Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 98375

ZIP code 98375 has one middle school, Doris Stahl Junior High, serving reported grades 6–10 in the Puyallup area. The school enrolls 846 students and is part of the Puyallup School District. Its 2025–2026 statewide ranking was 193rd out of 514 schools, placing it in the 62nd percentile. With only one middle school in the ZIP code, there is no local school-to-school comparison; the most useful benchmarks are the district and Washington averages.

Overall, Doris Stahl’s strongest academic area is English Language Arts. In 2025–2026, 54.71% of students were proficient in ELA, slightly below the district’s 54.82% but above the state’s 52.81%. Seventh-grade ELA was a standout: 60.75% of students were proficient, exceeding both the district and state. Seventh-grade math was also slightly above comparison results, at 43.13%. Science showed encouraging improvement, rising 4.71 percentage points from the prior year to 49.46%, although that remained below the district’s 54.14% and the state’s 50.95%.

Math is the clearest area for improvement. Overall math proficiency was 38.78%, below both the district at 43.68% and the state at 43.11%, while eighth-grade math was particularly low at 34.66%. Eighth-grade ELA was also weaker than seventh-grade ELA, with 48.91% proficiency compared with 60.75%, and it trailed both district and state results. Parents should also note the school’s 45.86% free/reduced-price lunch rate, 22.1:1 student-teacher ratio, and $15,842 per-student spending reported for 2023–2024. The overall picture is of a stable, moderately strong school with improving statewide standing, solid literacy performance, and a need for focused support in eighth-grade math and ELA.