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The most racially diverse public schools in Thurston County, Washington

Across Thurston County, Washington, 66 public schools are ranked here, ranked by how small the single largest racial or ethnic group is, so no one group dominates. Pleasant Glade Elementary leads the list at 34.2%, against a median of 56.4% 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

Thurston County, Washington

Best Largest group

34.2%

Median Largest group

56.4%

MOST DIVERSE · THURSTON COUNTY, WASHINGTON

#	School	City	Students	Largest group	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Pleasant Glade Elementary	Lacey, WA	559	34.2% White (191)	34.2%(191)	7.3%(41)	20.6%(115)	17.4%(97)
2	River Ridge High School	Lacey, WA	1,547	34.4% White (532)	34.4%(532)	6.4%(99)	27.5%(425)	11.3%(174)
3	Seven Oaks Elementary	Lacey, WA	428	36.0% White (154)	36.0%(154)	5.4%(23)	25.2%(108)	10.1%(43)
4	Chinook Middle School	Lacey, WA	746	38.5% White (287)	38.5%(287)	5.6%(42)	28.9%(216)	8.6%(64)
5	Mountain View Elementary	Lacey, WA	776	38.5% White (299)	38.5%(299)	5.2%(40)	33.5%(260)	4.4%(34)
6	Nisqually Middle School	Lacey, WA	789	40.3% White (318)	40.3%(318)	4.4%(35)	28.1%(222)	6.5%(51)
7	Komachin Middle School	Lacey, WA	640	40.5% White (259)	40.5%(259)	6.9%(44)	22.7%(145)	6.3%(40)
8	Salish Middle School	Lacey, WA	745	40.5% White (302)	40.5%(302)	4.7%(35)	25.1%(187)	8.3%(62)
9	Olympic View Elementary	Lacey, WA	552	40.6% White (224)	40.6%(224)	5.3%(29)	25.4%(140)	9.6%(53)
10	Meadows Elementary	Lacey, WA	765	40.6% White (311)	40.6%(311)	5.9%(45)	22.1%(169)	11.2%(86)
11	Chambers Prairie Elementary School	Lacey, WA	490	41.4% White (203)	41.4%(203)	8.0%(39)	20.4%(100)	4.9%(24)
12	North Thurston High School	Lacey, WA	1,378	42.0% White (579)	42.0%(579)	4.3%(60)	26.7%(368)	9.1%(125)
13	Lacey Elementary	Lacey, WA	368	42.7% White (157)	42.7%(157)	4.1%(15)	20.6%(76)	1.6%(6)
14	Evergreen Forest Elementary	Lacey, WA	442	43.2% White (191)	43.2%(191)	6.6%(29)	24.7%(109)	5.2%(23)
15	Lydia Hawk Elementary	Lacey, WA	496	44.4% Hispanic (220)	27.2%(135)	4.4%(22)	44.4%(220)	5.2%(26)
16	Horizons Elementary	Lacey, WA	580	44.8% White (260)	44.8%(260)	6.2%(36)	21.7%(126)	5.7%(33)
17	Timberline High School	Lacey, WA	1,401	45.7% White (640)	45.7%(640)	5.7%(80)	21.8%(305)	6.3%(88)
18	Julia Butler Hansen Elementary	OLYMPIA, WA	412	47.3% White (195)	47.3%(195)	6.1%(25)	19.9%(82)	4.6%(19)
19	Lakes Elementary School	Lacey, WA	495	48.3% White (239)	48.3%(239)	3.8%(19)	20.2%(100)	4.2%(21)
20	Garfield Elementary School	OLYMPIA, WA	314	48.4% White (152)	48.4%(152)	2.9%(9)	17.5%(55)	5.1%(16)
21	Jefferson Middle School	OLYMPIA, WA	462	49.4% White (228)	49.4%(228)	4.8%(22)	13.8%(64)	13.0%(60)
22	McKenny Elementary	OLYMPIA, WA	322	49.4% White (159)	49.4%(159)	1.9%(6)	19.3%(62)	10.3%(33)
