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The public high schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in Pierce County, Washington

Across Pierce County, Washington, 34 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the fewest students per teacher, a proxy for class size and staffing. Challenger High School leads the list at 15.9:1, against a median of 21.5:1 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 Students/teacher

15.9:1

Median Students/teacher

21.5:1

LOWEST RATIO · PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Challenger High School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	High	318	15.9:1
2	Clover Park High School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	High	1,161	16.4:1
3	Industrial Design Engineering and Arts	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	392	17.6:1
4	Washington High School	Tacoma, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	High	989	17.6:1
5	Franklin Pierce High School	TACOMA, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	High	977	17.9:1
6	General William H. Harrison Preparatory School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	High	738	18.4:1
7	Lakes High School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	High	1,158	18.9:1
8	Foss High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	599	19.2:1
9	Tacoma School of the Arts	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	658	19.6:1
10	Bonney Lake High School	Bonney Lake, WA	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	High	1,643	20.5:1
11	Science and Math Institute	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	597	20.5:1
12	Lincoln High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,556	20.5:1
13	Columbia Junior High School	Tacoma, WA	Fife School District	High	619	20.8:1
14	Peninsula High School	Gig Harbor, WA	Peninsula School District	High	1,345	21.2:1
15	Mount Tahoma High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,410	21.4:1
16	Eatonville High School	Eatonville, WA	Eatonville School District	High	573	21.4:1
17	Orting High School	Orting, WA	Orting School District	High	876	21.4:1
18	Bethel High School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	High	1,688	21.6:1
19	Curtis Junior High	UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA	University Place School District	High	904	22.4:1
20	Sumner High School	Sumner, WA	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	High	1,857	22.5:1
21	Spanaway Lake High School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	High	1,787	22.8:1
22	Fife High School	Tacoma, WA	Fife School District	High	885	22.8:1
23	White River High School	Buckley, WA	White River School District	High	1,340	22.8:1
24	Dr. Dolores Silas High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,160	23.0:1
25	Stadium High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,700	23.5:1
26	Gov John Rogers High School	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	High	1,788	23.5:1
27	Pierce County Skills Center	Puyallup, WA	Bethel School District	High	355	23.7:1
28	Graham Kapowsin High School	Graham, WA	Bethel School District	High	2,087	24.2:1
29	Steilacoom High	Steilacoom, WA	Steilacoom Hist. School District	High	968	24.3:1
30	Emerald Ridge High School	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	High	1,599	24.4:1
31	Puyallup High School	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	High	1,815	24.5:1
32	Curtis Senior High	UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA	University Place School District	High	1,321	24.9:1
33	Gig Harbor High	Gig Harbor, WA	Peninsula School District	High	1,375	26.1:1
34	CPSD Open Doors Program	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	High	276	30.7:1

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