Best Public Schools in Zip Code 98946

ZIP code 98946 has one listed school, Thorp Elementary & Junior Senior High, a small alternative school serving kindergarten through 12th grade in the Thorp School District. With 247 students, the school provides the only local option identified in the available data, so families are evaluating one K–12 community rather than choosing among several nearby schools.

The school’s strongest current academic area is science, with 39.47% of students proficient in 2025–26, followed by English language arts at 35.09% and math at 29.20%. All three results were below Washington averages, although science had the smallest statewide gap and improved from the prior year. Math was relatively steady, while ELA declined notably from 46.56% to 35.09%. Results vary considerably by grade: fourth-grade math was a standout at 50.00%, slightly above the state rate, while seventh-grade math was lowest at 15.79% and eighth-grade ELA was also a major concern at 23.08%. Some high-school results are suppressed, meaning they are unavailable rather than zero.

For parents, the school’s small size and 12.1-to-1 student-teacher ratio may support more individualized attention. More than half of students—53.85%—were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, and reported spending was $22,347 per student in 2023–24. The available 2021–22 graduation rate was 84.6%, with a 0.0% dropout rate; these figures are from an earlier year than the latest statewide comparisons. Families may want to ask how the school is addressing middle-grade math and eighth-grade ELA, while also building on recent science gains and the stronger fourth-grade math performance.