Best High Schools in Washington

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the WCAS and SBAC test scores by the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 10, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 438)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
181	Stanwood High School	Public	9-12	7400 272nd St NW	Stanwood	98292	Snohomish County	Stanwood-Camano School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 629-1300	1,384	58	23.9	31.0%	1,048 (75.7%)	21 (1.5%)	178 (12.9%)	36 (2.6%)	17 (1.2%)	5 (0.4%)	74 (5.3%)	$17,659			$409			$17,250	56.2	60.9	147	34		530834001423
182	Toledo High School	Public	9-12	1242 State Route 505	Toledo	98591	Lewis County	Toledo School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 864-2391	250	14	17.9	44.4%	200 (80.0%)	1 (0.4%)	28 (11.2%)	2 (0.8%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.4%)	$20,261			$321			$19,940	56.1	60.1	152	30		530891001527
183	Wilbur Secondary School	Public	7-12	202 Pope Street	Wilbur	99185	Lincoln County	Wilbur School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 647-5602	109	10	11.2	47.7%	70 (64.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (13.8%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (14.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (7.3%)	$20,572			$783			$19,789	56	45.1	239	56		530984001668
184	Kittitas High School	Public	6-12	7571 Kittitas Highway	Kittitas	98934	Kittitas County	Kittitas School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 955-3120	318	20	16.1	55.3%	233 (73.3%)	1 (0.3%)	75 (23.6%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	$19,799			$477			$19,322	55.9	61.4	146	38		530405000643
185	Lynnwood High School	Public	9-12	18218 North Rd	Bothell	98012	Snohomish County	Edmonds School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 431-7520	1,335	61	22	52.1%	427 (32.0%)	154 (11.5%)	425 (31.8%)	263 (19.7%)	7 (0.5%)	12 (0.9%)	40 (3.0%)	$18,396			$633			$17,763	55.3	61.7	143	42		530240000346
186	East Valley High School	Public	9-12	1900 Beaudry Road	Yakima	98901	Yakima County	East Valley School District (Yakima)	No	No	No	No	(509) 573-7420	1,064	46	22.9	55.9%	427 (40.1%)	9 (0.8%)	578 (54.3%)	12 (1.1%)	8 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (2.3%)	$14,993			$625			$14,368	55	53.3	197	11		530537000805
187	Phoenix High School	Public	9-12	3520 Southridge Boulevard	Kennewick	99338	Benton County	Kennewick School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 222-6039	58	3	18.1	63.8%	29 (50.0%)	1 (1.7%)	19 (32.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (8.6%)	$18,630			$1,809			$16,822	54.6			(n/a)		530393003231
188	Liberty Bell Junior Senior High	Public	6-12	24 Twin Lakes Rd.	Winthrop	98862	Okanogan County	Methow Valley School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 996-2215	356	21	16.7	39.6%	298 (83.7%)	1 (0.3%)	37 (10.4%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	12 (3.4%)	$19,520			$173			$19,347	54.5	72.1	96	92		530502000770
189	West Valley High School	Public	9-12	9800 Zier Rd	Yakima	98908	Yakima County	West Valley School District (Yakima)	No	No	No	No	(509) 972-5900	1,494	65	22.9	48.2%	760 (50.9%)	9 (0.6%)	616 (41.2%)	45 (3.0%)	11 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (3.2%)	$14,511			$1,241			$13,270	54.4	57.9	166	23		530972001654
190	Squalicum High School	Public	9-12	3773 E McLeod Rd	Bellingham	98226	Whatcom County	Bellingham School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 676-6471	1,273	60	21.1	43.2%	670 (52.6%)	20 (1.6%)	341 (26.8%)	111 (8.7%)	9 (0.7%)	3 (0.2%)	106 (8.3%)	$18,391			$342			$18,049	54.1	46.1	226	36		530042002693

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SBAC English Language Arts, SBAC Math, WCAS Science test scores released by the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on September 10, 2025, 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.

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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.