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
21	Stem Academy at SVT	Public	9-12	115 S. University Road	Spokane Valley	99206	Spokane County	Central Valley School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 558-6500	190	12	15.8	21.6%	169 (88.9%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (3.2%)	4 (2.1%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.7%)	$15,651			$86			$15,565	95.2	94.1	22	1		530111003657
22	Lake Washington High School	Public	9-12	12033 NE 80th	Kirkland	98033	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-1700	2,081	99	20.9	13.5%	1,038 (49.9%)	53 (2.5%)	255 (12.3%)	506 (24.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.2%)	200 (9.6%)	$16,612			$166			$16,446	94.7	95.4	16	6		530423000674
23	Interlake Senior High School	Public	9-12	16245 NE 24th Street	Bellevue	98008	King County	Bellevue School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 456-7200	1,611	84	19.2	26.6%	358 (22.2%)	64 (4.0%)	268 (16.6%)	801 (49.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.2%)	106 (6.6%)	$21,413			$319			$21,093	94.3	94.4	21	2		530039000072
24	Anacortes High School	Public	9-12	1600 20th Street	Anacortes	98221	Skagit County	Anacortes School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 503-1300	766	37	20.8	25.2%	572 (74.7%)	10 (1.3%)	102 (13.3%)	17 (2.2%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (7.2%)	$20,160			$63			$20,097	94.2	94.7	20	4		530015000016
25	North Creek High School	Public	9-12	3613 191st PL SE	Bothell	98012	Snohomish County	Northshore School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 408-8800	1,910	87	21.9	20.1%	563 (29.5%)	61 (3.2%)	229 (12.0%)	890 (46.6%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.3%)	151 (7.9%)	$16,672			$217			$16,455	94.2	90.5	37	12		530591003617
26	Bellevue High School	Public	9-12	10416 Wolverine Way	Bellevue	98004	King County	Bellevue School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 456-7000	1,683	78	21.5	18.6%	538 (32.0%)	66 (3.9%)	159 (9.4%)	690 (41.0%)	2 (0.1%)	10 (0.6%)	211 (12.5%)	$18,561			$186			$18,375	93.9	86.6	49	23		530039000060
27	Inglemoor High School	Public	9-12	15500 Simonds RD NE	Kenmore	98028	King County	Northshore School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 408-7200	1,441	71	20.1	22.0%	743 (51.6%)	35 (2.4%)	243 (16.9%)	276 (19.2%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	125 (8.7%)	$18,740			$238			$18,502	93.7	92	33	6		530591000884
28	Juanita High School	Public	9-12	10601 NE 132nd	Kirkland	98034	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-1600	1,778	90	19.7	26.4%	880 (49.5%)	53 (3.0%)	329 (18.5%)	283 (15.9%)	4 (0.2%)	4 (0.2%)	206 (11.6%)	$18,058			$168			$17,890	92	92.5	29	1		530423000670
29	Olympia High School	Public	9-12	1302 North St SE	Olympia	98501	Thurston County	Olympia School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 596-7000	1,901	83	22.9	22.7%	1,132 (59.5%)	44 (2.3%)	226 (11.9%)	203 (10.7%)	6 (0.3%)	9 (0.5%)	199 (10.5%)	$16,028			$388			$15,640	91.5	91.8	34	5		530618000937
30	Henry M. Jackson High School	Public	9-12	1508 136th St. SE	Mill Creek	98012	Snohomish County	Everett School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 385-7000	2,148	90	23.8	25.5%	835 (38.9%)	80 (3.7%)	314 (14.6%)	680 (31.7%)	5 (0.2%)	9 (0.4%)	216 (10.1%)	$17,329			$425			$16,904	91.1	90.7	36	6		530267001726

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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.