Auburn School District

Summary:

The Auburn School District in Washington includes 26 schools serving about 15,000 students from preschool through 12th grade, ranking in the lower third of state districts overall with significant variation in performance between schools.

Parents will find notable strengths in several schools, particularly at the elementary level. Lakeland Hills Elementary stands out as the district's highest-rated school with strong test scores, while Auburn Riverside High School achieves an impressive 92% graduation rate, the highest in the district. Other elementary schools like Willow Crest Elementary and Lea Hill Elementary also perform well. However, the district faces challenges, with math proficiency being a particular concern across all grade levels and some schools, such as Dick Scobee Elementary and Auburn Senior High School, needing significant support.

When comparing schools, performance does not always align with funding levels, and economic diversity is wide across the district. The alternative schools, West Auburn Senior High School and Special Educational School, serve unique student populations with vastly different resource models. The data suggests that while the district has clear areas for improvement, especially in middle school preparation for high school, there are also pockets of excellence and successful practices worth highlighting.

District Detail

915 4th St NE
Auburn, WA 98002-4452

(253) 931-4900

SchoolDigger Rank:
164^th of 247 Washington districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 18,174

Primary Schools: 16
Middle Schools: 4
High Schools: 4
Alternative Schools: 2

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				WCAS Science (2025)				SBAC English Language Arts (2025)								SBAC Math (2025)								% Completely Immunized (2024)	% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Diphtheria (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% Pertussis (2024)	% Tetanus (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WCAS Science 5th Grade	WCAS Science 8th Grade	WCAS Science 11th Grade	WCAS Science All Grades	SBAC English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 4th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 5th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 6th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 7th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 8th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 10th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts All Grades	SBAC Math 3rd Grade	SBAC Math 4th Grade	SBAC Math 5th Grade	SBAC Math 6th Grade	SBAC Math 7th Grade	SBAC Math 8th Grade	SBAC Math 10th Grade	SBAC Math All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Measles KG	% Mumps KG	% Rubella KG	% Diphtheria KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% Pertussis KG	% Tetanus KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Alpac Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	310 Milwaukee Blvd N	Pacific	98047	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 931-4976	534	34	15.5	62.0%	158 (29.6%)	29 (5.4%)	198 (37.1%)	82 (15.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.3%)	44 (8.2%)	43.4	634^th of 1160 public elementary schools	45.3%		50.1	560^th of 1168 public elementary schools	52.1%	74	52.2			52.2	36.9	35.4	62.0					44.9	48.8	31.3	54.4					44.5	82.1	85.9	84.6	84.6	84.6	85.9	88.5	83.3	85.9	85.9	$18,303	$993	$17,309
Auburn Senior High School	Public	9-12	711 E Main St	Auburn	98002	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 931-4880	1,918	100	19.1	63.2%	457 (23.8%)	171 (8.9%)	741 (38.6%)	208 (10.8%)	35 (1.8%)	146 (7.6%)	160 (8.3%)	25.4	338^th of 438 public high schools	22.8%		22.3	355^th of 437 public high schools	18.8%	17			40.4	40.4							48.0	48.0							18.9	18.9											$17,541	$1,007	$16,535
