Best Cities in Washington for Schools

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Rank (of 287)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
1^st	Medina	1	0	0	0	2	0.997	1
2^nd	Mercer Island	4	1	1	0	7	0.972	2
3^rd	Sammamish	9	3	2	0	3	0.968	3
4^th	Redmond	15	5	3	1	14	0.953	4
5^th	Bainbridge Island	5	2	2	1	6	0.944	5
6^th	Fall City	1	1	0	0	0	0.937	8	2
7^th	Issaquah	8	4	3	1	14	0.93	7
8^th	Mill Creek	1	1	1	0	0	0.926	6	2
9^th	Ravensdale	0	1	0	1	0	0.921	9
10^th	North Bend	2	1	0	0	1	0.916	10
11^th	Duvall	1	0	1	0	1	0.888	15	4
12^th	Cashmere	1	1	1	0	0	0.885	20	8
13^th	Snoqualmie	3	1	3	2	0	0.879	24	11
14^th	Kenmore	3	1	1	0	1	0.871	21	7
15^th	Bonney Lake	6	2	1	0	0	0.866	28	13
16^th	Woodinville	9	2	1	2	9	0.865	11	5
17^th	Lake Tapps	2	1	0	0	1	0.865	14	3
18^th	Brier	1	1	0	0	0	0.864	22	4
19^th	Maple Valley	6	0	2	1	2	0.861	19
20^th	Kirkland	14	5	7	1	10	0.856	13	7
21^st	University Place	4	2	2	2	2	0.855	26	5
22^nd	Gig Harbor	8	3	3	0	7	0.833	35	13
23^rd	Shoreline	12	2	2	2	11	0.832	23
24^th	Newcastle	2	1	0	0	1	0.83	17	7
25^th	Paterson	1	0	0	0	0	0.828	12	13
26^th	Vashon	1	1	2	1	1	0.816	16	10
27^th	Camas	9	3	5	1	4	0.814	31	4
28^th	Bothell	15	3	7	1	14	0.814	25	3
29^th	Carbonado	1	0	0	0	0	0.813	30	1
30^th	Ione	0	1	1	0	0	0.806	37	7
31^st	Colbert	2	1	0	0	1	0.804	36	5
32^nd	Bellevue	17	5	7	2	34	0.803	33	1
33^rd	Mukilteo	4	2	1	0	3	0.795	29	4
34^th	Liberty Lake	3	1	2	0	1	0.794	27	7
35^th	Sumner	4	1	1	0	1	0.794	40	5
36^th	Pullman	4	1	1	1	2	0.78	34	2
37^th	Almira	1	0	0	0	0	0.779	38	1
38^th	Spangle	1	0	1	0	2	0.776	47	9
39^th	Lake Stevens	8	2	4	2	1	0.774	48	9
40^th	Coulee City	1	1	1	0	0	0.769	80	40
41^st	Poulsbo	3	1	1	1	7	0.765	83	42
42^nd	Palouse	1	1	2	0	0	0.762	71	29
43^rd	Davenport	1	0	3	1	0	0.759	54	11
44^th	Steilacoom	4	0	1	1	0	0.757	76	32
45^th	Lake Forest Park	2	0	0	0	1	0.753	32	13
46^th	Rockford	1	1	1	0	0	0.752	63	17
47^th	Colfax	1	0	1	0	0	0.738	18	29
48^th	Wilkeson	1	0	0	0	0	0.737	59	11
49^th	Carnation	2	1	1	2	0	0.735	52	3
50^th	Eastsound	2	1	1	1	3	0.735	70	20
51^st	Asotin	1	0	1	0	0	0.727	39	12
52^nd	Buckley	5	1	2	2	0	0.725	42	10
53^rd	Coupeville	1	1	4	0	0	0.704	45	8
54^th	Leavenworth	3	1	2	0	1	0.701	72	18
55^th	Medical Lake	1	1	2	0	0	0.701	75	20
56^th	Dupont	2	1	0	0	0	0.7	41	15
57^th	Nine Mile Falls	3	1	2	0	0	0.695	50	7
58^th	Olympia	16	4	4	2	10	0.692	58
