Best Public Schools in Zip Code 98424

Schools in ZIP code 98424 include three schools serving elementary and high-school students in the Fife area: Fife Elementary School serves kindergarten through fifth grade, while Fife High School and Fife Open Doors serve grades 10–12. There is no middle school or formally classified alternative school in the ZIP code. All three schools belong to the Fife School District, and together they enroll about 1,776 students.

Fife High School has the strongest overall academic profile in the area. It ranks in the 57th percentile statewide, has an 85.3% graduation rate, and reports particularly strong English language arts performance at 66.4%. Its main concern is mathematics, where 30.43% of students are proficient, well below the Washington average. Science performance is also below the state level, although the school improved modestly in all three tested subjects compared with the prior year. With 885 students, it is by far the larger high-school program in the ZIP code.

Fife Elementary School has a lower overall statewide ranking but stands out in science, with 55.97% proficiency—above both district and state results. Fifth grade is its strongest tested grade, while English language arts and math results are weaker in the lower grades. Year over year, science improved substantially, but ELA and math declined. Fife Open Doors is a very small 25-student program with a different educational model and should not be compared directly with the comprehensive high school; its latest school-specific graduation and dropout figures are from an earlier year. Overall, families will find the strongest traditional outcomes at Fife High School, a science strength at Fife Elementary School, and a specialized option in Fife Open Doors.