Summary
Stanwood High School is a traditional public school serving grades 9–12 in the Stanwood-Camano area, with 1,384 students. It ranks 144th out of 396 Washington high schools, placing it at the 64th percentile, and is part of the 67th-percentile Stanwood-Camano School District. Overall, it is a solid mid-to-upper-tier school with especially strong English performance, favorable graduation and dropout rates, and math as its clearest academic challenge.
English Language Arts is Stanwood’s standout area: 68.77% of students were proficient in 2025–26, compared with 52.81% statewide. The school has stayed above 67% in ELA for four reported years. Math proficiency was much lower at 34.11%, below both the district and state, although it has improved from 29.72% in 2022–23. Science proficiency was 45.74%, also below the state, following a notable decline from 67.32% in 2022–23. Completion outcomes are stronger: the 2024–25 graduation rate was 89.7%, above the state’s 82.6%, while the dropout rate was 5.1%, well below the state’s 9.8%.
Among nearby traditional high schools, Arlington High School is the strongest direct benchmark, ranking at the 78th percentile compared with Stanwood’s 64th. Arlington leads Stanwood in ELA, math, science, and graduation, especially in science, but Stanwood has the lower dropout rate. Stanwood outperforms Mount Vernon High School, Marysville Pilchuck High School, and Lakewood High School in the major academic and completion measures. Its latest low-socioeconomic-status subgroup ranking was particularly strong at the 80th percentile. The main opportunities are improving math, reversing the recent science decline, and continuing progress for special education students.
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