59^th	Anacortes	5	1	4	0	2	0.691	43	16
60^th	Northport	1	0	1	1	0	0.69	46	14
61^st	Edmonds	10	0	2	2	4	0.689	55	6
62^nd	Sequim	2	1	1	2	2	0.687	95	33
63^rd	Black Diamond	2	0	0	0	0	0.686	96	33
64^th	Montesano	2	0	1	0	1	0.683	69	5
65^th	Amboy	0	1	0	0	0	0.682	92	27
66^th	Clearlake	1	0	0	0	0	0.68	67	1
67^th	Silverdale	7	2	3	2	1	0.679	68	1
68^th	Lopez Island	1	0	1	1	0	0.678	44	24
69^th	Snohomish	11	3	5	2	2	0.678	84	15
70^th	Fairchild Afb	1	0	0	0	0	0.678	60	10
71^st	Stevenson	3	0	2	0	0	0.676	86	15
72^nd	Friday Harbor	1	1	2	1	3	0.667	56	16
73^rd	Oak Harbor	7	2	2	2	5	0.667	85	12
74^th	Mead	2	0	2	0	0	0.664	88	14
75^th	La Center	1	1	1	1	0	0.653	119	44
76^th	Ritzville	1	0	2	0	0	0.652	62	14
77^th	Saint John	1	0	1	0	0	0.651	98	21
78^th	Cle Elum	1	1	2	0	1	0.644	104	26
79^th	Ridgefield	3	2	1	1	1	0.642	51	28
80^th	Enumclaw	5	2	1	1	1	0.64	99	19
81^st	Normandy Park	1	0	0	0	0	0.64	94	13
82^nd	Mountlake Terrace	4	0	1	0	3	0.633	102	20
83^rd	Endicott	1	0	0	0	0	0.631	78	5
84^th	Chattaroy	2	1	1	1	0	0.63	125	41
85^th	Richland	10	2	4	1	5	0.628	79	6
86^th	Langley	2	1	2	0	1	0.626	57	29
87^th	Colville	3	1	2	1	3	0.626	73	14
88^th	Moxee	2	0	0	0	0	0.626	81	7
89^th	Seattle	85	19	37	7	100	0.624	87	2
90^th	Reardan	1	0	1	2	1	0.612	64	26
91^st	Winthrop	1	0	1	1	1	0.611	65	26
92^nd	Rainier	1	1	1	0	1	0.609	97	5
93^rd	Pomeroy	1	0	1	0	0	0.601	123	30
94^th	Edgewood	4	1	0	0	1	0.599	106	12
95^th	McKenna	1	0	0	0	0	0.586	111	16
96^th	Grapeview	1	0	0	0	0	0.585	93	3
97^th	Spokane Valley	20	6	7	3	10	0.575	118	21
98^th	Port Townsend	1	1	1	1	2	0.574	82	16
99^th	Port Angeles	6	1	4	4	2	0.57	117	18
100^th	Trout Lake	1	0	1	0	0	0.57	193	93
101^st	Oakesdale	1	0	1	0	0	0.568	91	10
102^nd	Waterville	1	0	1	0	0	0.568	74	28
103^rd	White Salmon	1	2	2	0	2	0.566	128	25
104^th	Lynden	4	2	2	1	5	0.565	136	32
105^th	Bellingham	19	4	13	1	17	0.562	113	8
106^th	Port Orchard	11	3	3	1	4	0.561	139	33
107^th	Yacolt	1	0	0	0	0	0.56	90	17
108^th	Renton	21	5	12	4	10	0.56	109	1
109^th	West Richland	3	2	0	2	0	0.558	110	1
110^th	Battle Ground	5	4	1	3	4	0.558	100	10
111^th	Washougal	6	2	2	1	0	0.556	105	6
112^th	Joint Base Lewis McChord	6	0	0	0	0	0.555	49	63
113^th	Brush Prairie	1	1	5	1	0	0.544	107	6
114^th	Odessa	1	0	1	0	1	0.543	108	6
115^th	Graham	6	2	1	0	0	0.54	137	22
116^th	Puyallup	24	6	6	3	5	0.539	121	5
