	5
257^th	Acme	1	0	0	0	0	0.198	215	42
258^th	Burlington	3	0	3	0	2	0.195	245	13
259^th	Warden	1	1	1	0	1	0.195	229	30
260^th	Castle Rock	1	1	1	1	0	0.192	242	18
261^st	Aberdeen	5	1	5	2	1	0.192	254	7
262^nd	Rock Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.192	268	6
263^rd	Tonasket	1	1	2	1	1	0.189	233	30
264^th	Oakville	1	0	1	1	0	0.188	259	5
265^th	Maple Falls	1	0	0	0	0	0.188	275	10
266^th	Connell	1	1	4	1	0	0.164	262	4
267^th	Dallesport	1	0	0	0	0	0.16		(n/a)
268^th	Concrete	1	0	2	1	0	0.159	234	34
269^th	Wellpinit	1	1	3	0	0	0.158	277	8
270^th	Othello	4	1	3	0	0	0.152	267	3
271^st	Quincy	5	1	1	2	1	0.151	280	9
272^nd	Forks	2	1	2	1	0	0.135	258	14
273^rd	Sunnyside	4	2	2	0	1	0.132	270	3
274^th	Hoquiam	3	1	1	1	0	0.123	271	3
275^th	Bridgeport	1	1	2	0	0	0.088	273	2
276^th	Springdale	1	1	2	4	0	0.08	274	2
277^th	Starbuck	1	0	1	0	0	0.071		(n/a)
278^th	Toppenish	4	1	3	0	0	0.066	282	4
279^th	Outlook	1	0	0	0	0	0.064	281	2
280^th	Granger	1	1	1	0	0	0.061	284	4
281^st	Seatac	4	2	3	0	1	0.059	286	5
282^nd	Coulee Dam	1	0	1	0	0	0.059	278	4
283^rd	Wapato	6	2	3	0	0	0.052	289	6
284^th	Mattawa	3	1	2	0	0	0.049	283	1
285^th	Airway Heights	1	0	0	0	0	0.044	288	3
286^th	Benton City	1	1	1	0	0	0.042	285	1
287^th	Mabton	1	0	1	0	0	0.039	287
288^th	Soap Lake	1	0	2	0	0	0.023	290	2
289^th	Tulalip	1	0	0	0	0	0.013	291	2
290^th	White Swan	0	1	3	0	0	0.009	292	2
291^st	Harrah	1	0	0	0	1	0.004	293	2

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* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on September 10, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.