Best Cities in Washington for Schools

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Rank (of 293)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2023)	Rank (2022)	Rank change from 2022
1^st	Medina	1	0	0	0	2	0.998	1
2^nd	Sammamish	9	3	2	0	3	0.979	2
3^rd	Mercer Island	4	1	1	0	6	0.971	3
4^th	Redmond	13	5	4	1	13	0.947	4
5^th	Bainbridge Island	5	2	2	1	6	0.937	6	1
6^th	Issaquah	6	4	3	1	10	0.922	8	2
7^th	Fall City	1	1	0	0	1	0.921	5	2
8^th	Mill Creek	1	1	1	0	0	0.912	9	1
9^th	Woodinville	9	2	1	1	8	0.887	7	2
10^th	Kirkland	14	5	7	1	8	0.876	15	5
11^th	North Bend	2	1	0	0	1	0.87	12	1
12^th	Lake Tapps	2	1	0	0	1	0.867	13	1
13^th	Shoreline	11	2	2	2	12	0.86	18	5
14^th	Ravensdale	0	1	0	1	0	0.859	11	3
15^th	Maple Valley	6	0	2	1	2	0.85	14	1
16^th	Snoqualmie	3	1	4	2	0	0.849	10	6
17^th	Camas	7	3	5	1	4	0.842	21	4
18^th	Centerville	1	0	0	0	0	0.839	26	8
19^th	Bothell	15	3	7	1	13	0.836	25	6
20^th	University Place	4	2	2	1	2	0.83	22	2
21^st	Duvall	2	0	1	0	1	0.828	16	5
22^nd	Trout Lake	1	0	1	0	0	0.826	79	57
23^rd	Bonney Lake	6	2	1	0	0	0.825	37	14
24^th	Bellevue	19	5	7	2	29	0.825	23	1
25^th	Colfax	1	0	1	0	0	0.823	19	6
26^th	Wilkeson	1	0	0	0	0	0.819	64	38
27^th	Cashmere	1	1	1	0	0	0.817	27
28^th	Brier	1	1	0	0	0	0.812	39	11
29^th	Kenmore	3	1	1	0	1	0.809	24	5
30^th	Mukilteo	3	2	1	0	3	0.807	36	6
31^st	Coulee City	1	1	1	0	0	0.804	32	1
32^nd	Colbert	2	1	0	0	1	0.799	31	1
33^rd	Liberty Lake	3	1	2	0	1	0.797	33
34^th	Lake Forest Park	2	0	0	0	1	0.792	38	4
35^th	Newcastle	2	1	0	0	1	0.791	44	9
36^th	Vashon	1	1	2	1	1	0.789	72	36
37^th	Carnation	2	1	1	1	0	0.782	46	9
38^th	Almira	1	0	0	0	0	0.777	51	13
39^th	Anacortes	4	1	4	0	2	0.773	43	4
40^th	Poulsbo	3	1	1	1	7	0.773	66	26
41^st	Pullman	4	1	1	1	2	0.772	29	12
42^nd	Leavenworth	3	1	2	0	1	0.761	69	27
43^rd	Vaughn	1	0	0	0	0	0.76	57	14
44^th	Joint Base Lewis McChord	3	0	0	0	0	0.757	58	14
45^th	Fairchild Afb	1	0	0	0	0	0.75	48	3
46^th	Paterson	1	0	0	0	0	0.748	34	12
47^th	Gig Harbor	8	3	3	1	6	0.746	40	7
48^th	Sumner	3	1	1	0	1	0.743	52	4
49^th	Nine Mile Falls	2	1	2	0	0	0.742	47	2
50^th	Davenport	1	0	3	1	0	0.741	41	9
51^st	Ritzville	1	0	2	0	1	0.741	96	45
52^nd	Lake Stevens	7	2	3	1	1	0.741	55	3
53^rd	Garfield	1	1	0	0	0	0.738	45	8
54^th	Rockford	1	1	1	0	0	0.733	35	19
55^th	Edmonds	11	0	2	2	3	0.73	62	7
56^th	McKenna	1	0	0	0	0	0.73	84	28
57^th	Carbonado	1	0	0	0	0	0.722	17	40
58^th	Spangle	1	0	1	0	2	0.721	68	10
