Washington City Rankings

Rank (of 282)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
1^st	Medina	1	0	0	0	2	0.999	1
2^nd	Mercer Island	4	1	1	0	7	0.983	2
3^rd	Sammamish	9	3	2	0	7	0.969	3
4^th	Bainbridge Island	5	2	2	1	6	0.958	5	1
5^th	Redmond	13	5	3	0	16	0.951	4	1
6^th	Fall City	1	1	0	0	0	0.949	6
7^th	North Bend	2	1	0	0	1	0.939	10	3
8^th	Mill Creek	1	1	1	0	0	0.936	8
9^th	Issaquah	6	4	3	1	16	0.936	7	2
10^th	Ravensdale	0	1	0	1	0	0.92	9	1
11^th	Woodinville	7	2	1	1	10	0.907	16	5
12^th	Vashon	1	1	2	1	2	0.895	26	14
13^th	Duvall	1	0	1	0	1	0.892	11	2
14^th	Newcastle	2	1	0	0	1	0.888	24	10
15^th	Cashmere	1	1	1	0	0	0.885	12	3
16^th	Bonney Lake	6	2	1	0	0	0.884	15	1
17^th	Kenmore	3	1	1	0	1	0.879	14	3
18^th	Lake Tapps	2	1	0	0	1	0.879	17	1
19^th	Snoqualmie	3	1	3	2	0	0.868	13	6
20^th	University Place	4	2	2	1	2	0.868	21	1
21^st	Maple Valley	6	0	2	1	2	0.864	19	2
22^nd	Brier	1	1	0	0	0	0.846	18	4
23^rd	Bothell	15	3	7	0	16	0.845	28	5
24^th	Kirkland	14	5	6	1	12	0.844	20	4
25^th	Winthrop	1	0	1	1	1	0.843	91	66
26^th	Gig Harbor	8	3	3	0	7	0.841	22	4
27^th	Lake Forest Park	2	0	0	0	1	0.84	45	18
28^th	Davenport	1	0	2	1	0	0.815	43	15
29^th	Camas	7	3	6	0	6	0.814	27	2
30^th	Liberty Lake	3	1	2	0	2	0.814	34	4
31^st	Mukilteo	3	2	1	0	3	0.811	33	2
32^nd	Steilacoom	2	0	1	1	0	0.809	44	12
33^rd	Shoreline	11	2	2	2	13	0.806	23	10
34^th	Lake Stevens	7	2	4	1	1	0.799	39	5
35^th	Carnation	2	1	1	1	0	0.798	49	14
36^th	Paterson	1	0	0	0	0	0.795	25	11
37^th	Coupeville	1	1	4	0	0	0.79	53	16
38^th	Poulsbo	3	1	1	1	8	0.784	41	3
39^th	Nine Mile Falls	3	1	2	0	0	0.782	57	18
40^th	Sumner	3	1	1	0	1	0.78	35	5
41^st	Bellevue	17	5	7	2	42	0.775	32	9
42^nd	Colfax	1	0	1	0	0	0.772	47	5
43^rd	Colbert	2	1	0	0	1	0.77	31	12
44^th	Pullman	4	1	1	0	2	0.766	36	8
45^th	Asotin	1	0	1	0	0	0.766	51	6
46^th	Montesano	2	0	1	0	1	0.764	64	18
47^th	Leavenworth	3	1	2	0	1	0.759	54	7
48^th	Spangle	1	0	1	0	2	0.757	38	10
49^th	Rockford	1	1	1	0	0	0.757	46	3
50^th	Buckley	4	1	2	1	0	0.753	52	2
51^st	Almira	1	0	0	0	0	0.751	37	14
52^nd	Stevenson	1	0	1	0	0	0.747	71	19
53^rd	Friday Harbor	2	1	2	1	3	0.744	72	19
54^th	Wilkeson	1	0	0	0	0	0.728	48	6
55^th	Black Diamond	2	0	0	0	0	0.727	63	8
56^th	Edmonds	10	0	2	2	3	0.721	61	5
57^th	Clearlake	1	0	0	0	0	0.721	66	9
