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The most racially diverse public schools in Thurston County, Washington

Across Thurston County, Washington, 67 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Pleasant Glade Elementary leads the list at 77.5%, against a median of 60.4% 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

Top Diversity index

77.5%

Median Diversity index

60.4%

MOST DIVERSE · THURSTON COUNTY, WASHINGTON

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Pleasant Glade Elementary	Lacey, WA	559	77.5%	34.2%(191)	7.3%(41)	20.6%(115)	17.4%(97)
2	River Ridge High School	Lacey, WA	1,547	76.4%	34.4%(532)	6.4%(99)	27.5%(425)	11.3%(174)
3	Seven Oaks Elementary	Lacey, WA	428	76.1%	36.0%(154)	5.4%(23)	25.2%(108)	10.1%(43)
4	Meadows Elementary	Lacey, WA	765	73.9%	40.6%(311)	5.9%(45)	22.1%(169)	11.2%(86)
5	Chinook Middle School	Lacey, WA	746	73.7%	38.5%(287)	5.6%(42)	28.9%(216)	8.6%(64)
6	Chambers Prairie Elementary School	Lacey, WA	490	73.6%	41.4%(203)	8.0%(39)	20.4%(100)	4.9%(24)
7	Komachin Middle School	Lacey, WA	640	73.6%	40.5%(259)	6.9%(44)	22.7%(145)	6.3%(40)
8	Olympic View Elementary	Lacey, WA	552	73.3%	40.6%(224)	5.3%(29)	25.4%(140)	9.6%(53)
9	Salish Middle School	Lacey, WA	745	73.3%	40.5%(302)	4.7%(35)	25.1%(187)	8.3%(62)
10	Nisqually Middle School	Lacey, WA	789	72.7%	40.3%(318)	4.4%(35)	28.1%(222)	6.5%(51)
11	Evergreen Forest Elementary	Lacey, WA	442	72.5%	43.2%(191)	6.6%(29)	24.7%(109)	5.2%(23)
12	North Thurston High School	Lacey, WA	1,378	72.1%	42.0%(579)	4.3%(60)	26.7%(368)	9.1%(125)
13	Lacey Elementary	Lacey, WA	368	71.9%	42.7%(157)	4.1%(15)	20.6%(76)	1.6%(6)
14	Mountain View Elementary	Lacey, WA	776	71.2%	38.5%(299)	5.2%(40)	33.5%(260)	4.4%(34)
15	Timberline High School	Lacey, WA	1,401	70.8%	45.7%(640)	5.7%(80)	21.8%(305)	6.3%(88)
16	Horizons Elementary	Lacey, WA	580	70.8%	44.8%(260)	6.2%(36)	21.7%(126)	5.7%(33)
17	Lydia Hawk Elementary	Lacey, WA	496	70.3%	27.2%(135)	4.4%(22)	44.4%(220)	5.2%(26)
18	Lakes Elementary School	Lacey, WA	495	69.1%	48.3%(239)	3.8%(19)	20.2%(100)	4.2%(21)
19	Jefferson Middle School	OLYMPIA, WA	462	68.3%	49.4%(228)	4.8%(22)	13.8%(64)	13.0%(60)
20	Julia Butler Hansen Elementary	OLYMPIA, WA	412	67.6%	47.3%(195)	6.1%(25)	19.9%(82)	4.6%(19)
21	Aspire Middle School	Lacey, WA	323	66.7%	51.4%(166)	5.9%(19)	16.7%(54)	6.2%(20)
22	Woodland Elementary	Lacey, WA	458	66.0%	52.4%(240)	4.6%(21)	17.9%(82)	4.6%(21)
23	McKenny Elementary	OLYMPIA, WA	322	65.9%	49.4%(159)	1.9%(6)	19.3%(62)	10.3%(33)