117^th	Cathlamet	1	0	1	0	0	0.539	132	15
118^th	Naselle	1	0	1	1	0	0.538	152	34
119^th	Stanwood	3	3	2	1	0	0.538	89	30
120^th	Tumwater	4	2	7	0	0	0.536	140	20
121^st	Sultan	2	1	3	2	0	0.534	126	5
122^nd	Morton	1	0	1	0	0	0.534	197	75
123^rd	Chehalis	6	1	6	0	2	0.529	141	18
124^th	Vaughn	1	0	0	0	0	0.528	53	71
125^th	East Wenatchee	7	2	1	2	0	0.527	163	38
126^th	Monroe	4	1	2	2	7	0.52	146	20
127^th	Woodland	6	3	2	1	0	0.519	122	5
128^th	Manson	2	1	1	0	0	0.515	210	82
129^th	Metaline Falls	1	0	0	0	0	0.506	156	27
130^th	Onalaska	2	1	1	0	0	0.506	161	31
131^st	Lyman	1	0	0	0	0	0.503	159	28
132^nd	Quilcene	1	0	0	1	0	0.503	120	12
133^rd	Suquamish	1	0	0	0	0	0.5	165	32
134^th	Zillah	2	1	1	0	1	0.498	176	42
135^th	Deer Park	4	1	2	1	0	0.495	150	15
136^th	Eatonville	2	2	2	0	0	0.493	196	60
137^th	Everson	4	1	2	0	0	0.49	138	1
138^th	Everett	22	6	14	4	13	0.489	127	11
139^th	College Place	1	1	2	0	2	0.489	154	15
140^th	Naches	2	1	1	0	1	0.488	153	13
141^st	Lacey	14	5	4	1	11	0.487	149	8
142^nd	Chewelah	1	0	3	1	0	0.486	181	39
143^rd	Prescott	3	1	1	0	2	0.483	238	95
144^th	Union Gap	1	0	0	0	1	0.479	116	28
145^th	Blaine	3	1	1	0	0	0.478	131	14
146^th	McCleary	1	0	0	0	0	0.478	184	38
147^th	Orondo	1	0	0	0	0	0.475	204	57
148^th	Covington	4	3	1	0	1	0.472	135	13
149^th	Spokane	56	15	30	6	34	0.471	143	6
150^th	Lakebay	1	1	0	0	0	0.466	114	36
151^st	Valley	3	0	1	0	0	0.464	169	18
152^nd	Yelm	5	2	2	0	1	0.463	158	6
153^rd	Ellensburg	6	1	3	1	2	0.463	124	29
154^th	Kingston	3	1	2	2	0	0.463	103	51
155^th	Kalama	1	1	1	0	0	0.461	148	7
156^th	Chimacum	1	1	2	1	0	0.457	180	24
157^th	Pacific	1	0	0	0	0	0.453	130	27
158^th	Rochester	2	1	2	0	0	0.45	145	13
159^th	Arlington	5	2	5	2	2	0.444	171	12
160^th	Inchelium	1	1	1	0	0	0.444	147	13
161^st	Pateros	1	0	1	1	0	0.44	112	49
162^nd	Kittitas	2	0	1	0	0	0.437	164	2
163^rd	Bremerton	14	2	8	1	6	0.436	179	16
164^th	Bow	2	0	0	0	0	0.43	185	21
165^th	Lynnwood	12	3	3	2	6	0.428	186	21
166^th	Cusick	2	0	1	1	0	0.424	222	56
167^th	Ashford	1	0	0	0	0	0.423	177	10
168^th	Okanogan	1	1	4	0	0	0.422	182	14
169^th	Tenino	2	1	1	0	0	0.421	191	22
170^th	Kettle Falls	2	1	2	0	1	0.417	168	2
171^st	South Bend	1	0	2	1	1	0.416	207	36
172^nd	Tekoa	1	0	1	0	0	0.415	208	36
173^rd	Kelso	6	2	3	1	1	0.414	178	5
174^th	Walla Walla	8	3	6	2	4	0.413	151	23
175^th	Otis Orchards	1	0	0	0	0	0.412	175
