Summary:
ZIP code 98465 has two public schools serving elementary through middle-school grades: Geiger Montessori School serves prekindergarten through fifth grade, while Hunt Middle School serves grades six through eight; both are part of the Tacoma School District, and no high school is listed in the ZIP code.
For current academic performance, Geiger is the stronger overall school. It leads Hunt in English language arts, math, and science, with especially large advantages in math and science. Geiger’s all-grade proficiency rates are 57.08% in ELA, 48.86% in math, and 69.86% in science, all above both district and state rates. Its strongest results come in fifth grade, where 73.97% of students are proficient in ELA, 61.64% in math, and 69.86% in science. Results rise substantially from third to fifth grade, although year-to-year comparisons should be viewed carefully because different groups of students are tested each year. Geiger’s statewide ranking has remained fairly steady in the upper-middle range, at the 65th percentile in 2025–2026.
Hunt has a more mixed profile but shows important positive momentum. Its ELA proficiency is 54.97%, above both the district and state, while math is 34.89% and science is 42.60%. Math—particularly eighth-grade math, at 27.98%—is the clearest area for improvement. Hunt’s statewide ranking rose from the 42nd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 58th percentile in each of the following two years, and its rating improved from two stars to three. Hunt also reports a lower student-teacher ratio and slightly higher spending per student than Geiger, but those measures do not directly determine test results. Families comparing schools should weigh Geiger’s stronger academic outcomes against Hunt’s middle-school setting and improving ranking trajectory.
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