58^th	Dupont	2	1	0	0	0	0.716	56	2
59^th	Carbonado	1	0	0	0	0	0.715	29	30
60^th	Normandy Park	1	0	0	0	0	0.713	81	21
61^st	Langley	2	1	2	0	2	0.711	86	25
62^nd	Mead	2	0	2	0	0	0.71	74	12
63^rd	Olympia	16	4	4	2	10	0.704	58	5
64^th	Anacortes	4	1	4	0	2	0.701	59	5
65^th	Chimacum	1	1	1	1	0	0.695	156	91
66^th	Reardan	1	0	1	2	1	0.692	90	24
67^th	Eastsound	2	1	1	1	3	0.69	50	17
68^th	Silverdale	7	2	3	2	2	0.688	67	1
69^th	Snohomish	10	3	5	2	2	0.687	69
70^th	La Center	1	1	1	1	0	0.674	75	5
71^st	Oak Harbor	5	2	2	2	5	0.673	73	2
72^nd	Medical Lake	1	1	2	0	0	0.671	55	17
73^rd	Amboy	0	1	0	0	0	0.665	65	8
74^th	Pomeroy	1	0	1	0	0	0.66	93	19
75^th	Enumclaw	4	2	1	0	2	0.653	80	5
76^th	Moxee	2	0	0	0	0	0.65	88	12
77^th	Yacolt	1	0	0	0	0	0.646	107	30
78^th	Lakebay	1	1	0	0	0	0.641	150	72
79^th	Colville	3	1	2	1	3	0.633	87	8
80^th	Cathlamet	1	0	1	0	0	0.628	117	37
81^st	Chehalis	6	1	6	0	2	0.622	123	42
82^nd	Chattaroy	2	1	1	1	0	0.617	84	2
83^rd	Ritzville	1	0	2	0	0	0.616	76	7
84^th	Seattle	84	19	35	7	114	0.615	89	5
85^th	Port Angeles	6	1	4	3	3	0.614	99	14
86^th	Kingston	3	1	2	1	1	0.613	154	68
87^th	Richland	9	2	4	1	5	0.613	85	2
88^th	Lynden	3	2	2	1	6	0.608	104	16
89^th	Stanwood	3	3	2	1	0	0.608	119	30
90^th	Spokane Valley	17	6	8	3	11	0.606	97	7
91^st	Rochester	2	1	2	0	0	0.606	158	67
92^nd	Rainier	1	1	1	0	1	0.602	92
93^rd	Sequim	2	1	1	2	2	0.602	62	31
94^th	Ridgefield	2	2	1	1	1	0.6	79	15
95^th	Woodland	6	3	2	1	0	0.599	127	32
96^th	Puyallup	24	6	6	2	6	0.598	116	20
97^th	Brush Prairie	1	1	4	0	0	0.595	113	16
98^th	Morton	1	1	1	0	0	0.593	122	24
99^th	Mountlake Terrace	4	0	1	0	3	0.593	82	17
100^th	Saint John	1	0	1	0	0	0.592	77	23
101^st	Port Orchard	10	3	3	1	5	0.589	106	5
102^nd	Port Townsend	1	1	1	1	2	0.583	98	4
103^rd	Blaine	3	1	1	0	0	0.583	145	42
104^th	Bellingham	17	4	13	1	20	0.583	105	1
105^th	Washougal	5	2	2	1	1	0.582	111	6
106^th	Everson	3	1	2	0	0	0.581	137	31
107^th	Joint Base Lewis McChord	6	0	0	0	0	0.58	112	5
108^th	Battle Ground	5	4	1	3	4	0.58	110	2
109^th	West Richland	3	2	0	1	0	0.577	109
110^th	White Salmon	1	2	2	0	2	0.576	103	7
111^th	Renton	20	5	11	3	10	0.572	108	3
112^th	Monroe	3	1	2	2	7	0.572	126	14
113^th	Fairchild Afb	1	0	0	0	0	0.571	70	43
114^th	Cle Elum	1	1	2	0	1	0.564	78	36
