Best High Schools in Washington

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the WCAS and SBAC test scores by the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction. The most recent update was on Tuesday, September 10, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 437)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
530624000942	291	Onalaska High School	Public	9-12	540 Carlisle Ave.	Onalaska	98570	Lewis County	Onalaska School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 978-4113	260	15	17.1	52.7%	206 (79.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (13.5%)	2 (0.8%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.0%)	$16,271			$511			$15,759	35.2	20.3	367	76
530447003454	292	Discovery High School	Public	9-12	2742 Harding Blvd	Longview	98632	Cowlitz County	Longview School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 414-2920	69	5	13.8	84.1%	47 (68.1%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (26.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.9%)	2 (2.9%)	$27,510			$787			$26,723	34.8			(n/a)
530114000206	293	Centralia High School	Public	9-12	813 Eshom Road	Centralia	98531	Lewis County	Centralia School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 330-7605	993	50	19.9	71.7%	497 (50.1%)	16 (1.6%)	395 (39.8%)	8 (0.8%)	8 (0.8%)	5 (0.5%)	56 (5.6%)	$15,522			$1,403			$14,119	34.7	19.9	370	77
530237000327	294	Eatonville High School	Public	9-12	302 Mashell Ave N	Eatonville	98328	Pierce County	Eatonville School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 879-1200	585	26	22	41.0%	489 (83.6%)	2 (0.3%)	48 (8.2%)	3 (0.5%)	6 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	35 (6.0%)	$16,202			$376			$15,826	34.5	41	266	28
530354003742	295	Highline Public Schools Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	PK, KG-12	15675 Ambaum Blvd SW	Burien	98166	King County	Highline School District	No	No	Yes	No	(206) 631-3000	182	11	16.3	71.4%	31 (17.0%)	27 (14.8%)	77 (42.3%)	14 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.3%)	26 (14.3%)	$15,184			$5,184			$10,000	34.5	15.1	397	102
530486003102	296	Legacy High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	7204 27th Ave NE	Marysville	98271	Snohomish County	Marysville School District	No	Yes	No	No	(360) 965-3000	165	12	13.2	63.0%	95 (57.6%)	4 (2.4%)	32 (19.4%)	2 (1.2%)	14 (8.5%)	1 (0.6%)	17 (10.3%)	$18,652			$1,408			$17,244	34.3	16.6	391	95
530804002158	297	Two Rivers School	Public	9-12	8651 Meadowbrook Way SE	Snoqualmie	98065	King County	Snoqualmie Valley School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 831-4200	60	7	8.5	23.3%	55 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)	3 (5.0%)	$49,730			$3,269			$46,461	34.1	60.2	159	138
530894001530	298	Tonasket High School	Public	9-12	35hs Highway 20	Tonasket	98855	Okanogan County	Tonasket School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 486-2161	321	26	12.5	80.7%	172 (53.6%)	0 (0.0%)	135 (42.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.8%)	$17,009			$2,528			$14,481	33.9	46.3	231	67
530354000538	299	Mount Rainier High School	Public	9-12	22450 19th Ave S	Des Moines	98198	King County	Highline School District	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 631-7000	1,889	77	24.4	60.7%	434 (23.0%)	290 (15.4%)	651 (34.5%)	249 (13.2%)	9 (0.5%)	70 (3.7%)	174 (9.2%)	$17,066			$1,720			$15,346	33.5	44.8	247	52
530810001337	300	South Bend High School	Public	7-12	400 E. 1st	South Bend	98586	Pacific County	South Bend School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 875-5707	249	18	14.2	75.1%	106 (42.6%)	0 (0.0%)	112 (45.0%)	4 (1.6%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (9.6%)	$22,730			$2,740			$19,991	33.4	33.6	297	3

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SBAC English Language Arts, SBAC Math, WCAS Science test scores released by the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on September 10, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.