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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in Seattle, Washington

15 public high schools in Seattle, Washington appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Ballard High School leads the list at 87.2%, against a median of 63.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Seattle, Washington

Top % Proficient (Reading)

87.2%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

63.3%

BEST IN READING · SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Ballard High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	High	1,697	87.2%	no change
2	Lincoln High School	Seattle, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	High	1,770	86.2%	no change
3	Roosevelt High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	High	1,542	82.4%	▲ 1
4	West Seattle High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	High	1,479	80.8%	▼ 1
5	Nathan Hale High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	High	1,052	80.7%	▲ 2
6	Ingraham High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	High	1,391	75.0%	no change
7	Cleveland High School STEM	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	High	875	66.2%	▲ 2
8	Garfield High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	High	1,507	63.3%	▼ 3
9	The Center School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	High	165	63.2%	▼ 1
10	Franklin High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	High	1,277	61.5%	▲ 1
11	Chief Sealth International High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	High	1,184	53.7%	▲ 3
12	Summit Public School: Atlas	Seattle, WA	Summit Public School: Atlas	High	566	51.3%	no change
13	Summit Public School: Sierra	Seattle, WA	Summit Public School: Sierra	High	214	50.0%	▼ 3
14	Rainier Beach High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	High	854	33.0%	▲ 1
15	Evergreen High School	Seattle, WA	Highline School District	High	1,080	30.6%	▼ 2

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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