115^th	Edgewood	4	1	0	0	2	0.563	94	21
116^th	Ellensburg	5	1	4	1	2	0.554	153	37
117^th	Arlington	6	2	4	1	2	0.55	159	42
118^th	Graham	6	2	1	0	0	0.548	115	3
119^th	Yelm	5	2	2	0	1	0.546	152	33
120^th	Union Gap	1	0	0	0	1	0.545	144	24
121^st	Cusick	2	0	1	1	0	0.543	166	45
122^nd	Naselle	1	0	1	1	0	0.538	118	4
123^rd	Sultan	1	1	3	2	0	0.537	121	2
124^th	Napavine	1	0	1	0	0	0.536	187	63
125^th	Garfield	1	1	0	0	0	0.533		(n/a)
126^th	Everett	22	6	13	2	14	0.533	138	12
127^th	Deer Park	2	1	2	1	0	0.53	135	8
128^th	Vaughn	1	0	0	0	0	0.529	124	4
129^th	Tumwater	4	2	7	0	0	0.529	120	9
130^th	Chewelah	1	0	3	1	0	0.529	142	12
131^st	Waterville	1	0	1	0	0	0.525	102	29
132^nd	McKenna	1	0	0	0	0	0.523	95	37
133^rd	Otis Orchards	1	0	0	0	0	0.522	175	42
134^th	Lyman	1	0	0	0	0	0.521	131	3
135^th	Grapeview	1	0	0	0	0	0.513	96	39
136^th	Ione	0	1	1	0	0	0.506	30	106
137^th	East Wenatchee	6	2	1	1	0	0.502	125	12
138^th	Lopez Island	1	0	1	1	0	0.497	68	70
139^th	Valley	2	0	1	0	0	0.493	151	12
140^th	Camano Island	2	0	0	0	0	0.491	177	37
141^st	Northport	1	0	1	1	0	0.487	60	81
142^nd	Spokane	52	15	28	6	35	0.487	149	7
143^rd	Orting	2	1	1	0	0	0.485	188	45
144^th	Kittitas	2	0	1	0	0	0.485	162	18
145^th	Lacey	14	5	4	2	12	0.484	141	4
146^th	Eatonville	2	2	2	0	0	0.482	136	10
147^th	Entiat	1	0	1	0	0	0.48	206	59
148^th	Palouse	1	1	2	0	0	0.474	42	106
149^th	Chelan	1	1	2	1	1	0.472	189	40
150^th	Covington	4	3	1	0	0	0.47	148	2
151^st	Okanogan	1	1	4	0	0	0.468	168	17
152^nd	Zillah	2	1	1	0	1	0.468	134	18
153^rd	Manson	1	1	1	0	0	0.465	128	25
154^th	Trout Lake	1	0	1	0	0	0.461	100	54
155^th	Lynnwood	12	3	3	0	6	0.459	165	10
156^th	College Place	1	1	1	0	2	0.449	139	17
157^th	Quilcene	1	0	0	1	0	0.445	132	25
158^th	Waitsburg	1	0	1	0	0	0.445	199	41
159^th	Suquamish	1	0	0	0	0	0.445	133	26
160^th	Deming	0	1	1	1	1	0.443	233	73
161^st	Pacific	1	0	0	0	0	0.436	157	4
162^nd	Custer	1	0	0	0	0	0.432	186	24
163^rd	Bremerton	12	2	7	2	7	0.431	163
164^th	Odessa	1	0	1	0	1	0.431	114	50
165^th	Tieton	1	0	0	0	0	0.43	185	20
166^th	Cheney	3	1	4	1	0	0.429	190	24
167^th	Kalama	1	1	1	0	0	0.429	155	12
168^th	South Bend	1	0	2	4	1	0.425	171	3
169^th	Wenatchee	6	4	5	5	6	0.422	184	15
170^th	Tenino	2	1	1	0	0	0.42	169	1
