Summary:
Kittitas School District serves about 575 students in three schools in the Kittitas area: Kittitas Elementary School for grades K–5, Kittitas High School for grades 6–12, and the small, specialized Parke Creek Treatment Center for grades 8–12.
Kittitas Elementary School is the district’s strongest recent success story. Its statewide ranking improved substantially, moving from the 34th to the 61st percentile, and its rating rose from two to three stars. In 2025–26, 49.12% of students were proficient in math and 63.04% in science, both above state results. The school also improved in English language arts, although its 45.61% proficiency rate remained below the state’s 52.81%. By comparison, Kittitas High School had similar English results at 47.77% and stronger-than-state science performance at 53.25%, but its math proficiency was much lower at 25.16%. Its 86% graduation rate is encouraging and exceeds the state average, even though its overall ranking has declined in recent years.
For families considering the district, the most important academic concern is the transition into secondary mathematics. At Kittitas High School, math proficiency fell to 21.28% in grade 8 and 11.11% in grade 10, making middle- and high-school math the clearest improvement priority. Grade 8 is also weak in English, while grade 10 English is a bright spot at 66.67%. Science is the district’s broadest strength, with both main schools above the statewide rate. Parke Creek Treatment Center serves only 11 students and reports no test scores, so its higher spending and smaller student-teacher ratio reflect its specialized setting and should not be compared directly with the comprehensive schools.
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