Best High Schools in Zip Code 99004

ZIP code 99004 has four high-school-level programs serving grades 6–12: Cheney High School, Three Springs High School, WIN Academy, and Cheney Open Doors, all operated by Cheney School District. Together they enroll about 1,666 students, although nearly 90% attend Cheney High School, so area-wide results are largely shaped by that school.

Cheney High School is the strongest overall option in the available data. It has a 94.4% graduation rate, a 3.2% dropout rate, and the area’s highest 2025–26 ranking and English Language Arts proficiency. Its graduation rate is above both the district’s 90.2% and the state’s 82.6%. Parents should note, however, that math proficiency was 31.53% and science proficiency was 42.64%, both below state averages. The school’s ELA and math results improved from the prior year, while science declined. Its large enrollment and conventional grades 9–12 structure also make its results more stable and easier to compare than those of the smaller programs.

Three Springs High School and WIN Academy serve smaller, higher-need student populations and have substantially lower graduation rates—69.0% and 64.8%, respectively—than Cheney High School. Three Springs has improved in ranking and showed stronger recent science results, but its ELA proficiency was only 13.33%. WIN Academy has the most urgent warning signs, including a 27.0% dropout rate, 16% ELA proficiency, and a relatively high 24.8 student-teacher ratio. Cheney Open Doors is a very small specialized program with only 10 students and insufficient current outcome data; its available graduation and dropout figures are historical. Families comparing these programs should ask about attendance, credit recovery, student support, and program fit, while treating suppressed or missing results as unknown rather than as poor performance.