Cascade Middle School	Public	6-8	1015 24th St NE	Auburn	98002	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 931-4995	966	53	18.1	65.2%	294 (30.4%)	105 (10.9%)	286 (29.6%)	117 (12.1%)	6 (0.6%)	77 (8.0%)	80 (8.3%)	18.3	448^th of 534 public middle schools	16.1%		22.3	433^rd of 535 public middle schools	19.1%	15		29.1		29.1				34.0	30.1	40.8		34.9				24.9	16.6	20.5		20.9											$16,918	$693	$16,225
Chinook Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3502 Auburn Way S	Auburn	98092	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 931-4980	700	42	16.5	62.7%	125 (17.9%)	32 (4.6%)	319 (45.6%)	44 (6.3%)	78 (11.1%)	42 (6.0%)	60 (8.6%)	22	949^th of 1160 public elementary schools	18.2%		23.4	924^th of 1168 public elementary schools	20.9%	25	25.3			25.3	45.0	40.9	35.4					40.2	35.9	33.6	21.1					30.0	91.2	94.5	96.7	96.7	96.7	92.3	94.5	94.5	92.3	92.3	$19,969	$1,242	$18,727
Evergreen Heights Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5602 S 316th St	Auburn	98001	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 931-4974	457	28	16.2	54.0%	109 (23.9%)	39 (8.5%)	124 (27.1%)	101 (22.1%)	2 (0.4%)	34 (7.4%)	48 (10.5%)	49.6	560^th of 1160 public elementary schools	51.7%		49.4	571^st of 1168 public elementary schools	51.1%	11	44.9			44.9	39.2	58.1	50.7					49.3	52.1	64.9	36.2					51.4	90.7	94.7	93.3	93.3	93.3	92.0	94.7	93.3	92.0	92.0	$18,826	$523	$18,302
Lea Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	30908 124th Ave SE	Auburn	98092	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 931-4982	593	37	16.0	66.3%	153 (25.8%)	81 (13.7%)	109 (18.4%)	173 (29.2%)	2 (0.3%)	23 (3.9%)	52 (8.8%)	59.2	445^th of 1160 public elementary schools	61.6%		29.6	824^th of 1168 public elementary schools	29.5%	379	44.4			44.4	54.4	48.5	64.2					56.3	64.2	45.5	57.5					55.9	88.4	89.5	94.7	94.7	94.7	89.5	93.7	93.7	89.5	89.5	$20,328	$722	$19,606
Dick Scobee Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1031 14th ST NE	Auburn	98002	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 931-4984	675	42	16.1	80.3%	123 (18.2%)	98 (14.5%)	140 (20.7%)	188 (27.9%)	6 (0.9%)	61 (9.0%)	59 (8.7%)	10.3	1088^th of 1160 public elementary schools	6.2%		12.6	1075^th of 1168 public elementary schools	8.0%	13	26.4			26.4	26.7	17.5	32.3					25.9	33.3	23.1	16.5					24.8	92.0	92.0	94.0	94.0	94.0	93.0	95.0	94.0	93.0	93.0	$20,146	$1,073	$19,073
Olympic Middle School	Public	6-8	839 21st ST SE	Auburn	98002	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 931-4966	956	56	17.1	68.0%	195 (20.4%)	54 (5.6%)	432 (45.2%)	92 (9.6%)	32 (3.3%)	60 (6.3%)	91 (9.5%)	16.2	462^nd of 534 public middle schools	13.5%		14.1	471^st of 535 public middle schools	12.0%	9		24.2		24.2				31.0	35.0	41.5		35.8				15.2	21.4	17.0		17.8											$16,905	$726	$16,179
Pioneer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2301 M St SE	Auburn	98002	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 931-4986	621	43	14.4	72.0%	89 (14.3%)	25 (4.0%)	371 (59.7%)	38 (6.1%)	2 (0.3%)	46 (7.4%)	50 (8.1%)	17.9	988^th of 1160 public elementary schools	14.8%		18.2	993^rd of 1168 public elementary schools	15.0%	5	17.5			17.5	25.8	33.7	21.3					26.9	41.2	43.4	25.0					36.9	86.0	91.0	94.0	94.0	94.0	89.0	92.0	90.0	89.0	89.0	$19,748	$838	$18,910
Gildo Rey Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1005 37th St SE	Auburn	98002	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 931-4952	416	27	15.5	72.6%	66 (15.9%)	20 (4.8%)	253 (60.8%)	34 (8.2%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.6%)	27 (6.5%)	30	825^th of 1160 public elementary schools	28.9%		30.1	815^th of 1168 public elementary schools	30.2%	10	17.2			17.2	42.6	45.8	22.4					36.8	63.0	45.9	10.3					39.3	86.4	94.9	94.9	94.9	94.9	89.8	96.6	91.5	89.8	89.8	$21,823	$737	$21,086
