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Best High Schools in Zip Code 99205

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At a glance

Schools

3,319

Students

Districts

Top rankedNorth Central High School236^th of 396 Washington high schools

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Biggest riser

North Central High School up 56 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Shadle Park High School 17.8 students per teacher

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Summary:

High schools in ZIP code 99205 include six schools serving grades 6–12 or 8–12, with 3,319 reported students across traditional, alternative, and confinement-related programs; enrollment is concentrated at North Central High School, Shadle Park High School, and The Community School. The first three account for about 98% of enrollment and provide the most useful comparisons. Most are part of the Spokane School District, which ranks around the middle of Washington districts.

North Central High School has the strongest overall profile among the larger schools. It leads in current ELA, math, and science proficiency, with results of 57.56%, 44.97%, and 48.87%, respectively. Its 93.8% graduation rate is also the highest, while its 4.9% dropout rate is the lowest among schools with comparable data. Its middle-grade results are especially strong, although 10th-grade performance—particularly math at 25.35%—is considerably weaker. Shadle Park High School has improved gradually in statewide ranking and graduates 88.8% of students, but its proficiency is lower, especially in math at 16.95%. Its 7.4% dropout rate is above the district rate. The Community School posts a strong 92.0% graduation rate and relatively good ELA performance, but its math and science proficiency are much lower.

Math is the clearest shared academic challenge: proficiency trails ELA at all three larger schools, most dramatically at The Community School. Its ranking has also declined sharply, despite improving ELA results. A-3 Multiagency Adolescent Prog, Spokane Juvenile Detention School, and Structural Alt Confinement School serve very small, specialized populations, so their limited or suppressed data should not be compared directly with comprehensive high schools. Overall, North Central offers the strongest conventional high-school outcomes, Shadle Park shows gradual improvement but needs academic strengthening, and The Community School merits closer attention because of recent math, science, and ranking declines.

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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 8th Grade	WCAS Science 11th Grade	WCAS Science All Grades	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 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
Structural Alt Confinement School	Public	8-12	1208 W. Mallen St.	Spokane	99205	Spokane County	Educational Service District 101	No	No	No	No	(509) 447-2451	14	0		78.6%	13 (92.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Spokane Juvenile Detention School	Public	6-12	1208 Mallen St.	Spokane	99205	Spokane County	Educational Service District 101	No	No	No	No	(509) 447-2451	19	0		42.1%	7 (36.8%)	4 (21.1%)	5 (26.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.3%)	2 (10.5%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
North Central High School	Public	6-12	1600 N Howard St	Spokane	99205	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 354-6300	1,647	89	18.4	64.4%	994 (60.4%)	77 (4.7%)	197 (12.0%)	48 (2.9%)	27 (1.6%)	53 (3.2%)	241 (14.6%)	40.7	236^th of 396 public high schools	40.4%		34.3	292^nd of 438 public high schools	33.3%	56	66.7	46.6	48.9	72.7	78.6	66.7	49.1	57.6		82.1	75.0	25.4	45.0	$17,926	$1,302	$16,624
Shadle Park High School	Public	9-12	4327 N Ash St	Spokane	99205	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 354-6700	1,445	81	17.8	56.9%	951 (65.8%)	52 (3.6%)	171 (11.8%)	35 (2.4%)	10 (0.7%)	32 (2.2%)	189 (13.1%)	26.2	304^th of 396 public high schools	23.2%		24.5	341^st of 438 public high schools	22.1%	37		39.9	39.9				42.9	42.9				17.0	17.0	$19,084	$2,018	$17,065
A-3 Multiagency Adolescent Prog	Public	6-12	1807 N. Washington	Spokane	99205	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 354-6299	29	4	7.2	65.5%	18 (62.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (27.6%)								(n/a)														$45,244	$483	$44,761
The Community School	Public	9-12	1025 W Spofford Ave	Spokane	99205	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 354-3810	165	9	18.3	49.1%	125 (75.8%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (9.1%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (13.9%)	22.3	322^nd of 396 public high schools	18.7%		30.3	313^th of 438 public high schools	28.5%	9		31.3	31.3				51.2	51.2				9.5	9.5	$19,529	$483	$19,046

Cities Near Zip Code 99205

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Spokane	0.25 mi	101	149^th
Mead	6.21 mi	4	74^th
Spokane Valley	6.5 mi	35	97^th
Airway Heights	7.65 mi	1	282^nd
Nine Mile Falls	7.74 mi	6	57^th

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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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