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)
530024002074	311	Weston High School	Public	9-12	4407 172nd Street NE	Arlington	98223	Snohomish County	Arlington School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 618-6340	124	14	8.8	59.7%	97 (78.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (9.7%)	2 (1.6%)	3 (2.4%)	1 (0.8%)	9 (7.3%)	$30,891			$3,745			$27,146	30.5	32.8	301	10
530522003895	312	Vanguard Academy	Public	9-12	740 E Yonezawa Blvd	Moses Lake	98837	Grant County	Moses Lake School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(509) 766-2660	376	17	22.1	67.6%	178 (47.3%)	3 (0.8%)	175 (46.5%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.0%)								30.2	14.6	400	88
530816002575	313	Explorer Academy	Public, Alternative	K-12	1723 Wolves Dr	Port Orchard	98366	Kitsap County	South Kitsap School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 443-3605	265	10	26.5	45.3%	174 (65.7%)	4 (1.5%)	32 (12.1%)	2 (0.8%)	4 (1.5%)	8 (3.0%)	38 (14.3%)	$13,000			$647			$12,353	30	50.2	209	104
530963001629	314	Wellpinit High School	Public	9-12	6270 Ford-Wellpinit Rd	Wellpinit	99040	Stevens County	Wellpinit School District #49	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 258-4535	100	11	8.9	86.0%	3 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (79.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (9.0%)	$34,274			$4,057			$30,217	29.9	23.4	338	24
531005002713	315	Woodland Alternative School	Public	9-12	759 3rd Street	Woodland	98674	Cowlitz County	Woodland School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 841-2900	116	3	38.6	50.0%	95 (81.9%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (15.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.6%)	$10,879			$639			$10,241	29.8	47.1	228	87
530756002422	316	Rosalia Elementary & Secondary School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	916 South Josephine	Rosalia	99170	Whitman County	Rosalia School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 523-3061	173	16	10.8	57.8%	164 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.3%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.3%)	$27,532			$3,050			$24,482	29.6			(n/a)
530147003489	317	College Place High School	Public	9-12	1755 S. College Avenue	College Place	99362	Walla Walla County	College Place School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 525-4827	461	28	16.2	57.5%	223 (48.4%)	4 (0.9%)	207 (44.9%)	11 (2.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.6%)	$14,490			$1,002			$13,488	29.6	28.8	315	2
530033303541	318	Summit Public School: Olympus	Public, Charter	9-12	409 Puyallup Ave	Tacoma	98421	Pierce County	Summit Public School: Olympus	Yes	No	No	Yes	(253) 444-9781	156	12	13.5	63.5%	47 (30.1%)	33 (21.2%)	38 (24.4%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.9%)	8 (5.1%)	21 (13.5%)	$21,518			$2,494			$19,024	29.4	40.6	268	50
531011001689	319	Davis High School	Public	9-12	212 S 6th Ave	Yakima	98902	Yakima County	Yakima School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 573-2500	2,330	123	18.8	82.6%	210 (9.0%)	12 (0.5%)	2,046 (87.8%)	10 (0.4%)	12 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (1.7%)	$16,552			$2,381			$14,171	29.2	26.3	327	8
530690001012	320	Prosser High School	Public	9-12	1500 Paterson Rd.	Prosser	99350	Benton County	Prosser School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 786-1224	834	41	20.1	80.9%	252 (30.2%)	5 (0.6%)	544 (65.2%)	12 (1.4%)	7 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.6%)	$15,972			$1,545			$14,427	29.1	26.9	323	3

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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.