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Schools in Zip Code 99161

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At a glance

Schools

236

Students

Districts

Top rankedGarfield at Palouse High School122^nd of 396 Washington high schools

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Summary:

Schools in ZIP code 99161 serve 236 students across four unusually small schools, covering pre-kindergarten through 12th grade in the Palouse School District and Garfield School District, with two high schools operating at the same address.

Palouse Elementary is the strongest elementary option in the available data. In 2024–2025, 66.67% of students were proficient in English language arts, 68.89% in math, and 52.63% in science, with math notably above the Washington average. Its ranking also improved from the 42nd to the 70th percentile between 2022–2023 and 2024–2025. However, its 2025–2026 school-level results are suppressed, so the latest performance cannot be confirmed. Among the high schools, Palouse High School had the strongest recent ranking, at the 75th percentile, and science was a major strength at 66.67% proficiency. Its math result was weaker, at 36.36%, below the state rate.

Garfield at Palouse High School had the area’s strongest historical science result, with 76.92% proficiency in 2024–2025, and also exceeded the state in math that year. Its latest ranking declined from the 91st to the 69th percentile, but it remains above the statewide midpoint. The clearest concern is Palouse at Garfield Middle School, whose ranking fell sharply to the 26th percentile in 2025–2026. Its current ELA and math results were below state averages, especially sixth-grade math at 20%. Overall, science is a high-school strength, while math—particularly during the middle-school years—deserves the most attention. Because enrollment is very small and several results are suppressed, families should consider multi-year patterns rather than a single ranking.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				WCAS Science (2026)				SBAC English Language Arts (2026)								SBAC Math (2026)								Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WCAS Science 5th Grade	WCAS Science 8th Grade	WCAS Science 11th Grade	WCAS Science All Grades	SBAC English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 4th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 5th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 6th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 7th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 8th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 10th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts All Grades	SBAC Math 3rd Grade	SBAC Math 4th Grade	SBAC Math 5th Grade	SBAC Math 6th Grade	SBAC Math 7th Grade	SBAC Math 8th Grade	SBAC Math 10th Grade	SBAC Math All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Garfield at Palouse High School	Public	9-12	600 E. Alder	Palouse	99161	Whitman County	Garfield School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 878-1921	45	1	32.3	48.9%	44 (97.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	66.6	122^nd of 396 public high schools	69.2%		89.1	39^th of 438 public high schools	91.1%	83			54.6	54.6															36.4	36.4	$20,178	$2,629	$17,548
Palouse High School	Public	9-12	600 E Alder Street	Palouse	99161	Whitman County	Palouse School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 878-1921	57	7	7.7	35.1%	52 (91.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)								(n/a)																			35.3	35.3	$35,485	$1,459	$34,025
Palouse Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	600 E Alder Street	Palouse	99161	Whitman County	Palouse School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 878-1921	100	10	10.4	47.0%	83 (83.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.0%)								(n/a)																					$23,483	$1,583	$21,900
Palouse at Garfield Middle School	Public	6-8	600 E Alder Street	Palouse	99161	Whitman County	Palouse School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 635-1331	34	0		38.2%	30 (88.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.9%)	25.6	382^nd of 514 public middle schools	25.7%		63.7	171^st of 534 public middle schools	68.0%	211								26.7				45.7				20.0	38.5			31.4	$8,198	$63	$8,135

Cities Near Zip Code 99161

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Palouse	0.18 mi	4	42^nd
Garfield	7.61 mi	2
Pullman	12.59 mi	6	36^th
Colfax	13.56 mi	2	47^th
Steptoe	14.55 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.

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