Best High Schools in Zip Code 99006

High schools in ZIP code 99006 include two schools serving grades 9–12: Deer Park High School and Deer Park Achievement High School, both part of the Deer Park School District. Together, they enroll 731 students. The larger high school serves most students in the area, while Achievement High School is a much smaller school that may provide alternative, credit-recovery, or specialized pathways.

Deer Park High School is the stronger overall performer on the available measures. It reports a 96.2% graduation rate, compared with 88.0% at Deer Park Achievement High School, and its graduation rate is well above the state rate. Its 2025–26 ELA proficiency rate was 73.23%, about 20 percentage points above both district and state results. The main academic concerns are math and science: proficiency was 34.92% in math and 46.15% in science, both below state benchmarks. Science also declined notably from the prior year, while ELA remained relatively strong.

Deer Park Achievement High School has a lower graduation rate and substantially weaker recent ELA results, with 35.48% proficiency in 2025–26. However, its graduation rate remains above the state average, and its school ranking improved from the 19th to the 33rd percentile between 2023–24 and 2024–25. Its smaller size and likely different student needs make direct comparisons less conclusive. Math and science results for the latest year are suppressed, meaning they are unavailable rather than zero. Parents should also treat the reported 470 student-teacher ratio and unusually low spending figure as possible reporting anomalies requiring verification.