171^st	La Conner	1	1	1	0	0	0.417	250	79
172^nd	Milton	1	1	0	0	0	0.414	221	49
173^rd	Clarkston	5	1	3	2	2	0.414	183	10
174^th	Walla Walla	6	3	6	2	4	0.413	174
175^th	Ilwaco	0	1	1	0	0	0.412	239	64
176^th	Mesa	2	0	0	0	0	0.405	237	61
177^th	Spanaway	10	3	4	1	1	0.402	194	17
178^th	Pateros	1	0	1	1	0	0.402	161	17
179^th	Onalaska	2	1	1	0	0	0.396	130	49
180^th	Kennewick	17	6	10	1	5	0.393	182	2
181^st	McCleary	1	0	0	0	0	0.392	146	35
182^nd	Naches	2	1	1	0	1	0.39	140	42
183^rd	Royal City	1	2	1	0	0	0.389	214	31
184^th	Ocean Shores	1	1	1	0	0	0.385	236	52
185^th	Wilbur	1	0	1	0	0	0.385	196	11
186^th	Inchelium	1	1	1	0	0	0.381	160	26
187^th	Neah Bay	1	0	1	0	0	0.379	227	40
188^th	Prescott	2	1	1	0	2	0.375	143	45
189^th	Longview	9	3	6	1	5	0.374	193	4
190^th	Tacoma	57	17	30	2	26	0.373	192	2
191^st	Granite Falls	2	1	3	0	0	0.369	232	41
192^nd	Auburn	20	6	6	2	10	0.369	213	21
193^rd	Sumas	1	0	0	0	0	0.368	211	18
194^th	Ferndale	5	2	3	1	3	0.366	197	3
195^th	Kelso	6	2	3	1	1	0.365	173	22
196^th	Tukwila	3	0	3	0	1	0.362	180	16
197^th	Raymond	2	0	2	1	0	0.359	195	2
198^th	Roy	1	0	0	0	0	0.359	219	21
199^th	Vancouver	46	14	22	9	21	0.358	209	10
200^th	Kettle Falls	1	1	2	0	1	0.354	170	30
201^st	Kent	23	4	6	4	5	0.352	204	3
202^nd	Randle	1	0	1	0	0	0.35	223	21
203^rd	Ephrata	3	2	4	0	2	0.349	200	3
204^th	Toledo	1	1	2	0	0	0.342	181	23
205^th	Tonasket	1	1	2	1	1	0.341	242	37
206^th	Mossyrock	1	0	2	1	0	0.333	210	4
207^th	Mount Vernon	9	2	5	3	5	0.33	202	5
208^th	Marysville	13	4	12	0	4	0.328	222	14
209^th	Newport	1	1	2	1	1	0.325	205	4
210^th	Ashford	1	0	0	0	0	0.324	167	43
211^th	Prosser	3	1	3	1	1	0.322	231	20
212^th	Bow	2	0	0	0	0	0.317	164	48
213^th	Metaline Falls	1	0	0	0	0	0.314	129	84
214^th	Yakima	24	7	18	0	9	0.304	216	2
215^th	Cosmopolis	1	0	0	1	0	0.301	241	26
216^th	Dayton	1	1	2	0	0	0.297	191	25
217^th	Moses Lake	11	3	6	0	3	0.296	228	11
218^th	Federal Way	15	5	7	3	10	0.295	240	22
219^th	Belfair	3	1	2	1	0	0.291	257	38
220^th	Grandview	3	1	5	0	1	0.287	224	4
221^st	Elma	2	1	4	2	0	0.287	208	13
222^nd	Sedro Woolley	4	1	3	0	0	0.287	207	15
223^rd	Newman Lake	1	0	0	0	0	0.286	237	14
224^th	Loon Lake	2	0	0	0	0	0.284	215	9
225^th	Goldendale	1	1	1	0	1	0.283	230	5
226^th	Winlock	2	1	1	0	0	0.28	243	17
227^th	Burlington	2	1	2	0	3	0.28	249	22
