Griffin School District

Griffin School District has one school, Griffin School, serving students from pre-K through 8th grade in Olympia, Washington. As the district’s only school, it is both the district and school-level point of comparison. The school enrolls about 585 students, has a 17.6-to-1 student-teacher ratio, and ranks 17th out of 238 Washington districts, placing it in the 93rd percentile with a 5-star rating.

Griffin School performs well above Washington averages in all reported subjects. In 2025–2026, proficiency was 64.01% in English Language Arts, 57.18% in math, and 66.39% in science, compared with 52.81%, 43.11%, and 50.95% statewide. Science is the school’s strongest area, while math has the largest year-over-year improvement. Grade-level results show especially strong performance in 7th-grade ELA and math, 3rd-grade ELA and math, and 5th-grade science. Upper-grade math is a notable strength: 7th-grade proficiency was 64.79%, or 23.48 points above the state, and 8th-grade proficiency was 58.62%, nearly 20 points above the state.

Results are somewhat uneven across grades, creating useful areas for families and school leaders to monitor. Fourth-grade math proficiency was 49.23%, essentially matching but slightly below the state rate, while 6th-grade ELA was 51.67%, only modestly above the state. ELA and science declined slightly from the prior year, but both remain strong; math increased. The school’s ranking history also shows progress, moving from 3 stars and the 68th percentile in 2023–2024 to 4 stars and the 76th percentile in 2025–2026. The 8th-grade ELA result is suppressed for privacy and cannot be evaluated, but available 8th-grade math and science results are strong.