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

32 public high schools in Pierce County, Washington appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools in science, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state science standard. Industrial Design Engineering and Arts leads the list at 73.4%, against a median of 37.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Pierce County, Washington

Top % Proficient (Science)

73.4%

Median % Proficient (Science)

37.6%

BEST IN SCIENCE · PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Science)
1	Industrial Design Engineering and Arts	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	392	73.4%
2	Steilacoom High	Steilacoom, WA	Steilacoom Hist. School District	High	968	60.3%
3	Science and Math Institute	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	597	59.3%
4	Curtis Junior High	UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA	University Place School District	High	904	54.4%
5	Puyallup High School	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	High	1,815	54.2%
6	Curtis Senior High	UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA	University Place School District	High	1,321	53.7%
7	Bethel High School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	High	1,688	46.5%
8	Peninsula High School	Gig Harbor, WA	Peninsula School District	High	1,345	46.3%
9	Orting High School	Orting, WA	Orting School District	High	876	45.3%
10	General William H. Harrison Preparatory School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	High	738	44.6%
11	Washington High School	Tacoma, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	High	989	41.7%
12	Sumner High School	Sumner, WA	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	High	1,857	41.5%
13	Bonney Lake High School	Bonney Lake, WA	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	High	1,643	41.4%
14	Dr. Dolores Silas High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,160	41.3%
15	Franklin Pierce High School	TACOMA, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	High	977	40.1%
16	Eatonville High School	Eatonville, WA	Eatonville School District	High	573	37.8%
17	Spanaway Lake High School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	High	1,787	37.4%
18	Fife High School	Tacoma, WA	Fife School District	High	885	36.2%
19	Tacoma School of the Arts	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	658	36.0%
20	White River High School	Buckley, WA	White River School District	High	1,340	35.7%
21	Columbia Junior High School	Tacoma, WA	Fife School District	High	619	35.2%
22	Lakes High School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	High	1,158	34.3%
23	Gig Harbor High	Gig Harbor, WA	Peninsula School District	High	1,375	33.2%
24	Emerald Ridge High School	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	High	1,599	32.9%
25	Summit Public School: Olympus	Tacoma, WA	Summit Public School: Olympus	High	110	31.8%
26	Graham Kapowsin High School	Graham, WA	Bethel School District	High	2,087	31.7%
27	Mount Tahoma High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,410	26.6%
28	Gov John Rogers High School	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	High	1,788	25.7%
29	Lincoln High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,556	24.1%
30	Clover Park High School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	High	1,161	17.1%
31	Stadium High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,700	12.7%
32	Foss High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	599	10.8%

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