Summary:
Olympia School District serves about 9,384 students across 19 schools in and around Olympia, Washington — the state capital area — including 11 elementary schools, four middle schools, three high schools, and one alternative school, and it ranks 42nd out of 238 Washington districts at the 82nd percentile with 4 stars. All figures come from the state data file; a dash means a value was suppressed, not that it was zero.
The clearest standouts are Olympia High School — the only 5-star school here, ranked 31st of 396 high schools with a 92.3% graduation rate and 3.4% dropout rate — plus Washington Middle School and Jefferson Middle School, both near the 87th–88th percentile. Among elementaries, McKenny Elementary (80.85% science, the district's highest), Boston Harbor Elementary (65.22% math, the highest reported), and Pioneer Elementary School lead. Several schools improved sharply: Capital High School gained 18.47 points in science, McKenny 15.85, Julia Butler Hansen Elementary 14.69, and Thurgood Marshall Middle School 12.32.
Districtwide, science is the strength (68.27%, 17.32 points above the state) and math the weaker spot (50.36%, 7.25 points above the state); 15 of 17 schools with reported science scores beat the state, versus 12 of 19 in math. The elementary spread is large, from about the 81st–82nd percentile down to the 34th–43rd percentile range, with Garfield Elementary School (42.31% ELA, 30.77% math) and Leland P Brown Elementary (60.67% free/reduced lunch) facing the biggest challenges, alongside McLane Elementary School and Madison Elementary School. Notably, Olympia Regional Learning Academy posts high test scores but a 68.5% graduation rate and 22.8% dropout rate, and Avanti High School's 2025–26 ELA and science are suppressed, so those two need a separate lens.
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