Best Public Schools in Zip Code 98087

ZIP code 98087 has one listed school, Lake Stickney Elementary School, serving students from kindergarten through fifth grade in the Mukilteo School District. The school enrolls 628 students and serves an area where nearly 60% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, an important consideration when evaluating academic results and student support needs.

Lake Stickney Elementary School showed meaningful improvement in 2025–2026. Overall proficiency rose to 47.09% in English language arts, 39.08% in math, and 43.64% in science. ELA had the largest year-over-year gain, increasing 9.05 percentage points. The school’s statewide ranking also improved, moving from the 25th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 39th percentile in 2025–2026, while its rating increased from one star to two. Even with this progress, results remained below district and state averages overall. The school’s student-teacher ratio was 15.8, and reported spending was $18,774 per student.

Third grade was the strongest area by a wide margin. In ELA, 61.62% of third graders were proficient, compared with 45.52% in the district and 48.84% statewide; third-grade math also slightly exceeded both comparison groups. Performance dropped sharply in fourth grade, where only 37.61% were proficient in ELA and 31.62% in math. Fifth-grade results remained below district and state levels in ELA, math, and science, with math at 33.33% and science at 43.64%. For parents, the main takeaway is that the school is improving, but performance is uneven across grades. The most important questions concern how the school is supporting the transition from third to fourth grade and strengthening upper-elementary math and science.