59^th	Asotin	1	0	1	0	0	0.721	28	31
60^th	Buckley	5	1	2	2	0	0.719	49	11
61^st	Ione	0	1	1	0	0	0.715	73	12
62^nd	Oak Harbor	5	2	2	2	4	0.714	75	13
63^rd	Port Townsend	1	1	1	1	2	0.702	99	36
64^th	Olympia	16	4	4	2	10	0.702	61	3
65^th	Lyman	1	0	0	0	0	0.692		(n/a)
66^th	Silverdale	7	2	3	2	0	0.685	65	1
67^th	Coupeville	1	1	4	0	0	0.685	70	3
68^th	Eastsound	2	1	1	1	3	0.684	54	14
69^th	Grapeview	1	0	0	0	0	0.68	59	10
70^th	Black Diamond	2	0	0	0	0	0.677	56	14
71^st	Dupont	2	1	0	0	0	0.675		(n/a)
72^nd	Langley	2	1	2	0	1	0.675	101	29
73^rd	Saint John	1	0	1	0	0	0.674	20	53
74^th	Steilacoom	2	0	2	1	0	0.674	63	11
75^th	Ariel	1	0	0	0	0	0.672		(n/a)
76^th	Medical Lake	1	1	2	0	0	0.67	60	16
77^th	Mead	2	0	2	0	0	0.657	83	6
78^th	Ridgefield	2	2	1	1	1	0.656	42	36
79^th	Waterville	1	0	1	0	0	0.656	127	48
80^th	Snohomish	10	3	5	2	1	0.653	90	10
81^st	Richland	9	2	4	1	5	0.651	85	4
82^nd	Sequim	2	1	1	2	2	0.648	98	16
83^rd	Battle Ground	5	4	1	2	4	0.648	74	9
84^th	Northport	1	0	1	1	0	0.643	97	13
85^th	Reardan	1	0	1	2	1	0.643	91	6
86^th	Palouse	1	1	2	0	0	0.642	76	10
87^th	Friday Harbor	1	1	2	1	3	0.642	71	16
88^th	Enumclaw	4	2	1	1	1	0.64	81	7
89^th	Clearlake	1	0	0	0	0	0.637	30	59
90^th	Montesano	2	0	1	0	1	0.635	120	30
91^st	Colville	3	1	2	1	3	0.632	94	3
92^nd	Rainier	1	1	1	0	1	0.631	129	37
93^rd	Washougal	5	2	2	1	0	0.627	138	45
94^th	Seattle	85	19	38	6	89	0.626	95	1
95^th	Stevenson	2	0	2	0	0	0.623		(n/a)
96^th	Winthrop	1	0	1	1	1	0.62	141	45
97^th	Moxee	2	0	0	0	0	0.617	100	3
98^th	Edgewood	4	1	0	0	1	0.61	87	11
99^th	Mountlake Terrace	4	0	1	0	3	0.604	80	19
100^th	Wilbur	1	0	1	0	0	0.597	102	2
101^st	Brush Prairie	1	1	5	1	0	0.597	93	8
102^nd	Morton	1	0	1	0	0	0.594	132	30
103^rd	Port Angeles	6	1	4	4	2	0.592	114	11
104^th	La Center	1	1	1	1	0	0.585	146	42
105^th	Kingston	3	1	2	2	0	0.585	77	28
106^th	Yacolt	1	0	0	0	0	0.584	88	18
107^th	Stanwood	3	3	2	1	0	0.583	92	15
108^th	Normandy Park	1	0	0	0	0	0.58	86	22
109^th	Renton	18	5	12	4	10	0.579	106	3
110^th	Chattaroy	2	1	1	1	0	0.577	135	25
111^th	Cle Elum	1	1	2	0	1	0.568	136	25
112^th	Lopez Island	1	0	1	1	0	0.566	111	1
113^th	Bellingham	18	4	13	1	16	0.563	105	8
114^th	Union Gap	1	0	0	0	1	0.562	122	8
115^th	Tekoa	1	0	1	0	0	0.561	154	39
116^th	Amboy	0	1	0	0	0	0.56	143	27
117^th	Port Orchard	10	3	3	1	3	0.54	103	14
118^th	West Richland	3	2	0	2	0	0.54	50	68
119^th	Ashford	1	0	0	0	0	0.532	167	48
