Best High Schools in Washington

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the WCAS and SBAC test scores by the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction. The most recent update was on Tuesday, September 10, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 437)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
530354002976	171	Big Picture School	Public	6-12	440 S 186th St	Burien	98148	King County	Highline School District	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 631-7700	236	19	12.3	55.1%	79 (33.5%)	19 (8.1%)	74 (31.4%)	15 (6.4%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (14.4%)	$22,123			$1,511			$20,612	57.4	46.9	230	59
530831001421	172	St John/Endicott High	Public	9-12	W 301 Nob Hill	Saint John	99171	Whitman County	St. John School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 648-3336	63	7	9.1	49.2%	52 (82.5%)	1 (1.6%)	8 (12.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.2%)	$32,286			$2,948			$29,338	57.2	63.5	144	28
530783001289	173	Sequim Senior High	Public	9-12	601 N. Sequim Ave.	Sequim	98382	Clallam County	Sequim School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 582-3600	794	41	19.4	49.7%	588 (74.1%)	7 (0.9%)	103 (13.0%)	10 (1.3%)	8 (1.0%)	3 (0.4%)	72 (9.1%)	$18,958			$1,944			$17,014	57	46	236	63
530183000292	174	Crescent School	Public, Alternative	K-12	50350 Hwy 112	Port Angeles	98363	Clallam County	Crescent School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 928-3311	214	19	11	64.0%	161 (75.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.6%)	1 (0.5%)	20 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (9.3%)	$22,915			$2,799			$20,116	56.6	22.6	344	170
530585000869	175	North Thurston High School	Public	9-12	600 Sleater Kinney Rd NE	Lacey	98506	Thurston County	North Thurston Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(360) 412-4800	1,440	72	20	46.9%	630 (43.8%)	54 (3.8%)	348 (24.2%)	153 (10.6%)	15 (1.0%)	44 (3.1%)	187 (13.0%)	$15,917			$550			$15,367	56.6	68.9	113	62
530615000920	176	Okanogan High School	Public	9-12	244 South 5th Street	Okanogan	98840	Okanogan County	Okanogan School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 422-3770	312	18	17.4	70.8%	175 (56.1%)	1 (0.3%)	87 (27.9%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (11.9%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.8%)	$19,313			$2,119			$17,194	56.6	45.3	239	63
530282003610	177	Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie	Public, Magnet	6-12	33914 19th Ave SW	Federal Way	98023	King County	Federal Way School District	No	Yes	No	No	(253) 945-5000	539	37	14.7	74.6%	87 (16.1%)	81 (15.0%)	193 (35.8%)	62 (11.5%)	2 (0.4%)	37 (6.9%)	74 (13.7%)	$21,636			$4,461			$17,176	55.7	24.6	335	158
530825003401	178	The Community School	Public	9-12	1025 W Spofford Ave	Spokane	99205	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 354-3810	163	9	18.1	54.6%	130 (79.8%)	1 (0.6%)	12 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (9.2%)	$17,127			$708			$16,419	55.7	43.7	253	75
530135000240	179	Cle Elum Roslyn High School	Public	9-12	2692 Sr 903	Cle Elum	98922	Kittitas County	Cle Elum-Roslyn School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 649-4900	256	15	17.2	36.7%	215 (84.0%)	2 (0.8%)	26 (10.2%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.3%)	$18,360			$1,148			$17,212	55.6	53.6	191	12
530819002050	180	South Whidbey Academy	Public	10-12	5675 Maxwelton Road	Langley	98260	Island County	South Whidbey School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 221-4300	37	0		62.2%	32 (86.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.4%)	$10,296			$284			$10,012	55.5			(n/a)

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SBAC English Language Arts, SBAC Math, WCAS Science 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.

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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.