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The fastest-growing public schools in Thurston County, Washington

Across Thurston County, Washington, 23 public schools are ranked here, ranked by enrollment growth between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Pleasant Glade Elementary leads the list at 38.4%, against a median of 9.4% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Thurston County, Washington

Top Enrollment growth

38.4%

Median Enrollment growth

9.4%

FASTEST GROWING · THURSTON COUNTY, WASHINGTON

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Pleasant Glade Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	404	559	38.4%
2	McLane Elementary School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	312	407	30.4%
3	Southworth Elementary	Yelm, WA	Yelm School District	541	671	24.0%
4	Thurgood Marshall Middle School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	385	469	21.8%
5	Littlerock Elementary School	Olympia, WA	Tumwater School District	291	343	17.9%
6	Meadows Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	650	765	17.7%
7	Mountain View Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	669	776	16.0%
8	Rainier Elementary School	Rainier, WA	Rainier School District	432	493	14.1%
9	River Ridge High School	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	1,363	1,547	13.5%
10	Rainier Senior High School	Rainier, WA	Rainier School District	251	283	12.7%
11	East Olympia Elementary	Olympia, WA	Tumwater School District	528	579	9.7%
12	Horizons Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	530	580	9.4%
13	Tenino High School	Tenino, WA	Tenino School District	354	383	8.2%
14	Lincoln Elementary School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	278	300	7.9%
15	Lydia Hawk Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	462	496	7.4%
16	Jefferson Middle School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	432	462	6.9%
17	Aspire Middle School	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	303	323	6.6%
18	Olympia High School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	1,836	1,901	3.5%
19	Peter G Schmidt Elementary	Tumwater, WA	Tumwater School District	596	606	1.7%
20	Rochester Middle School	Rochester, WA	Rochester School District	531	535	0.8%
21	Yelm High School 12	Yelm, WA	Yelm School District	1,679	1,693	0.8%
22	Olympic View Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	549	552	0.5%
23	Chinook Middle School	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	743	746	0.4%

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