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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in Pierce County, Washington

Across Pierce County, Washington, 33 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Gig Harbor High leads the list at 81.6%, against a median of 59.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Pierce County, Washington

Top % Proficient (Reading)

81.6%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

59.4%

BEST IN READING · PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Gig Harbor High	Gig Harbor, WA	Peninsula School District	High	1,375	81.6%
2	Bonney Lake High School	Bonney Lake, WA	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	High	1,643	81.0%
3	Curtis Senior High	UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA	University Place School District	High	1,321	80.2%
4	Steilacoom High	Steilacoom, WA	Steilacoom Hist. School District	High	968	76.7%
5	Sumner High School	Sumner, WA	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	High	1,857	76.3%
6	White River High School	Buckley, WA	White River School District	High	1,340	72.7%
7	Puyallup High School	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	High	1,815	72.7%
8	Emerald Ridge High School	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	High	1,599	71.7%
9	Peninsula High School	Gig Harbor, WA	Peninsula School District	High	1,345	70.6%
10	Curtis Junior High	UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA	University Place School District	High	904	69.2%
11	Industrial Design Engineering and Arts	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	392	68.2%
12	Science and Math Institute	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	597	67.6%
13	Stadium High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,700	63.3%
14	Bethel High School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	High	1,688	62.4%
15	Fife High School	Tacoma, WA	Fife School District	High	885	62.3%
16	Lakes High School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	High	1,158	60.7%
17	Tacoma School of the Arts	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	658	59.4%
18	Gov John Rogers High School	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	High	1,788	58.5%
19	Eatonville High School	Eatonville, WA	Eatonville School District	High	573	58.0%
20	Orting High School	Orting, WA	Orting School District	High	876	57.9%
21	Graham Kapowsin High School	Graham, WA	Bethel School District	High	2,087	56.9%
22	Dr. Dolores Silas High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,160	54.2%
23	General William H. Harrison Preparatory School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	High	738	51.8%
24	Spanaway Lake High School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	High	1,787	50.0%
25	Franklin Pierce High School	TACOMA, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	High	977	46.6%
26	Columbia Junior High School	Tacoma, WA	Fife School District	High	619	46.3%
27	Washington High School	Tacoma, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	High	989	44.3%
28	Summit Public School: Olympus	Tacoma, WA	Summit Public School: Olympus	High	110	41.9%
29	Clover Park High School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	High	1,161	40.7%
30	Lincoln High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,556	37.5%
31	Mount Tahoma High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,410	36.3%
32	Foss High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	599	29.5%
33	Bates Technical High School	Tacoma, WA	Bates Technical College	High	343	11.9%

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