Summary:
Zip code 98649 has two public schools serving kindergarten through 12th grade: Toutle Lake Elementary serves grades K–6, while Toutle Lake High School serves grades 7–12. Together, they enroll 673 students and are part of the Toutle Lake School District. The schools present a sharply different picture: the elementary school is performing above district and state averages in the available subjects, while the high school has substantially weaker assessment results and rankings.
Toutle Lake Elementary is the stronger-performing school and has shown notable recent improvement. In 2025–2026, 56.68% of students met standards in English language arts, 44.62% in math, and 58.82% in science—higher than both district and state results in each subject. Its ranking improved to the 59th percentile after falling to the 37th percentile the previous year. Results vary by grade, however: fifth-grade ELA was particularly strong at 68.63%, while fourth- and fifth-grade math results were much lower, at 35.38% and 31.37%. Parents may want to pay particular attention to upper-elementary math support.
Toutle Lake High School is the main area of concern. Its 2025–2026 proficiency rates were 36.13% in ELA, 17.37% in math, and 25.42% in science, all below district and state levels. Math was especially weak, with grade-level results ranging from 9.52% in 10th grade to 23.21% in sixth grade; science was also well below the state. The school ranked at the 10th percentile, although its graduation rate was 80%, only 2.6 points below the state. Student-teacher ratios and spending were similar at both schools, so the sharp performance gap may warrant closer attention to curriculum continuity, intervention programs, and the transition from elementary to secondary grades.
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