Best Public Schools in Zip Code 98029

Schools in ZIP code 98029 include six schools serving grades PK–12, with three elementary schools, two middle schools, and one alternative program; there is no traditional high school in the ZIP code. All are part of the Issaquah School District, which ranks 3rd out of 238 Washington districts and serves a generally high-performing suburban area. The six schools enroll approximately 2,752 students, although the alternative program serves a specialized population and is not directly comparable with the traditional schools.

The strongest overall profiles belong to Endeavour Elementary School, Grand Ridge Elementary, and Beaver Lake Middle School. Endeavour ranks 11th statewide among elementary schools and has the strongest complete subject profile, with 86.1% proficiency in English language arts, 88.1% in math, and 87.38% in science. Grand Ridge ranks 18th and leads the area in math at 90.32%, while its 5th-grade ELA result reaches 92.86%. Beaver Lake is the area’s top middle school, ranking 4th statewide and outperforming Pacific Cascade Middle School by about five percentage points in ELA, math, and science. Pacific Cascade remains an excellent school, ranking in the 97th percentile statewide and performing close to district averages.

Challenger Elementary is still strong by Washington standards, ranking in the 90th percentile, but it trails the other traditional schools locally. Its current proficiency rates are about 70% in ELA, math, and science, compared with results generally ranging from the high 70s to around 90% elsewhere. Its science score also declined notably from the prior year. Families should treat suppressed results at Grand Ridge and Issaquah Special Services as unavailable rather than low. Overall, the elementary schools show more variation than the middle schools, while all five traditional schools perform well above statewide averages.