Is Puyallup High School a good school?

Puyallup High School ranks 103 rd of 437 Washington high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Puyallup High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,698 students attended Puyallup High School.

What is the racial makeup of Puyallup High School?

Students at Puyallup High School are 53% White, 18% Hispanic, 12% Two or more races, 8% Asian, 4% African American, 2% Pacific Islander, 2% American Indian.

What schools feed into Puyallup High School?

Puyallup High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Fruitland Elementary Elementary : Karshner Elementary Elementary : Maplewood Elementary Elementary : Meeker Elementary Elementary : Mt View Elementary Elementary : Northwood Elementary Elementary : Shaw Road Elementary Elementary : Spinning Elementary Elementary : Stewart Elementary Elementary : Waller Road Elementary Middle : Aylen Junior High Middle : Edgemont Junior High Middle : Kalles Junior High

Puyallup High School

Summary:

Puyallup High School is a public high school serving grades 10-12 with a total enrollment of 1,701 students in Puyallup, Washington. The school is part of the Puyallup School District, which is ranked 88 out of 247 districts in Washington and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Puyallup High School consistently performs above the state and district averages in standardized test scores, with 75.56% of students proficient or better in SBAC/English Language Arts, compared to 66.2% at the state level and 70.9% in the Puyallup School District. The school's SBAC/Math proficiency rate of 34.95% was also higher than the state (33.4%) and district (29.49%) averages. Puyallup High School maintains high graduation rates, with a 4-year graduation rate of 88.5% in the 2022-2023 school year, compared to the state average of 82.9%. The school has a diverse student population, with 53.85% White, 17.7% Hispanic, 7.17% Asian, and 12.76% students of two or more races, which is higher than the nearby schools in the Puyallup School District.

Puyallup High School's strong academic performance and high graduation rates are noteworthy, as the school consistently ranks in the top 25% of Washington high schools. While the school outperforms the nearby schools in the Puyallup School District, it is interesting to note that some of the other nearby schools, such as Sumner High School in the Sumner-Bonney Lake School District, also demonstrate strong academic performance and high graduation rates. However, the school's lower rankings for special education and English language learner students suggest that there may be opportunities for improvement in supporting these student populations.

Detail:

Public 10-12

105 Seventh St SW
Puyallup, WA 98371-5333

(253) 841-8711

District: Puyallup School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
103^rd of 437 Washington High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,316

Feeder schools for Puyallup High School:

Elementary:	Fruitland Elementary
	Karshner Elementary
	Maplewood Elementary
	Meeker Elementary
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	Mt View Elementary
	Northwood Elementary
	Shaw Road Elementary
	Spinning Elementary
	Stewart Elementary
	Waller Road Elementary
Middle:	Aylen Junior High
	Edgemont Junior High
	Kalles Junior High

Student/teacher ratio: 23.6

Number of students: 1,698

Racial breakdown:

White:

53.1%

Hispanic:

18.2%

Two or more races:

12.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 37.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Puyallup High School ranks better than 76.4% of high schools in Washington. It also ranks first among 4 ranked high schools in the Puyallup School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 71.29. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Puyallup High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Puyallup High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (53.1%), Hispanic (18.2%), two or more races (12.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 37.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Puyallup School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Puyallup High School is 23.6. 2 high schools in the Puyallup School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Puyallup High School employs 71.8 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Puyallup High School is $15,316, which is the lowest among 5 high schools in the Puyallup School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Puyallup High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Puyallup High School 103^rd of 437 Washington public high schools. (See Puyallup High School in the ranking list.)

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Puyallup School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Puyallup School District 88^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Puyallup High School

