Summary:
Lopez Island, Washington, has two public schools in the Lopez Island School District: Lopez Elementary School serves kindergarten through grade 6, and Lopez Middle High School serves grades 7–12, together enrolling about 202 students in this small island community.
Lopez Middle High School is the stronger overall performer. It ranked in the 85th percentile statewide in both of the most recent years and reported an 88% graduation rate, above Washington’s 82.6% rate. Its latest math proficiency was 44.23%, slightly above the state and notably higher than the district result of 38.14%. Its ELA proficiency was 51.92%, close to the state average, although grade 7 ELA was weaker than the statewide result. Math is a particular strength in grades 8 and 10. The school’s main recent concern is ELA, which declined from 62.79% to 51.92% year over year.
Lopez Elementary School has smaller reported classes and similar student-need levels, but its latest results are weaker than those of the middle-high school. It ranked in the 47th percentile in 2025–2026, down from the 79th percentile two years earlier. ELA proficiency was 46.67%, and math was 31.11%, with math remaining the clearest area for improvement despite increasing from the previous year. Grade 5 ELA was nearly equal to the state average, while grade 6 ELA and math lagged behind. Parents should also keep the schools’ small size in mind: a few students can substantially affect yearly percentages, and some grade-level results are suppressed. Overall, the key priorities are strengthening elementary math, investigating the elementary ranking and ELA decline, supporting grade 7 ELA, and preserving the middle-high school’s graduation and math strengths.
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