Schools in Zip Code 98036

Zip code 98036 includes 11 schools serving about 4,853 students from early childhood through high school, all part of the Edmonds School District in an area with a wide range of neighborhood, middle-school, and specialized education options.

Academic performance varies considerably across the area. Hilltop Elementary and Brier Elementary are the strongest elementary schools, with roughly two-thirds of students proficient across ELA, math, and science and rankings in the top 16% of Washington elementary schools. Brier Terrace Middle School is the clear middle-school leader, outperforming district and state results in all three subjects. In contrast, College Place Elementary and Cedar Valley Elementary have the lowest achievement and rankings, particularly in math. Hazelwood Elementary and Lynndale Elementary fall between these groups.

Parents should also consider momentum and school context. College Place Middle School currently trails Brier Terrace, especially in math, but has improved substantially in test results and rankings over the past two years. Science improved sharply at Hilltop and Cedar Valley, while results declined at some other schools. The Early Childhood Center has no comparable achievement scores in the available data. The Edmonds Career Access Program and Edmonds eLearning Academy serve specialized or nontraditional populations, so their graduation, dropout, and test results should not be compared directly with conventional high schools. Overall, the most urgent academic needs are elementary math at Cedar Valley and College Place, middle-school math at College Place, and graduation outcomes in the specialized high-school programs.