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Rank History for all students at Puyallup High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	61.51	162^nd	390	58.5%
2005	58.97	182^nd	394	53.8%
2006	65.79	140^th	395	64.6%
2007	71.20	112^th	399	71.9%
2008	78.04	64^th	396	83.8%
2009	78.39	66^th	402	83.6%
2010	69.74	129^th	423	69.5%
2011	68.79	80^th	440	81.8%
2012	64.62	125^th	450	72.2%
2013	69.76	95^th	454	79.1%
2015	46.23	182^nd	341	46.6%
2016	74.84	59^th	306	80.7%
2017	74.83	66^th	301	78.1%
2018	61.46	125^th	315	60.3%
2019	68.55	114^th	417	72.7%
2021	76.33	78^th	455	82.9%
2022	74.36	93^rd	434	78.6%
2023	70.84	105^th	442	76.2%
2024	71.29	103^rd	437	76.4%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Puyallup High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	55.15	73^rd	163	55.2%
2021	57.20	74^th	195	62.1%
2022	62.59	61^st	179	65.9%
2023	58.59	59^th	166	64.5%
2024	61.32	53^rd	161	67.1%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Puyallup High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	73.64	15^th	69	78.3%
2021	33.52	61^st	102	40.2%
2022	32.72	44^th	70	37.1%
2023	54.25	12^th	44	72.7%
2024	54.35	24^th	68	64.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Puyallup High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	29.59	102^nd	139	26.6%
2019	14.11	127^th	128	0.8%
2021	25.98	167^th	212	21.2%
2022	37.85	78^th	130	40.0%
2023	27.64	85^th	110	22.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Puyallup High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	47.76	137^th	227	39.6%
2019	58.02	120^th	344	65.1%
2021	81.70	31^st	392	92.1%
2022	72.79	76^th	370	79.5%
2023	75.79	49^th	362	86.5%
2024	66.26	85^th	356	76.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Puyallup High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	55.08	126^th	243	48.1%
2019	66.02	107^th	358	70.1%
2021	69.57	87^th	390	77.7%
2022	72.78	81^st	368	78.0%
2023	70.65	98^th	357	72.5%
2024	70.81	80^th	347	76.9%

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Rank History for Military Connected students at Puyallup High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	13.72	35^th	38	7.9%
2023	40.23	21^st	31	32.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Puyallup High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	61.66	100^th	254	60.6%
2019	69.34	86^th	355	75.8%
2021	78.56	63^rd	395	84.1%
2022	71.53	95^th	363	73.8%
2023	65.94	101^st	358	71.8%
2024	66.48	109^th	362	69.9%

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Rank History for Asian students at Puyallup High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	57.93	46^th	121	62.0%
2021	46.26	71^st	136	47.8%
2022	55.53	58^th	124	53.2%
2023	73.58	31^st	118	73.7%
2024	67.16	36^th	113	68.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Puyallup High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	32.43	60^th	86	30.2%
2021	75.44	17^th	111	84.7%
2022	94.11	3^rd	89	96.6%
2023	62.59	24^th	78	69.2%
2024	73.43	12^th	70	82.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Puyallup High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	50.24	77^th	156	50.6%
2019	68.72	59^th	241	75.5%
2021	73.57	44^th	278	84.2%
2022	61.86	75^th	261	71.3%
2023	66.63	66^th	249	73.5%
2024	70.33	54^th	248	78.2%

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Rank History for White students at Puyallup High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	53.48	115^th	222	48.2%
2019	64.76	115^th	382	69.9%
2021	74.04	79^th	413	80.9%
2022	72.24	98^th	390	74.9%
2023	65.38	119^th	379	68.6%
2024	65.11	114^th	374	69.5%

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Data source: test scores: Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Puyallup High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	1287	6	45	20	18	n/a	n/a	0	1376
1989	1291	8	61	29	28	n/a	n/a	0	1417
1990	1278	12	61	23	23	n/a	n/a	0	1397
1991	1286	15	48	26	30	n/a	n/a	0	1405
1992	1347	24	59	25	35	n/a	n/a	0	1490
1993	1439	19	69	28	29	n/a	n/a	0	1584
1994	1459	21	65	30	30	n/a	n/a	0	1605
1995	1528	34	68	55	33	n/a	n/a	0	1718
1996	1528	34	68	55	33	n/a	n/a	0	1718
1997	1612	35	78	54	28	n/a	n/a	0	1807
1998	1652	43	84	71	33	n/a	n/a	0	1883
1999	1699	38	88	66	33	n/a	n/a	0	1924
2000	1628	40	88	70	33	n/a	n/a	0	1859
2001	1468	34	68	61	31	n/a	n/a	0	1662
2002	1317	36	75	52	32	n/a	n/a	0	1512
2003	1317	36	75	52	32	n/a	n/a	0	1512
2004	1361	34	76	61	27	n/a	n/a	0	1559
2005	1414	45	86	81	24	n/a	n/a	0	1650
2006	1498	37	87	87	26	n/a	n/a	26	1761
2007	1458	42	93	105	34	n/a	n/a	47	1779
2008	1350	32	99	106	42	n/a	n/a	75	1704
2009	1258	37	96	105	46	n/a	n/a	85	1627
2010	1205	114	115	134	39	n/a	n/a	1	1608
2011	1201	56	83	133	30	13	61	0	1577
2012	1140	34	82	141	26	17	124	0	1564
2013	1107	25	76	153	21	14	138	0	1534
2014	1141	29	85	167	21	16	130	0	1589
2015	1147	35	82	201	22	11	166	0	1664
2016	1188	46	92	227	19	11	169	0	1752
2017	1220	55	88	241	14	15	180	0	1813
2018	1205	57	107	256	13	16	168	0	1822
2019	1183	72	116	261	14	15	176	0	1837
2020	1162	56	133	296	27	18	179	1	1872
2021	1081	65	116	295	24	32	188	1	1802
2022	958	59	129	277	24	33	218	10	1708
2023	916	79	122	301	27	28	217	11	1701
2024	902	71	130	309	28	34	208	16	1698