228^th	Toutle	1	0	1	0	0	0.278	245	17
229^th	Lakewood	12	3	7	2	2	0.277	248	19
230^th	Castle Rock	1	1	1	1	0	0.275	260	30
231^st	Westport	1	0	1	0	0	0.27	201	30
232^nd	Shelton	6	3	4	1	2	0.266	229	3
233^rd	Burien	5	1	4	0	6	0.261	235	2
234^th	Republic	1	1	1	1	1	0.258	178	56
235^th	Des Moines	5	1	4	0	3	0.258	225	10
236^th	Cowiche	1	1	1	0	0	0.254	198	38
237^th	Othello	4	1	3	0	1	0.253	261	24
238^th	Centralia	5	1	2	0	1	0.251	252	14
239^th	Selah	6	2	3	1	1	0.241	262	23
240^th	Carson	1	1	0	1	0	0.24	176	64
241^st	Darrington	1	0	1	0	0	0.234	246	5
242^nd	Pasco	20	4	7	0	8	0.23	253	11
243^rd	Maple Falls	1	0	0	0	0	0.229	263	20
244^th	Warden	1	1	1	0	1	0.228	265	21
245^th	Brewster	1	1	2	0	2	0.228	258	13
246^th	Lind	1	2	0	0	0	0.216	244	2
247^th	Aberdeen	5	1	5	2	1	0.21	247
248^th	Omak	3	2	2	2	1	0.21	251	3
249^th	Oroville	1	0	1	0	1	0.207	179	70
250^th	Concrete	1	0	2	1	0	0.204	226	24
251^st	Orondo	1	0	0	0	0	0.199	147	104
252^nd	Addy	1	0	0	0	0	0.197	234	18
253^rd	Connell	1	1	4	1	0	0.189	259	6
254^th	Burbank	1	1	1	0	0	0.164	256	2
255^th	Forks	2	1	1	2	0	0.162	264	9
256^th	Hoquiam	3	1	1	1	0	0.147	267	11
257^th	Wilson Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.141	277	20
258^th	Quincy	5	1	2	1	1	0.139	274	16
259^th	Ocean Park	1	0	0	0	0	0.122	217	42
260^th	Springdale	1	1	2	4	0	0.121	266	6
261^st	Outlook	1	0	0	0	0	0.12	270	9
262^nd	Oakville	1	0	1	1	0	0.119	255	7
263^rd	Tekoa	1	0	1	0	0	0.118	172	91
264^th	Sunnyside	4	2	2	0	2	0.112	268	4
265^th	Bridgeport	1	1	2	0	0	0.108	271	6
266^th	Dallesport	1	0	0	0	0	0.107	218	48
267^th	Lyle	0	1	3	0	0	0.101	212	55
268^th	Toppenish	4	1	3	0	0	0.09	276	8
269^th	Seatac	4	2	3	0	2	0.083	273	4
270^th	Coulee Dam	1	0	1	0	0	0.077	275	5
271^st	Airway Heights	1	0	0	0	0	0.076	282	11
272^nd	Granger	1	1	1	1	0	0.073	272
273^rd	Mattawa	3	1	2	0	0	0.069	269	4
274^th	Mabton	1	0	1	0	0	0.067	284	10
275^th	Harrah	1	0	0	0	1	0.064	287	12
276^th	Benton City	1	1	1	0	0	0.057	279	3
277^th	Wapato	6	2	3	0	0	0.039	278	1
278^th	Soap Lake	1	0	1	0	0	0.036	281	3
279^th	Taholah	1	0	1	0	0	0.033		(n/a)
280^th	Wellpinit	1	1	3	0	0	0.032	280
281^st	Tulalip	1	0	0	0	0	0.031	286	5
282^nd	White Swan	0	1	3	0	0	0.003	285	3

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