120^th	Woodland	6	3	2	1	0	0.532	160	40
121^st	Puyallup	24	6	6	3	5	0.529	115	6
122^nd	Oakesdale	1	0	1	0	0	0.528	113	9
123^rd	Spokane Valley	18	6	8	3	9	0.525	126	3
124^th	Suquamish	1	0	0	0	0	0.523	107	17
125^th	Pomeroy	1	0	1	0	0	0.52	139	14
126^th	Deer Park	2	1	1	1	0	0.518	82	44
127^th	Tumwater	4	2	7	1	0	0.517	109	18
128^th	Dayton	1	1	2	0	0	0.517	117	11
129^th	Lakebay	1	1	0	0	0	0.515	108	21
130^th	Covington	4	3	1	0	1	0.514	124	6
131^st	McCleary	1	0	0	0	0	0.51	203	72
132^nd	Naselle	1	0	1	1	0	0.509	149	17
133^rd	Custer	1	0	0	0	0	0.506	148	15
134^th	Entiat	1	0	1	0	0	0.504	170	36
135^th	Ellensburg	5	1	3	1	1	0.503	165	30
136^th	Kalama	1	1	1	0	0	0.502	118	18
137^th	White Salmon	1	2	2	0	2	0.499	119	18
138^th	Graham	6	2	1	0	0	0.499	137	1
139^th	Arlington	6	2	5	1	2	0.499	174	35
140^th	Sultan	1	1	3	2	0	0.495	198	58
141^st	Chehalis	6	1	6	0	1	0.494	128	13
142^nd	Yelm	5	2	2	0	1	0.494	150	8
143^rd	Everett	23	6	14	4	13	0.489	133	10
144^th	Monroe	3	1	2	2	7	0.488	112	32
145^th	Lacey	14	5	4	1	10	0.485	123	22
146^th	Blaine	2	1	1	1	0	0.483	116	30
147^th	Spokane	52	15	29	6	31	0.482	130	17
148^th	Cosmopolis	1	0	0	1	0	0.482	121	27
149^th	Lynden	3	2	2	1	5	0.48	134	15
150^th	Odessa	1	0	1	0	0	0.476	78	72
151^st	Kettle Falls	1	1	2	0	1	0.471	104	47
152^nd	Napavine	1	0	1	0	0	0.47	89	63
153^rd	Fort Lewis	3	0	0	0	0	0.467	181	28
154^th	Creston	1	0	1	0	0	0.464	156	2
155^th	Rochester	2	2	2	0	0	0.449	172	17
156^th	Zillah	2	1	1	0	1	0.444	175	19
157^th	Cathlamet	1	0	1	0	0	0.441	131	26
158^th	Pacific	1	0	0	0	0	0.44	173	15
159^th	Lynnwood	12	3	3	2	4	0.439	155	4
160^th	Quilcene	1	0	0	1	0	0.437		(n/a)
161^st	Pateros	1	0	1	1	0	0.435	147	14
162^nd	Waitsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.434	182	20
163^rd	Tenino	2	1	1	0	0	0.432	159	4
164^th	Everson	3	1	2	0	0	0.43	140	24
165^th	Toledo	1	1	2	0	0	0.421	195	30
166^th	East Wenatchee	6	2	1	1	0	0.416	163	3
167^th	Camano Island	2	0	0	0	0	0.413	158	9
168^th	Tukwila	4	0	3	0	1	0.413	152	16
169^th	Kennewick	17	6	10	1	4	0.412	180	11
170^th	Onalaska	2	1	1	0	0	0.411	142	28
171^st	Naches	2	1	1	0	1	0.409	162	9
172^nd	Orting	3	1	2	0	0	0.404	145	27
173^rd	Ephrata	3	2	4	0	2	0.4	202	29
174^th	Valley	2	0	1	0	0	0.4	153	21
175^th	Newport	1	1	2	1	1	0.399	168	7
176^th	Deming	0	1	1	1	0	0.398	211	35
177^th	Chimacum	1	1	2	1	0	0.395	208	31
178^th	Bow	2	0	0	0	0	0.391	191	13
179^th	Orondo	1	0	0	0	0	0.39	224	45
180^th	Walla Walla	6	3	6	2	4	0.39	178	2
