Best High Schools in Zip Code 98258

ZIP code 98258 has two high schools serving grades 9–12: Lake Stevens Senior High School, a large comprehensive school, and LSSD Open Doors, a very small specialized program; both are operated by the Lake Stevens School District in the Lake Stevens area. Together, the schools serve 2,220 students, but 2,205 attend Lake Stevens Senior High, so nearly all area-wide results reflect that school. The district ranks 19th of 238 Washington districts and is rated five stars.

Lake Stevens Senior High School is generally a strong, above-average school. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 94.9%, exceeding the district by 1.3 percentage points and the state by 12.3 points. Its dropout rate was 4.6%, well below the statewide 9.8%. Academic results are strongest in English Language Arts, where 74.6% of students were proficient in 2025–2026—above both the district’s 65.02% and the state’s 52.81%. Science proficiency was 55.14%, above the state but below the district. Math is the main area of concern: 40.97% were proficient, below both the district and state in the all-grades comparison. Results were largely stable from the prior year, with only minor changes.

The school’s statewide ranking has remained consistently solid, around the 76th–80th percentile over the past three reported years. It serves grades 10–12, has a 24:1 student-teacher ratio, and reports 31.66% participation in free or reduced-price lunch programs. LSSD Open Doors serves grades 9–12 but enrolls only 15 students, making it fundamentally different from the comprehensive high school. It reports 20% free/reduced-price lunch participation, but no graduation, dropout, testing, or ranking results. Those missing measures should be considered unavailable rather than negative, and the program should not be directly compared with the much larger high school.