Schools in Zip Code 99349

ZIP code 99349 is served by six schools in the Wahluke School District, offering grades kindergarten through 12 across three elementary schools, one junior high, and two high schools in a high-need community.

Academic performance is generally low compared with Washington averages, and the district ranks 231st of 238 statewide districts. Math is the biggest concern: every school with reported results had less than 19% proficiency, compared with 43.11% statewide. Wahluke High School is the strongest overall choice based on completion outcomes, with a 90.3% graduation rate and a 5.8% dropout rate. It also had the highest reported ELA proficiency among the larger schools, at 38.8%, though its math and science results remained weak. Wahluke Junior High had the strongest reported results among the non-high schools, including 28.28% ELA proficiency, but still trailed the state considerably.

Among elementary schools, Morris Schott Elementary reported higher 2025–26 ELA and math results than Saddle Mountain Elementary, although both schools had low proficiency. Mattawa Elementary serves kindergarten and has no current assessment results reported, so its performance cannot be compared reliably. Sentinel Technical Alt School posted an unusual 60% science proficiency rate, but its small enrollment of 36 students, 62.5% graduation rate, and 20.8% dropout rate require caution. More than 90% of students attend schools where most students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, and the most important systemwide priorities appear to be improving math, strengthening science instruction, and understanding why graduation outcomes at the comprehensive high school are much stronger than test performance.