Summary:
ZIP code 98661 has five high schools serving students in grades 6–12, with 1,750 students overall; it includes one large comprehensive high school plus several small alternative, specialized, and reengagement programs in the Vancouver area. Fort Vancouver High School serves most local high school students, enrolling 1,507 students in grades 9–12. The smaller programs are Lewis and Clark High School, Gate Work Study Program, Washington State School for the Blind, and Education Service District 112 Open Doors Reengagement.
For families seeking a traditional high school, Fort Vancouver is the largest option but has the most significant academic concerns in the available data. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 75.1%, below both the Vancouver School District rate of 83.0% and the statewide rate of 82.6%; its dropout rate of 14.4% was also higher than both comparisons. Test scores improved in English, math, and science in 2025–2026, but remained below district and state levels. Math was especially weak, with 12.16% of students proficient compared with 29.54% districtwide and 43.11% statewide. Fort Vancouver also reports a larger student-teacher ratio than the smaller programs.
Lewis and Clark had the strongest recent results among the conventional schools in 2024–2025, including 61.9% ELA proficiency, but scores dropped substantially in 2025–2026. Because it enrolls only 96 students, yearly results may vary considerably by graduating or tested cohort. Washington State School for the Blind is a specialized grades 6–12 school; its 2025–2026 ELA proficiency was 50%, close to the state rate, while other results were suppressed or unavailable. Gate Work Study and Open Doors are very small specialized programs with limited public outcome data. Their missing graduation, dropout, and test results should not be interpreted as poor performance.
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