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The lowest-performing public high schools by test proficiency in Pierce County, Washington

32 public high schools in Pierce County, Washington appear in this ranking of the lowest-performing public high schools by test proficiency, ranked by the lowest composite state-assessment proficiency. Foss High School leads the list at 19.5%, against a median of 40.1% 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

Best % Proficient

19.5%

Median % Proficient

40.1%

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	Foss High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	69.4%	599	19.5%
2	Lincoln High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	72.7%	1,556	22.3%
3	Clover Park High School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	High	77.3%	1,161	22.3%
4	Mount Tahoma High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	69.6%	1,410	24.9%
5	Summit Public School: Olympus	Tacoma, WA	Summit Public School: Olympus	High	58.2%	110	32.2%
6	Washington High School	Tacoma, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	High	69.1%	989	32.5%
7	Columbia Junior High School	Tacoma, WA	Fife School District	High	56.7%	619	33.3%
8	Dr. Dolores Silas High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	41.9%	1,160	34.9%
9	Spanaway Lake High School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	High	60.5%	1,787	35.1%
10	Graham Kapowsin High School	Graham, WA	Bethel School District	High	47.9%	2,087	35.4%
11	Gov John Rogers High School	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	High	46.7%	1,788	35.9%
12	Lakes High School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	High	56.3%	1,158	36.3%
13	Stadium High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	38.2%	1,700	36.5%
14	Franklin Pierce High School	TACOMA, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	High	64.4%	977	36.8%
15	Tacoma School of the Arts	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	45.7%	658	37.0%
16	Eatonville High School	Eatonville, WA	Eatonville School District	High	42.6%	573	38.7%
17	Orting High School	Orting, WA	Orting School District	High	36.9%	876	41.5%
18	Fife High School	Tacoma, WA	Fife School District	High	49.9%	885	41.8%
19	Bethel High School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	High	50.8%	1,688	42.9%
20	General William H. Harrison Preparatory School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	High	63.1%	738	44.7%
21	Emerald Ridge High School	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	High	43.7%	1,599	45.6%
22	White River High School	Buckley, WA	White River School District	High	31.3%	1,340	45.8%
23	Peninsula High School	Gig Harbor, WA	Peninsula School District	High	26.1%	1,345	52.1%
24	Industrial Design Engineering and Arts	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	46.7%	392	52.4%
25	Puyallup High School	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	High	40.4%	1,815	52.5%
26	Science and Math Institute	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	35.7%	597	53.4%
27	Sumner High School	Sumner, WA	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	High	34.8%	1,857	54.0%
28	Gig Harbor High	Gig Harbor, WA	Peninsula School District	High	15.0%	1,375	54.1%
29	Steilacoom High	Steilacoom, WA	Steilacoom Hist. School District	High	27.2%	968	55.0%
30	Bonney Lake High School	Bonney Lake, WA	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	High	33.5%	1,643	55.5%
31	Curtis Junior High	UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA	University Place School District	High	39.4%	904	57.1%
32	Curtis Senior High	UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA	University Place School District	High	36.8%	1,321	62.9%

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