Schools in Zip Code 98261

Zip code 98261 on Lopez Island has two small public schools operated by the Lopez Island School District: Lopez Elementary School for grades K–6 and Lopez Middle High School for grades 7–12, serving 202 students altogether at the district’s School Road campus.

Lopez Middle High School is the stronger performer overall. It ranked in the 85th percentile among Washington schools in both 2023–2024 and 2024–2025, earning four stars, and its 88% graduation rate was 5.4 percentage points above the state average. In 2025–2026, its math proficiency was slightly above the state rate, while English Language Arts performance was close to the state average. Grade-level results were especially strong in eighth- and tenth-grade math. Families should note, however, that recent ELA proficiency declined from the prior year, and the school’s dropout figure is from an older year and cannot be directly compared with the newer state data.

Lopez Elementary School offers a very favorable 10.5-to-1 student-teacher ratio, compared with 13.3-to-1 at Lopez Middle High School, but its recent academic indicators are weaker. Its ranking fell from the 79th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 47th percentile in 2025–2026. Elementary math is the clearest concern: 31.11% of students were proficient, 12 points below the state average, although this improved substantially from the previous year. ELA also declined and remained below the state average. Because enrollment is small, yearly percentages and rankings can shift noticeably with changes in student cohorts, so parents may want to watch results over several years rather than rely on one testing cycle.