Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 98074 include eight public schools serving elementary, middle, and high school students in the highly ranked Lake Washington School District, which ranks 4th among Washington’s 238 districts. The schools serve approximately 6,351 students, including five elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school, and the group is characterized by consistently strong rankings and test results.
Eastlake High School is the clearest secondary standout, ranking 6th of 396 Washington high schools and reporting a 96.8% graduation rate, a 1.5% dropout rate, and proficiency of 91.32% in ELA and 79.48% in math. Inglewood Middle School also ranks 6th statewide among middle schools, with strong and consistent results across grades 6–8. Among the elementary schools, Samantha Smith Elementary has the strongest complete current profile, ranking 10th statewide and posting 87.90% proficiency in both ELA and math and 89.47% in science. Christa McAuliffe Elementary has an exceptional historical ranking record and a current math proficiency rate of 95.39%, although several current results are suppressed.
The remaining schools are also high-performing overall. Rachel Carson Elementary and Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary rank in the top 30 statewide, while Margaret Mead Elementary ranks 50th and exceeds district averages overall, despite a weaker fifth-grade math result. Renaissance School of Art and Reasoning has strong ELA performance but more mixed math results and much smaller enrollment, which contributes to suppressed data. Across the ZIP code, reported scores exceed district and state averages; math shows the greatest variation, while suppressed results should be treated as unknown rather than low performance.
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