Washington schools ranked by test score
Latest Smarter Balanced + WCAS year (2024-25). 1,468 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 58.4%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cascadia Elementary Seattle · Seattle School District No. 1 | Elementary | 98.2% | +39.8pp |
| 2 | Christa Mcauliffe Elementary Sammamish · Lake Washington School District | Elementary | 93.7% | +35.3pp |
| 3 | Cascade Ridge Elementary SAMMAMISH · Issaquah School District | Elementary | 93.1% | +34.8pp |
| 4 | Bainbridge High School Bainbridge Island · Bainbridge Island School District | High | 92.8% | +34.5pp |
| 5 | Bryant Elementary School SEATTLE · Seattle School District No. 1 | Elementary | 92.2% | +33.8pp |
| 6 | Medina Elementary School MEDINA · Bellevue School District | Elementary | 92.2% | +33.8pp |
| 7 | Somerset Elementary School Bellevue · Bellevue School District | Elementary | 91.8% | +33.4pp |
| 8 | Sunrise Elementary Redmond · Northshore School District | Elementary | 90.7% | +32.4pp |
| 9 | Mercer Island High School Mercer Island · Mercer Island School District | High | 90.7% | +32.3pp |
| 10 | Frantz Coe Elementary School SEATTLE · Seattle School District No. 1 | Elementary | 90.1% | +31.8pp |
| 11 | Innovation Lab High School Bothell · Northshore School District | High | 89.2% | +30.8pp |
| 12 | Horace Mann Elementary Redmond · Lake Washington School District | Elementary | 89.2% | +30.8pp |
| 13 | Samantha Smith Elementary Sammamish · Lake Washington School District | Elementary | 88.5% | +30.1pp |
| 14 | Cherry Crest Elementary School Bellevue · Bellevue School District | Elementary | 88.4% | +30.0pp |
| 15 | Endeavour Elementary School ISSAQUAH · Issaquah School District | Elementary | 88.4% | +30.0pp |
| 16 | Lakeridge Elementary School Mercer Island · Mercer Island School District | Elementary | 88.2% | +29.8pp |
| 17 | Greenwood Elementary School SEATTLE · Seattle School District No. 1 | Elementary | 87.6% | +29.2pp |
| 18 | Ballard High School SEATTLE · Seattle School District No. 1 | High | 87.2% | +28.8pp |
| 19 | Newport Senior High School Bellevue · Bellevue School District | High | 87.0% | +28.6pp |
| 20 | Cedar Wood Elementary Bothell · Everett School District | Elementary | 86.7% | +28.3pp |
| 21 | Tehaleh Heights Elementary School Bonney Lake · Sumner-Bonney Lake School District | Elementary | 86.3% | +27.9pp |
| 22 | Lincoln High School Seattle · Seattle School District No. 1 | High | 86.2% | +27.9pp |
| 23 | Sonoji Sakai Intermediate Bainbridge Island · Bainbridge Island School District | Middle | 86.0% | +27.7pp |
| 24 | Discovery Elementary ISSAQUAH · Issaquah School District | Elementary | 85.8% | +27.4pp |
| 25 | Louisa May Alcott Elementary Redmond · Lake Washington School District | Elementary | 85.7% | +27.3pp |
| 26 | Tambark Creek Elementary School Bothell · Everett School District | Elementary | 85.6% | +27.2pp |
| 27 | Island Park Elementary Mercer Island · Mercer Island School District | Elementary | 85.4% | +27.1pp |
| 28 | Capt Johnston Blakely Elem Sch Bainbridge Island · Bainbridge Island School District | Elementary | 85.4% | +27.1pp |
| 29 | Eastlake High School Sammamish · Lake Washington School District | High | 85.3% | +27.0pp |
| 30 | Mount Si High School SNOQUALMIE · Snoqualmie Valley School District | High | 85.3% | +27.0pp |
| 31 | Snoqualmie Elementary SNOQUALMIE · Snoqualmie Valley School District | Elementary | 85.3% | +27.0pp |
| 32 | North Creek High School Bothell · Northshore School District | High | 85.1% | +26.8pp |
| 33 | Liberty High School SPANGLE · Liberty School District | High | 85.1% | +26.7pp |
| 34 | Lakeview Elementary Kirkland · Lake Washington School District | Elementary | 85.1% | +26.7pp |
| 35 | West Woodland Elementary School SEATTLE · Seattle School District No. 1 | Elementary | 85.0% | +26.7pp |
| 36 | Margaret Mead Elementary Sammamish · Lake Washington School District | Elementary | 85.0% | +26.6pp |
| 37 | Skyline High School SAMMAMISH · Issaquah School District | High | 85.0% | +26.6pp |
| 38 | Fernwood Elementary Bothell · Northshore School District | Elementary | 85.0% | +26.6pp |
| 39 | Woodward Middle School Bainbridge Island · Bainbridge Island School District | Middle | 85.0% | +26.6pp |
| 40 | Bellevue High School Bellevue · Bellevue School District | High | 84.5% | +26.1pp |
| 41 | Beaver Lake Middle School ISSAQUAH · Issaquah School District | Middle | 84.3% | +26.0pp |
| 42 | Vashon Island High School VASHON · Vashon Island School District | High | 84.3% | +25.9pp |
| 43 | Inglewood Middle School Sammamish · Lake Washington School District | Middle | 84.3% | +25.9pp |
| 44 | Wedgwood Elementary School SEATTLE · Seattle School District No. 1 | Elementary | 84.3% | +25.9pp |
| 45 | West Mercer Elementary Mercer Island · Mercer Island School District | Elementary | 84.1% | +25.7pp |
| 46 | Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary Woodinville · Lake Washington School District | Elementary | 84.1% | +25.7pp |
| 47 | Stem Academy at SVT Spokane Valley · Central Valley School District | High | 84.0% | +25.6pp |
| 48 | Glacier Peak High School Snohomish · Snohomish School District | High | 83.8% | +25.5pp |
| 49 | Queen Anne Elementary Seattle · Seattle School District No. 1 | Elementary | 83.7% | +25.4pp |
| 50 | John Stanford International School SEATTLE · Seattle School District No. 1 | Elementary | 83.6% | +25.2pp |
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About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the Smarter Balanced + WCAS % Met or Exceeded Standard threshold on the latest available Smarter Balanced + WCAS English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Washington, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.