Schools in Zip Code 98388

ZIP code 98388 has three schools serving 1,753 students in the Steilacoom Hist. School District, with grades spanning pre-kindergarten through 12th grade: two elementary schools and one high school, but no middle or alternative schools. Steilacoom High serves grades 9–12, while Cherrydale Primary serves PK–3 and Saltars Point Elementary serves grades 4–5.

Steilacoom High is the strongest overall performer. Its ranking improved from the 74th to the 88th percentile over the three reported years, and it has the highest English language arts proficiency at 82.79%. Its 91.3% graduation rate also exceeds the statewide rate of 82.6%. Mathematics is a relative weakness at 47.20%, though that result improved by 9.64 points in the latest year. Cherrydale Primary is the mathematics standout, with 65.66% proficiency—well above both district and state results. It also has the lowest student-teacher ratio and highest reported spending per student, although its English language arts rate of 56.12% trails the district average.

Saltars Point Elementary has the strongest science result among the schools with available data, at 66.37%, and its ranking rose from the 57th to the 74th percentile. It performs above the state in every reported subject, although its English language arts and mathematics results are close to or slightly below district averages. Overall, all three schools exceed Washington’s rates in the reported core subjects. Families comparing schools should note that the campuses serve different grade levels, making direct comparisons imperfect. The clearest strengths are high school ELA and graduation outcomes, Cherrydale’s math performance, and Saltars Point’s science results.