Summary:
Snohomish, Washington, has 19 schools serving elementary, middle, high school, and alternative students, with about 10,177 students primarily in the Snohomish School District and three schools in the Monroe School District.
The strongest overall choices are Totem Falls and Little Cedars Elementary School, both highly ranked and above district averages in English language arts, math, and science. Valley View Middle School is the leading middle school, also exceeding district and state results in all three subjects. At the high school level, Glacier Peak High School stands out for its 95.5% graduation rate, very low dropout rate, and especially strong English results. Snohomish High School has a similarly strong 95.1% graduation rate and the area’s best high-school science performance, although its current math and English results are considerably lower than Glacier Peak’s. Cathcart Elementary is particularly notable for science, while Dutch Hill Elementary performs above district levels across subjects.
Parents comparing schools should pay close attention to math, which is a common weakness at Central Emerson Elementary, Cascade View Elementary, Centennial Middle School, and AIM High School. Recent declines at Maltby Elementary, Machias Elementary, Cascade View, and Snohomish High merit further investigation, while Totem Falls and Centennial have shown encouraging ranking improvement over time. Alternative programs such as Parent Partnership, High School Re Entry, and Snohomish Center serve different populations and should be evaluated separately because their small enrollments and suppressed data make direct comparisons difficult.
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