23	Aspire Middle School	Lacey, WA	323	51.4% White (166)	51.4%(166)	5.9%(19)	16.7%(54)	6.2%(20)
24	Madison Elementary School	OLYMPIA, WA	203	51.7% White (105)	51.7%(105)	3.0%(6)	22.2%(45)	8.4%(17)
25	Woodland Elementary	Lacey, WA	458	52.4% White (240)	52.4%(240)	4.6%(21)	17.9%(82)	4.6%(21)
26	South Bay Elementary	Lacey, WA	595	53.5% White (318)	53.5%(318)	3.4%(20)	19.2%(114)	6.7%(40)
27	Tumwater Hill Elementary	Tumwater, WA	400	53.8% White (215)	53.8%(215)	3.5%(14)	21.3%(85)	8.8%(35)
28	Thurgood Marshall Middle School	OLYMPIA, WA	469	53.9% White (253)	53.9%(253)	5.1%(24)	15.6%(73)	7.9%(37)
29	Leland P Brown Elementary	OLYMPIA, WA	328	55.2% White (181)	55.2%(181)	3.7%(12)	15.6%(51)	4.9%(16)
30	Fort Stevens Elementary	Yelm, WA	462	55.4% White (256)	55.4%(256)	3.3%(15)	24.9%(115)	3.0%(14)
31	Southworth Elementary	Yelm, WA	671	55.4% White (372)	55.4%(372)	3.9%(26)	21.3%(143)	4.2%(28)
32	Capital High School	OLYMPIA, WA	1,322	56.0% White (740)	56.0%(740)	5.4%(71)	15.7%(207)	5.6%(74)
33	ESD 113 Consortium Reengagement Program	Tumwater, WA	344	56.4% White (194)	56.4%(194)	2.3%(8)	25.0%(86)	2.0%(7)
34	Grand Mound Elementary	Rochester, WA	507	56.4% White (286)	56.4%(286)	0.4%(2)	32.1%(163)	0.4%(2)
35	Rochester Primary School	Rochester, WA	488	57.2% White (279)	57.2%(279)	0.8%(4)	32.2%(157)	0.6%(3)
36	Rochester High School	Rochester, WA	608	58.1% White (353)	58.1%(353)	0.3%(2)	32.2%(196)	1.0%(6)
37	Centennial Elementary	OLYMPIA, WA	434	58.3% White (253)	58.3%(253)	3.2%(14)	13.4%(58)	9.9%(43)
38	Pioneer Elementary School	OLYMPIA, WA	384	58.6% White (225)	58.6%(225)	3.1%(12)	13.8%(53)	7.5%(29)
39	McLane Elementary School	OLYMPIA, WA	407	58.7% White (239)	58.7%(239)	2.7%(11)	18.4%(75)	8.1%(33)
40	Yelm High School 12	Yelm, WA	1,693	59.1% White (1,000)	59.1%(1,000)	2.4%(40)	20.1%(341)	2.1%(35)
41	Rochester Middle School	Rochester, WA	535	59.3% White (317)	59.3%(317)	0.2%(1)	28.4%(152)	0.9%(5)
42	Olympia High School	OLYMPIA, WA	1,901	59.5% White (1,132)	59.5%(1,132)	2.3%(44)	11.9%(226)	10.7%(203)
43	Peter G Schmidt Elementary	Tumwater, WA	606	59.6% White (361)	59.6%(361)	1.3%(8)	17.7%(107)	2.3%(14)
44	Mill Pond Elementary School	Yelm, WA	374	60.7% White (227)	60.7%(227)	1.9%(7)	17.1%(64)	4.3%(16)
45	Tumwater Middle School	Tumwater, WA	665	61.5% White (409)	61.5%(409)	2.9%(19)	17.7%(118)	3.9%(26)
46	Yelm Middle School	Yelm, WA	652	61.5% White (401)	61.5%(401)	2.1%(14)	19.5%(127)	2.5%(16)
47	Washington Middle School	OLYMPIA, WA	702	62.8% White (441)	62.8%(441)	3.4%(24)	13.4%(94)	7.4%(52)
48	Ridgeline Middle School	Yelm, WA	568	63.0% White (358)	63.0%(358)	1.2%(7)	18.5%(105)	1.2%(7)
49	Reeves Middle School	OLYMPIA, WA	394	63.5% White (250)	63.5%(250)	2.0%(8)	16.2%(64)	4.3%(17)
50	Michael T Simmons Elementary	Tumwater, WA	457	63.7% White (291)	63.7%(291)	2.8%(13)	16.6%(76)	4.8%(22)

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