181^st	Endicott	1	0	0	0	0	0.39	67	114
182^nd	Carson	1	1	0	1	0	0.385	210	28
183^rd	College Place	1	1	2	0	2	0.38	199	16
184^th	Elma	2	1	4	2	0	0.38	166	18
185^th	Sprague	1	0	1	0	0	0.38	161	24
186^th	Kelso	6	2	2	1	1	0.38	189	3
187^th	Ferndale	4	2	2	1	2	0.377	164	23
188^th	Okanogan	1	1	4	0	0	0.376	206	18
189^th	Bremerton	13	2	8	1	7	0.374	179	10
190^th	Tacoma	56	17	31	1	25	0.374	187	3
191^st	Manson	1	1	1	0	0	0.365	184	7
192^nd	Wenatchee	8	4	5	4	5	0.365	190	2
193^rd	Cheney	3	1	3	1	0	0.365	125	68
194^th	Cowiche	1	1	1	0	0	0.362	144	50
195^th	Spanaway	13	3	4	1	0	0.36	193	2
196^th	Randle	1	0	1	0	0	0.358	151	45
197^th	Kittitas	1	0	1	0	0	0.357	214	17
198^th	Kent	23	3	7	4	4	0.354	197	1
199^th	Ocean Park	1	0	0	0	0	0.352	213	14
200^th	Eatonville	3	2	2	0	0	0.351	176	24
201^st	Loon Lake	2	0	0	0	0	0.349	186	15
202^nd	Chewelah	1	0	3	1	0	0.348	188	14
203^rd	Chelan	1	1	2	1	0	0.347	171	32
204^th	Otis Orchards	1	0	0	0	0	0.346	196	8
205^th	Vancouver	44	14	21	11	13	0.344	205
206^th	Raymond	2	0	2	1	0	0.342	230	24
207^th	Mount Vernon	9	2	4	3	5	0.341	194	13
208^th	Oroville	1	0	1	0	1	0.335	248	40
209^th	Toutle	1	0	1	0	0	0.335	177	32
210^th	Metaline Falls	1	0	0	0	0	0.331	53	157
211^th	Wilson Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.33	232	21
212^th	Sedro Woolley	4	1	3	1	0	0.327	221	9
213^th	Republic	1	1	1	1	1	0.323	220	7
214^th	Auburn	20	6	7	3	9	0.319	201	13
215^th	Acme	1	0	0	0	0	0.318	233	18
216^th	Longview	9	3	7	2	5	0.315	207	9
217^th	Clarkston	5	1	3	2	2	0.314	192	25
218^th	Des Moines	5	1	4	0	3	0.313	218
219^th	South Bend	1	0	2	1	1	0.311	169	50
220^th	Grandview	3	1	5	0	1	0.309	219	1
221^st	Yakima	24	7	20	0	9	0.308	204	17
222^nd	Lyle	0	1	3	0	0	0.306	274	52
223^rd	Selah	6	2	4	1	1	0.303	185	38
224^th	Westport	1	0	1	1	0	0.299	231	7
225^th	Granite Falls	2	1	3	0	0	0.299	263	38
226^th	Marysville	13	5	13	1	3	0.29	209	17
227^th	Goldendale	1	1	1	1	1	0.282	223	4
228^th	Lind	1	2	0	0	0	0.281	183	45
229^th	Warden	1	1	1	0	0	0.279	245	16
230^th	Gold Bar	1	0	0	0	0	0.277	251	21
231^st	Federal Way	15	5	9	3	10	0.275	234	3
232^nd	Prescott	2	1	1	0	2	0.272	239	7
233^rd	Tonasket	1	1	2	1	1	0.272	215	18
234^th	Concrete	1	0	2	1	0	0.27	236	2
235^th	Sumas	1	0	0	0	0	0.269	157	78
236^th	Mesa	2	0	0	0	0	0.267	217	19
237^th	Darrington	1	0	1	0	0	0.262	225	12
238^th	Omak	3	2	3	1	1	0.261	216	22
239^th	Moses Lake	11	3	6	0	3	0.26	226	13
