Summary:
ZIP code 98233 has one listed high school, Burlington Edison High School, serving grades 9–12 with 1,047 students in the Burlington-Edison School District. The school has a 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1, 52.63% free or reduced-price lunch participation, and reported spending of $20,021 per student in 2023–2024. Since it is the only high school in the ZIP code, families do not have another local high school to compare directly within 98233.
The school’s strongest academic area is science. In 2025–2026, 60.91% of students were proficient in science, ahead of both the district at 43.21% and Washington state at 50.95%. Science performance was also stable compared with the prior year. English Language Arts performance was 45.19%, higher than the district’s 34.68% but below the state’s 52.81%; this represented an 8.40-point decline from the previous year. Mathematics is the clearest concern: only 16.03% of students were proficient, compared with 26.22% districtwide and 43.11% statewide. The math result also fell more than 10 points from the prior year, making math the school’s most important academic improvement priority.
Other outcomes provide a mixed but generally stable picture. The 2024–2025 graduation rate was 85.8%, slightly above the district’s 85.6% and meaningfully above the state’s 82.6%. The dropout rate was 10.5%, slightly below the district’s 10.7% but above the state’s 9.8%, so attendance, course completion, and student-support systems are worth examining. The school’s statewide ranking improved substantially in 2024–2025 before slipping in 2025–2026, although it remained above its 2023–2024 percentile. Overall, Burlington Edison shows particular strength in science and graduation outcomes, while families should pay close attention to math support and the recent decline in ELA performance.
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