176^th	Carson	1	1	0	1	0	0.41	166	10
177^th	Camano Island	2	0	0	0	0	0.406	172	5
178^th	Republic	1	1	1	1	1	0.406	215	37
179^th	Oroville	1	0	1	0	1	0.403	209	30
180^th	Tukwila	4	0	3	0	1	0.4	170	10
181^st	Toledo	1	1	2	0	0	0.393	144	37
182^nd	Kennewick	18	6	10	1	4	0.39	188	6
183^rd	Clarkston	5	1	3	2	2	0.389	190	7
184^th	Wenatchee	8	4	5	4	6	0.388	187	3
185^th	Tieton	1	0	0	0	0	0.388	236	51
186^th	Custer	1	0	0	0	0	0.386	115	71
187^th	Napavine	1	0	1	0	0	0.385	203	16
188^th	Orting	3	1	1	0	0	0.385	218	30
189^th	Chelan	2	1	2	1	1	0.38	189
190^th	Cheney	4	1	4	1	0	0.38	133	57
191^st	Dayton	1	1	2	0	0	0.378	142	49
192^nd	Tacoma	63	17	31	2	25	0.369	192
193^rd	Longview	9	3	6	2	5	0.365	199	6
194^th	Spanaway	13	3	5	1	0	0.364	195	1
195^th	Raymond	3	0	2	1	0	0.361	227	32
196^th	Wilbur	1	0	1	0	0	0.357	101	95
197^th	Ferndale	6	2	2	1	2	0.356	194	3
198^th	Cowiche	1	1	1	0	0	0.349	224	26
199^th	Waitsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.344	174	25
200^th	Ephrata	4	2	4	0	2	0.344	202	2
201^st	Westport	1	0	1	1	0	0.339	240	39
202^nd	Mount Vernon	9	2	5	3	5	0.338	212	10
203^rd	Gold Bar	1	0	0	0	0	0.335	198	5
204^th	Kent	24	4	7	4	5	0.333	200	4
205^th	Newport	1	1	2	1	1	0.332	216	11
206^th	Entiat	1	0	1	0	0	0.331	160	46
207^th	Sedro Woolley	5	1	3	0	0	0.328	235	28
208^th	Elma	2	1	4	2	0	0.327	183	25
209^th	Vancouver	48	14	22	11	19	0.327	205	4
210^th	Mossyrock	1	0	2	1	0	0.326	201	9
211^th	Sumas	1	0	0	0	0	0.325	173	38
212^th	Lyle	0	1	3	0	0	0.324	250	38
213^th	Auburn	20	6	6	3	9	0.323	223	10
214^th	Royal City	1	2	1	0	0	0.319	232	18
215^th	Loon Lake	2	0	0	0	0	0.312	157	58
216^th	Yakima	27	7	20	0	9	0.31	219	3
217^th	Ocean Park	1	0	0	0	0	0.302	237	20
218^th	Dallesport	1	0	0	0	0	0.296	267	49
219^th	Roy	1	0	0	0	0	0.292	221	2
220^th	Acme	1	0	0	0	0	0.291	257	37
221^st	Milton	1	1	0	0	0	0.288	230	9
222^nd	Marysville	14	5	13	1	3	0.286	214	8
223^rd	Randle	1	0	1	0	0	0.277	167	56
224^th	Grandview	3	1	5	0	1	0.269	241	17
225^th	Des Moines	5	1	4	0	3	0.269	234	9
226^th	Concrete	2	0	2	1	0	0.268	268	42
227^th	Neah Bay	1	0	1	0	0	0.267	211	16
228^th	Moses Lake	12	3	6	0	3	0.266	225	3
229^th	Shelton	6	3	6	0	2	0.265	226	3
230^th	Goldendale	2	1	1	1	1	0.263	233	3
231^st	Prosser	3	1	3	0	1	0.262	251	20
232^nd	Granite Falls	2	1	3	0	0	0.262	231	1
233^rd	Deming	1	1	1	1	0	0.261	213	20
234^th	Addy	1	0	0	0	0	0.26	134	100