Terminal Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1101 D St SE	Auburn	98002	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 931-4978	610	37	16.6	69.3%	147 (24.1%)	57 (9.3%)	241 (39.5%)	58 (9.5%)	4 (0.7%)	52 (8.5%)	51 (8.4%)	42.2	656^th of 1160 public elementary schools	43.4%		30.6	808^th of 1168 public elementary schools	30.8%	152	45.5			45.5	39.0	55.2	40.6					45.2	40.2	58.3	40.0					46.4	86.2	90.8	89.7	89.7	89.7	89.7	92.0	87.4	89.7	89.7	$20,462	$663	$19,799
Washington Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	20 E St NE	Auburn	98002	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 931-4988	501	35	14.3	74.3%	145 (28.9%)	35 (7.0%)	192 (38.3%)	25 (5.0%)	3 (0.6%)	55 (11.0%)	46 (9.2%)	28.3	845^th of 1160 public elementary schools	27.2%		22.8	929^th of 1168 public elementary schools	20.5%	84	39.0			39.0	41.5	30.8	36.6					36.7	48.8	32.3	37.8					40.3	84.4	87.0	89.6	89.6	89.6	84.4	88.3	88.3	84.4	84.4	$21,402	$747	$20,655
Ilalko Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	301 Oravetz Pl SE	Auburn	98092	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 931-4748	468	30	15.6	63.0%	141 (30.1%)	47 (10.0%)	147 (31.4%)	50 (10.7%)	6 (1.3%)	41 (8.8%)	36 (7.7%)	33.2	781^st of 1160 public elementary schools	32.7%		37.2	716^th of 1168 public elementary schools	38.7%	65	40.3			40.3	40.3	44.9	37.5					40.9	45.6	44.9	33.8					41.4	80.6	81.9	87.5	87.5	87.5	83.3	86.1	81.9	83.3	83.3	$20,945	$1,036	$19,909
Mt Baker Middle School	Public	6-8	620 37th St SE	Auburn	98002	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 804-4555	917	49	18.5	54.9%	256 (27.9%)	72 (7.9%)	332 (36.2%)	130 (14.2%)	5 (0.5%)	33 (3.6%)	89 (9.7%)	36.9	328^th of 534 public middle schools	38.6%		33.9	344^th of 535 public middle schools	35.7%	16		39.9		39.9				51.3	40.9	44.6		45.5				36.9	30.0	25.2		30.6											$17,563	$601	$16,962
Lake View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	16401 SE 318th St	Auburn	98092	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 931-4830	413	26	15.9	49.9%	232 (56.2%)	21 (5.1%)	94 (22.8%)	18 (4.4%)	4 (1.0%)	18 (4.4%)	26 (6.3%)	45.7	605^th of 1160 public elementary schools	47.8%		50.6	556^th of 1168 public elementary schools	52.4%	49	50.0			50.0	38.5	37.3	58.2					44.1	46.2	45.0	56.4					48.9	84.1	84.1	84.1	84.1	84.1	84.1	87.3	84.1	84.1	84.1	$19,690	$732	$18,959
Hazelwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	11815 SE 304th St	Auburn	98092	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 931-4740	502	31	16.1	52.2%	175 (34.9%)	36 (7.2%)	128 (25.5%)	110 (21.9%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.8%)	42 (8.4%)	48	578^th of 1160 public elementary schools	50.2%		47.1	595^th of 1168 public elementary schools	49.1%	17	44.3			44.3	49.5	32.1	60.2					47.7	65.2	37.0	48.9					51.0	85.5	88.2	89.5	89.5	89.5	88.2	92.1	89.5	88.2	88.2	$19,225	$327	$18,898
Rainier Middle School	Public	6-8	30620 116th Ave SE	Auburn	98092	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 931-4843	907	52	17.4	60.6%	277 (30.5%)	94 (10.4%)	200 (22.1%)	223 (24.6%)	2 (0.2%)	28 (3.1%)	83 (9.2%)	23.7	422^nd of 534 public middle schools	21.0%		22	434^th of 535 public middle schools	18.9%	12		30.3		30.3				37.9	37.4	37.0		37.5				26.5	28.2	25.0		26.7											$17,157	$640	$16,517
Auburn Riverside High School	Public	9-12	501 Oravetz Rd SE	Auburn	98092	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 804-5154	1,852	85	21.9	48.9%	590 (31.9%)	110 (5.9%)	646 (34.9%)	260 (14.0%)	15 (0.8%)	61 (3.3%)	170 (9.2%)	46.6	223^rd of 438 public high schools	49.1%		43.1	253^rd of 437 public high schools	42.1%	30			54.0	54.0							59.5	59.5							24.4	24.4											$15,734	$345	$15,389
