Best Public Schools in Zip Code 98077

Schools in ZIP code 98077 include five schools serving grades K–12: three elementary schools, one middle school, and one alternative school, with 2,093 students enrolled across the highly ranked Northshore School District and Lake Washington School District. The traditional schools are especially strong overall, with all ranking above the 88th percentile statewide. East Ridge Elementary has the highest current test scores, with 84.72% proficiency in English language arts (ELA) and 82.97% in math. Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary has the highest elementary-school ranking, ranking 16th out of 1,138 Washington elementary schools. Both schools received five-star ratings and perform well above their district and state comparisons.

Timbercrest Middle School is also a standout, ranking 15th out of 514 Washington middle schools. It reports strong results in all three tested subjects: 79.19% in ELA, 73.24% in math, and 80.09% in science. Its science performance improved notably from the prior year. Cottage Lake Elementary ranks lower than the other traditional schools, but its math performance rose sharply, from 59.84% to 77.97% in one year. Math is currently its stronger subject, while ELA results are more mixed. Class sizes and school resources vary, so rankings and test scores are best considered alongside each school’s overall setting and grade-level offerings.

Northshore Learning Options serves students from kindergarten through 12th grade in an alternative-school setting, so its results should not be compared directly with conventional neighborhood schools. Its reported ELA, math, and science proficiency rates are above statewide averages, although math trails the district average and its 75.4% graduation rate is below district and state rates. Results vary considerably by grade, and several figures across the schools were suppressed, meaning they are unknown rather than zero. Overall, families seeking traditional schools will find particularly strong options at East Ridge, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Timbercrest, while Cottage Lake offers an encouraging recent math-improvement story.