235^th	Burien	5	1	6	2	5	0.259	228	7
236^th	Ocean Shores	1	1	1	0	0	0.259	220	16
237^th	Newman Lake	1	0	0	0	0	0.253	217	20
237^th	Mesa	2	0	0	0	0	0.253	244	7
239^th	Ilwaco	0	1	1	0	0	0.253	245	6
240^th	Federal Way	18	5	9	3	10	0.251	248	8
241^st	Cosmopolis	1	0	0	1	0	0.245	155	86
242^nd	Tonasket	1	1	2	1	1	0.242	263	21
243^rd	Winlock	2	1	2	0	0	0.241	249	6
244^th	Lind	1	2	0	0	0	0.239	243	1
245^th	Toutle	1	0	1	0	0	0.234	229	16
246^th	Darrington	1	0	1	0	0	0.232	206	40
247^th	Aberdeen	6	1	5	2	1	0.232	261	14
248^th	Lakewood	14	4	9	2	2	0.231	254	6
249^th	Burlington	4	0	2	0	2	0.224	258	9
250^th	La Conner	1	1	1	0	0	0.222	253	3
251^st	Omak	3	2	2	2	1	0.221	247	4
252^nd	Centralia	6	1	2	0	1	0.212	246	6
253^rd	Pasco	23	4	5	0	6	0.21	252	1
254^th	Rock Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.207	262	8
255^th	Oakville	2	0	1	1	0	0.206	264	9
256^th	Burbank	1	1	1	0	0	0.205	255	1
257^th	Belfair	3	1	2	1	0	0.195	256	1
258^th	Brewster	1	1	2	0	2	0.19	239	19
259^th	Connell	2	1	4	1	0	0.179	266	7
260^th	Castle Rock	1	1	1	1	0	0.175	260
261^st	Othello	5	1	3	0	0	0.173	270	9
262^nd	Selah	6	2	4	1	1	0.172	242	20
263^rd	Maple Falls	1	0	0	0	0	0.17	265	2
264^th	Forks	2	1	2	1	0	0.157	272	8
265^th	Warden	1	1	1	0	1	0.147	259	6
266^th	Springdale	1	1	2	4	0	0.122	276	10
267^th	Hoquiam	3	1	1	1	0	0.122	274	7
268^th	Sunnyside	4	2	2	0	1	0.115	273	5
269^th	Mattawa	5	1	2	0	0	0.106	284	15
270^th	Outlook	1	0	0	0	0	0.103	279	9
271^st	Bridgeport	1	1	2	0	0	0.101	275	4
272^nd	Granger	1	1	1	0	0	0.098	280	8
273^rd	Seatac	5	2	3	0	1	0.081	281	8
274^th	Quincy	5	1	1	2	1	0.081	271	3
275^th	Coulee Dam	1	0	1	0	0	0.068	282	7
276^th	Toppenish	5	1	3	0	0	0.067	278	2
277^th	Wilson Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.062	129	148
278^th	Wapato	6	2	3	0	0	0.059	283	5
279^th	Benton City	1	1	1	0	0	0.042	286	7
280^th	Wellpinit	1	1	3	0	0	0.04	269	11
281^st	Soap Lake	1	0	2	0	0	0.04	288	7
282^nd	Airway Heights	1	0	0	0	0	0.028	285	3
283^rd	Starbuck	1	0	1	0	0	0.024	277	6
284^th	Mabton	1	0	1	0	0	0.016	287	3
285^th	White Swan	0	1	3	0	0	0.007	290	5
286^th	Tulalip	1	0	0	0	0	0.004	289	3
287^th	Harrah	1	0	0	0	1	0.002	291	4

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Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

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.