24	Garfield Elementary School	OLYMPIA, WA	314	65.9%	48.4%(152)	2.9%(9)	17.5%(55)	5.1%(16)
25	Madison Elementary School	OLYMPIA, WA	203	65.6%	51.7%(105)	3.0%(6)	22.2%(45)	8.4%(17)
26	South Bay Elementary	Lacey, WA	595	65.0%	53.5%(318)	3.4%(20)	19.2%(114)	6.7%(40)
27	Tumwater Hill Elementary	Tumwater, WA	400	64.4%	53.8%(215)	3.5%(14)	21.3%(85)	8.8%(35)
28	Leland P Brown Elementary	OLYMPIA, WA	328	63.1%	55.2%(181)	3.7%(12)	15.6%(51)	4.9%(16)
29	Southworth Elementary	Yelm, WA	671	63.1%	55.4%(372)	3.9%(26)	21.3%(143)	4.2%(28)
30	Thurgood Marshall Middle School	OLYMPIA, WA	469	63.0%	53.9%(253)	5.1%(24)	15.6%(73)	7.9%(37)
31	Fort Stevens Elementary	Yelm, WA	462	61.9%	55.4%(256)	3.3%(15)	24.9%(115)	3.0%(14)
32	Centennial Elementary	OLYMPIA, WA	434	61.3%	58.3%(253)	3.2%(14)	13.4%(58)	9.9%(43)
33	Capital High School	OLYMPIA, WA	1,322	61.0%	56.0%(740)	5.4%(71)	15.7%(207)	5.6%(74)
34	McLane Elementary School	OLYMPIA, WA	407	60.4%	58.7%(239)	2.7%(11)	18.4%(75)	8.1%(33)
35	Yelm High School 12	Yelm, WA	1,693	58.8%	59.1%(1,000)	2.4%(40)	20.1%(341)	2.1%(35)
36	Peter G Schmidt Elementary	Tumwater, WA	606	58.4%	59.6%(361)	1.3%(8)	17.7%(107)	2.3%(14)
37	Mill Pond Elementary School	Yelm, WA	374	58.4%	60.7%(227)	1.9%(7)	17.1%(64)	4.3%(16)
38	Tumwater Middle School	Tumwater, WA	665	57.3%	61.5%(409)	2.9%(19)	17.7%(118)	3.9%(26)
39	Grand Mound Elementary	Rochester, WA	507	57.2%	56.4%(286)	0.4%(2)	32.1%(163)	0.4%(2)
40	Olympia High School	OLYMPIA, WA	1,901	57.2%	59.5%(1,132)	2.3%(44)	11.9%(226)	10.7%(203)
41	ESD 113 Consortium Reengagement Program	Tumwater, WA	344	57.2%	56.4%(194)	2.3%(8)	25.0%(86)	2.0%(7)
42	Rochester Primary School	Rochester, WA	488	56.4%	57.2%(279)	0.8%(4)	32.2%(157)	0.6%(3)
43	Yelm Middle School	Yelm, WA	652	56.2%	61.5%(401)	2.1%(14)	19.5%(127)	2.5%(16)
44	Washington Middle School	OLYMPIA, WA	702	56.0%	62.8%(441)	3.4%(24)	13.4%(94)	7.4%(52)
45	Rochester Middle School	Rochester, WA	535	55.9%	59.3%(317)	0.2%(1)	28.4%(152)	0.9%(5)
46	Pioneer Elementary School	OLYMPIA, WA	384	55.8%	58.6%(225)	3.1%(12)	13.8%(53)	7.5%(29)
47	Michael T Simmons Elementary	Tumwater, WA	457	55.5%	63.7%(291)	2.8%(13)	16.6%(76)	4.8%(22)
48	Rochester High School	Rochester, WA	608	55.0%	58.1%(353)	0.3%(2)	32.2%(196)	1.0%(6)
49	Ridgeline Middle School	Yelm, WA	568	54.7%	63.0%(358)	1.2%(7)	18.5%(105)	1.2%(7)
50	East Olympia Elementary	Olympia, WA	579	53.7%	64.4%(373)	2.9%(17)	19.7%(114)	4.3%(25)

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