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

This ranking covers the highest-performing public high schools in reading in Tacoma, Washington, drawn from 14 qualifying public high schools. Industrial Design Engineering and Arts leads the list at 68.2%, against a median of 46.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Tacoma, Washington

Top % Proficient (Reading)

68.2%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

46.4%

BEST IN READING · TACOMA, WASHINGTON

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Industrial Design Engineering and Arts	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	392	68.2%	▲ 6
2	Science and Math Institute	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	597	67.6%	▼ 1
3	Stadium High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,700	63.3%	▼ 1
4	Fife High School	Tacoma, WA	Fife School District	High	885	62.3%	▼ 1
5	Tacoma School of the Arts	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	658	59.4%	▼ 1
6	Dr. Dolores Silas High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,160	54.2%	▲ 2
7	Franklin Pierce High School	TACOMA, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	High	977	46.6%	▼ 2
8	Columbia Junior High School	Tacoma, WA	Fife School District	High	619	46.3%	▲ 2
9	Washington High School	Tacoma, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	High	989	44.3%	no change
10	Summit Public School: Olympus	Tacoma, WA	Summit Public School: Olympus	High	110	41.9%	▼ 4
11	Lincoln High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,556	37.5%	▲ 2
12	Mount Tahoma High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,410	36.3%	▼ 1
13	Foss High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	599	29.5%	▼ 1
14	Bates Technical High School	Tacoma, WA	Bates Technical College	High	343	11.9%	—

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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