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)
530969002244	431	Dishman Hills High School	Public	8-12	115 S University	Spokane	99206	Spokane County	West Valley School District (Spokane)	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 927-1100	278	12	23.7	89.2%	29 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.5%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	$11,746			$1,122			$10,625	4.7	7.4	425	6
530910002688	432	Cascadia High School	Public	8-12	7299 New Market St SW Bldg E	Tumwater	98512	Thurston County	Tumwater School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 709-7760	109	5	24.2	58.7%	81 (74.3%)	5 (4.6%)	11 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (10.1%)	$12,282			$983			$11,300	4.4	14.3	403	29
530003000002	433	Harbor Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	300 N. Williams St.	Aberdeen	98520	Grays Harbor County	Aberdeen School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 538-2180	124	7	18	79.8%	81 (65.3%)	1 (0.8%)	31 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.6%)	$24,655			$4,478			$20,177	4.2	2.5	439	6
530030003902	434	West Auburn Senior High School	Public, Alternative	K-12	401 W Main St	Auburn	98001	King County	Auburn School District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(253) 931-4990	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								3.7			(n/a)
530354000555	435	Tyee High School	Public	9-12	4424 S 188th St	SeaTac	98188	King County	Highline School District	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 433-2341	674	37	18.4	82.8%	44 (6.5%)	147 (21.8%)	298 (44.2%)	79 (11.7%)	4 (0.6%)	67 (9.9%)	29 (4.3%)	$22,372			$1,790			$20,582	3.6	7.8	424	11
531014000134	436	Yelm Extension School	Public	9-12	107 First St. N	Yelm	98597	Thurston County	Yelm School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 458-6223	134	5	29.7	69.4%	78 (58.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (23.9%)	2 (1.5%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	20 (14.9%)	$12,678			$593			$12,086	3.3	23.4	339	97
530282003306	437	Career Academy at Truman High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	31455 28th Ave S	Federal Way	98003	King County	Federal Way School District	No	Yes	No	No	(253) 945-5800	68	3	19.8	80.9%	18 (26.5%)	13 (19.1%)	13 (19.1%)	1 (1.5%)	2 (2.9%)	5 (7.4%)	15 (22.1%)	$29,583			$3,279			$26,304	2.2			(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.