240^th	Neah Bay	1	0	1	0	0	0.26	249	9
241^st	La Conner	1	1	1	0	0	0.259	241
242^nd	Castle Rock	1	1	1	1	0	0.254	237	5
243^rd	Newman Lake	1	0	0	0	0	0.249	228	15
244^th	Mossyrock	1	0	2	1	0	0.242	200	44
245^th	Burlington	3	0	3	0	2	0.234	227	18
246^th	Tieton	0	1	0	0	0	0.233	264	18
247^th	Burien	5	1	5	2	3	0.229	240	7
248^th	Lakewood	13	4	9	1	2	0.226	238	10
249^th	Ocean Shores	1	1	1	0	0	0.224	247	2
250^th	Royal City	1	2	1	0	0	0.218	229	21
251^st	Belfair	2	1	2	2	0	0.211	246	5
252^nd	Winlock	2	1	2	0	0	0.201	254	2
253^rd	Shelton	7	3	6	0	2	0.199	242	11
254^th	Aberdeen	5	1	5	2	1	0.198	252	2
255^th	Centralia	5	1	2	0	1	0.197	258	3
256^th	Milton	1	1	0	0	0	0.195	256
257^th	Prosser	3	1	3	0	1	0.194	255	2
258^th	Forks	2	1	2	1	0	0.192	253	5
259^th	Oakville	1	0	1	1	0	0.192	270	11
260^th	Curtis	1	0	0	0	0	0.189	271	11
261^st	Pasco	21	4	5	0	5	0.185	260	1
262^nd	Connell	1	1	4	1	0	0.177	259	3
263^rd	Inchelium	1	1	1	0	0	0.172	269	6
264^th	Brewster	1	1	2	0	2	0.168	265	1
265^th	Cusick	2	0	1	1	0	0.167	262	3
266^th	Ilwaco	0	1	1	0	0	0.163	261	5
267^th	Othello	4	1	3	0	0	0.16	267
268^th	Rock Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.149	250	18
269^th	Pacific Beach	1	0	0	0	1	0.147	244	25
270^th	Sunnyside	4	2	2	0	1	0.143	266	4
271^st	Hoquiam	3	1	1	1	0	0.141	257	14
272^nd	Harrington	1	0	1	0	0	0.139	243	29
273^rd	Bridgeport	1	1	2	0	0	0.138	272	1
274^th	Springdale	1	1	2	4	0	0.136	273	1
275^th	Maple Falls	1	0	0	0	0	0.135	278	3
276^th	Roy	1	0	0	0	0	0.13	222	54
277^th	Wellpinit	1	1	3	0	0	0.123	288	11
278^th	Coulee Dam	1	0	1	0	0	0.12	282	4
279^th	Burbank	1	1	1	0	0	0.101	212	67
280^th	Quincy	5	1	1	2	1	0.089	268	12
281^st	Outlook	1	0	0	0	0	0.089	283	2
282^nd	Toppenish	4	1	3	0	0	0.088	284	2
283^rd	Mattawa	3	1	2	0	0	0.08	277	6
284^th	Granger	1	1	1	0	0	0.074	276	8
285^th	Benton City	1	1	1	0	0	0.07	280	5
286^th	Seatac	4	2	3	0	1	0.061	275	11
287^th	Mabton	1	0	1	0	0	0.047	286	1
288^th	Airway Heights	1	0	0	0	0	0.042	279	9
289^th	Wapato	6	2	3	0	0	0.04	285	4
290^th	Soap Lake	1	0	2	0	0	0.029	281	9
291^st	Tulalip	1	0	0	0	0	0.009	287	4
292^nd	White Swan	0	1	3	0	0	0.005	289	3
293^rd	Harrah	1	0	0	0	1	0.001	290	3

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About our rankings:

* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on September 9, 2023, 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.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.