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The highest-poverty public high schools in Pierce County, Washington

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public high schools in Pierce County, Washington, drawn from 39 qualifying public high schools. Oakland High School leads the list at 82.1%, against a median of 47.9% 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

Pierce County, Washington

Top % FRL

82.1%

Median % FRL

47.9%

HIGHEST POVERTY · PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Oakland High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	112	82.1%
2	CPSD Open Doors Program	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	High	276	80.4%
3	Clover Park High School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	High	1,161	77.3%
4	GATES Secondary School	Tacoma, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	High	104	76.9%
5	Lincoln High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,556	72.7%
6	Mount Tahoma High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,410	69.6%
7	Foss High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	599	69.4%
8	Washington High School	Tacoma, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	High	989	69.1%
9	Franklin Pierce High School	TACOMA, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	High	977	64.4%
10	Puyallup Open Doors/POD	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	High	124	63.7%
11	E B Walker High School	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	High	120	63.3%
12	General William H. Harrison Preparatory School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	High	738	63.1%
13	Challenger High School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	High	318	62.3%
14	Spanaway Lake High School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	High	1,787	60.5%
15	Summit Public School: Olympus	Tacoma, WA	Summit Public School: Olympus	High	110	58.2%
16	Columbia Junior High School	Tacoma, WA	Fife School District	High	619	56.7%
17	Lakes High School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	High	1,158	56.3%
18	Bethel High School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	High	1,688	50.8%
19	Fife High School	Tacoma, WA	Fife School District	High	885	49.9%
20	Graham Kapowsin High School	Graham, WA	Bethel School District	High	2,087	47.9%
21	Gov John Rogers High School	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	High	1,788	46.7%
22	Industrial Design Engineering and Arts	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	392	46.7%
23	Tacoma School of the Arts	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	658	45.7%
24	Emerald Ridge High School	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	High	1,599	43.7%
25	Eatonville High School	Eatonville, WA	Eatonville School District	High	573	42.6%
26	Dr. Dolores Silas High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,160	41.9%
27	Puyallup High School	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	High	1,815	40.4%
28	Curtis Junior High	UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA	University Place School District	High	904	39.4%
29	Stadium High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,700	38.2%
30	Orting High School	Orting, WA	Orting School District	High	876	36.9%
31	Curtis Senior High	UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA	University Place School District	High	1,321	36.8%
32	Science and Math Institute	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	597	35.7%
33	Sumner High School	Sumner, WA	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	High	1,857	34.8%
34	Bonney Lake High School	Bonney Lake, WA	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	High	1,643	33.5%
35	White River High School	Buckley, WA	White River School District	High	1,340	31.3%
36	Steilacoom High	Steilacoom, WA	Steilacoom Hist. School District	High	968	27.2%
37	Pierce County Skills Center	Puyallup, WA	Bethel School District	High	355	26.2%
38	Peninsula High School	Gig Harbor, WA	Peninsula School District	High	1,345	26.1%
39	Gig Harbor High	Gig Harbor, WA	Peninsula School District	High	1,375	15.0%

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