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Puyallup High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1376	68.0	20.2	0
1989	1417	68.0	20.8	n/a
1990	1397	71.6	19.5	0
1991	1405	72.9	19.2	n/a
1992	1490	71.2	20.9	n/a
1993	1584	70.7	22.4	n/a
1994	1605	69.8	23.0	n/a
1995	1718	82.4	20.8	n/a
1996	1718	82.4	20.8	n/a
1997	1807	90.5	20.0	n/a
1998	1883	89.7	21.0	n/a
1999	1924	94.4	20.4	n/a
2000	1859	94.2	19.7	n/a
2001	1662	88.6	18.8	n/a
2002	1512	77.8	19.4	16.3
2003	1512	77.8	19.4	16.3
2004	1559	77.0	20.2	16
2005	1650	76.6	21.5	19.8
2006	1761	80.9	21.8	16.5
2007	1779	81.3	21.9	16.3
2008	1704	71.4	23.9	17.2
2009	1627	71.4	22.8	22.1
2010	1608	65.4	24.5	22.6
2011	1577	65.0	24.2	23.3
2012	1564	68.3	22.8	29.3
2013	1534	67.8	22.5	32.1
2014	1589	n/a	n/a	29.3
2015	1664	74.0	22.4	29.7
2016	1752	72.0	24.3	30.2
2017	1813	77.8	23.3	29.8
2018	1822	78.1	23.3	27.5
2019	1837	79.8	23.0	27.5
2020	1872	74.3	25.1	27.7
2021	1802	70.1	25.6	28.4
2022	1708	72.5	23.5	32.1
2023	1701	72.5	23.4	38.4
2024	1698	71.8	23.6	37.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Puyallup High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1376	68.0	20.2	0
1989	1417	68.0	20.8	n/a
1990	1397	71.6	19.5	0
1991	1405	72.9	19.2	n/a
1992	1490	71.2	20.9	n/a
1993	1584	70.7	22.4	n/a
1994	1605	69.8	23.0	n/a
1995	1718	82.4	20.8	n/a
1996	1718	82.4	20.8	n/a
1997	1807	90.5	20.0	n/a
1998	1883	89.7	21.0	n/a
1999	1924	94.4	20.4	n/a
2000	1859	94.2	19.7	n/a
2001	1662	88.6	18.8	n/a
2002	1512	77.8	19.4	16.3
2003	1512	77.8	19.4	16.3
2004	1559	77.0	20.2	16
2005	1650	76.6	21.5	19.8
2006	1761	80.9	21.8	16.5
2007	1779	81.3	21.9	16.3
2008	1704	71.4	23.9	17.2
2009	1627	71.4	22.8	22.1
2010	1608	65.4	24.5	22.6
2011	1577	65.0	24.2	23.3
2012	1564	68.3	22.8	29.3
2013	1534	67.8	22.5	32.1
2014	1589	n/a	n/a	29.3
2015	1664	74.0	22.4	29.7
2016	1752	72.0	24.3	30.2
2017	1813	77.8	23.3	29.8
2018	1822	78.1	23.3	27.5
2019	1837	79.8	23.0	27.5
2020	1872	74.3	25.1	27.7
2021	1802	70.1	25.6	28.4
2022	1708	72.5	23.5	32.1
2023	1701	72.5	23.4	38.4
2024	1698	71.8	23.6	37.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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