Summary:
ZIP code 98371 has one high school, Puyallup High School, serving grades 10–12 in the Puyallup area; it enrolls about 1,815 students and is part of the Puyallup School District.
Puyallup High School is a relatively strong school overall. It received four stars and ranked in the 80th percentile statewide, improving from the 76th percentile in each of the prior two years. Its 90.6% graduation rate was higher than both the district rate of 87.5% and the Washington rate of 82.6%. The school’s 6.4% dropout rate was also below the district’s 8.3% and the state’s 9.8%, suggesting that students are generally completing high school at stronger rates than comparison groups. The school reports a student-teacher ratio of 24.4 to 1 and per-student spending of $15,162.
Academically, the school’s clearest strengths are English Language Arts and science. In 2025–2026, 74.41% of students were proficient in ELA, well above the district’s 54.82% and the state’s 52.81%. Science proficiency was 62.32%, exceeding the district by 8.18 percentage points and the state by 11.37 points. Mathematics is the main area needing improvement: 34.76% of students were proficient, below both the district’s 43.68% and the state’s 43.11%. Results were mostly stable from the previous year, with a slight math increase, a nearly unchanged ELA rate, and a modest science decline. For parents, the overall picture is positive—strong graduation, retention, ELA, and science outcomes—but math performance is an important consideration when evaluating the school’s academic fit and support needs.
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