Special Educational School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	502 4th St NE	Auburn	98002	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 931-4927	35	4	8.7	31.4%	13 (37.1%)	4 (11.4%)	8 (22.9%)	5 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (14.3%)								(n/a)
Auburn Mountainview High School	Public	9-12	28900 124th AVE SE	Auburn	98092	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 804-4539	1,560	83	18.8	58.5%	550 (35.3%)	136 (8.7%)	380 (24.4%)	313 (20.1%)	2 (0.1%)	53 (3.4%)	126 (8.1%)	42.5	249^th of 438 public high schools	43.2%		39.9	270^th of 437 public high schools	38.2%	21			45.9	45.9							61.7	61.7							24.8	24.8											$16,445	$509	$15,936
Lakeland Hills Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1020 Evergreen Way SE	Auburn	98092	Pierce County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 876-7711	512	32	15.8	35.7%	159 (31.1%)	47 (9.2%)	140 (27.3%)	97 (18.9%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.8%)	62 (12.1%)	72.1	292^nd of 1160 public elementary schools	74.8%		79.6	224^th of 1168 public elementary schools	80.8%	68	53.8			53.8	60.6	55.2	64.1					60.5	70.9	64.2	57.1					64.6	96.3	97.6	97.6	97.6	97.6	96.3	98.8	97.6	96.3	96.3	$19,577	$325	$19,252
Arthur Jacobsen Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	29205 132nd Ave SE	Auburn	98092	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 630-2441	367	25	14.4	59.9%	94 (25.6%)	31 (8.4%)	76 (20.7%)	118 (32.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	44 (12.0%)	17.9	987^th of 1160 public elementary schools	14.9%		25.7	886^th of 1168 public elementary schools	24.1%	101	33.3			33.3	39.1	36.8	18.2					32.0	34.0	33.3	20.0					29.5	90.0	92.9	94.3	94.3	94.3	92.9	94.3	92.9	92.9	92.9	$21,277	$1,031	$20,246
Auburn Opportunity Project	Public	9-12	401 West Main Street	Auburn	98001	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 931-4990	92	0		65.2%	29 (31.5%)	14 (15.2%)	38 (41.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	3 (3.3%)	6 (6.5%)								(n/a)																															$4,357	$307	$4,050
Bowman Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5701 Kersey Way SE	Auburn	98092	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 931-4900	440	27	16.1	35.0%	170 (38.6%)	44 (10.0%)	82 (18.6%)	87 (19.8%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.4%)	42 (9.5%)	57.2	466^th of 1160 public elementary schools	59.8%		70.3	313^th of 1168 public elementary schools	73.2%	153	51.7			51.7	50.0	47.1	55.9					50.8	57.1	52.2	56.7					55.3	85.0	88.8	90.0	90.0	90.0	87.5	92.5	87.5	87.5	87.5	$20,593	$570	$20,023
Willow Crest Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	13002 SE 304th ST	Auburn	98092	King County	Auburn School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(253) 931-4717	656	38	17.1	55.5%	207 (31.6%)	66 (10.1%)	120 (18.3%)	201 (30.6%)	4 (0.6%)	9 (1.4%)	49 (7.5%)	53	517^th of 1160 public elementary schools	55.4%		67.4	352^nd of 1168 public elementary schools	69.9%	165	47.2			47.2	32.2	68.9	55.8					53.5	39.8	64.5	50.0					52.2	81.3	86.7	88.0	88.0	88.0	85.3	89.3	84.0	85.3	85.3	$18,194	$930	$17,265
West Auburn Senior High School	Public, Alternative	K-12	401 W Main St	Auburn	98001	King County	Auburn School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(253) 931-4990	506	31	16.3	69.8%	151 (29.8%)	54 (10.7%)	177 (35.0%)	25 (4.9%)	19 (3.8%)	26 (5.1%)	54 (10.7%)								(n/a)			14.7	14.6								17.4								8.9											$17,789	$1,008	$16,780

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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.

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