Best High Schools in Zip Code 98587

ZIP code 98587 has one high school, Taholah High School, serving grades 9–12 in the small, geographically isolated community of Taholah, Washington. The school enrolls 66 students, has a 10.4-to-1 student-teacher ratio, and serves a community where 77.27% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Because there is only one high school in the ZIP code, families are evaluating this school primarily in relation to the Taholah School District and Washington state rather than against another nearby high school.

Taholah High School shows mixed results. Its all-grade English Language Arts proficiency rate was 25%, compared with 12.77% for the district and 52.81% statewide. Science proficiency was also 25%, above the district’s 12.5% but below Washington’s 50.95%. In grade-specific results, 10th-grade ELA proficiency was 25%, matching the district but well below the state’s 64.41%, while 11th-grade science was also 25%, compared with 48.78% statewide. Math results were suppressed because of the small number of students tested, so parents should not interpret the missing figures as either strong or weak performance.

The school’s reported graduation rate was 70% in 2022–23, matching the district but below the available Washington figure of 82.6% for 2024–25; the different years make this an imperfect comparison. Its dropout rate was 5.5% in 2021–22, also matching the district. The school’s latest ranking was 383rd of 396 Washington schools, in the 3rd percentile, while the district ranked 236th of 238 districts. These rankings indicate significant challenges, but the school’s very small enrollment means that a few students can substantially change percentages and rankings. Its low student-teacher ratio and $32,104 in per-student spending may support individualized attention, although the available results show that academic improvement remains an important priority.