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Towns with the best schools in Washington

Ranked by our Schools score out of 100, which is based on how many high-school students take AP, IB or college classes, how many students miss a lot of school, the graduation rate and class size, for the public schools in the town. Of the 179 towns in Washington with 1,000 or more people, these are the top 25.

Bellevue ranks first with a score of 86. Issaquah and Redmond follow, with 85 and 83. Scores compare each town with all 27,850 towns we track across the US.

Rank	Town	Score	High-school students in AP or IB classes	High-school students taking college classes	Population
1	Bellevue	86	71.8%	67.9%	151,847
2	Issaquah	85	35.3%	61.0%	39,591
3	Redmond	83	35.3%	67.1%	77,353
4	Sammamish	83	26.8%	62.5%	66,463
5	Davenport	83	27.9%	35.0%	1,774
6	Duvall	79	17.2%	56.4%	8,526
7	Mill Creek	78	39.9%	75.5%	20,956
8	Pullman	78	25.4%	32.9%	32,229
9	Snoqualmie	78	30.3%	60.9%	13,798
10	University Place	77	17.5%	65.8%	34,911
11	Silverdale	75	26.8%	40.6%	20,685
12	Gig Harbor	75	20.4%	57.5%	12,424
13	Kingston	75	28.6%	36.9%	2,496
14	Kirkland	74	31.3%	59.9%	92,621
15	Steilacoom	73	17.6%	72.9%	6,686
16	Shoreline	73	36.2%	22.0%	61,431
17	Maple Valley	72	23.7%	38.7%	28,287
18	Poulsbo	72	20.4%	35.8%	12,165
19	Puyallup	72	22.5%	63.1%	42,746
20	Buckley	71	18.1%	58.8%	5,371
21	Anacortes	71	25.9%	27.4%	17,966
22	Richland	71	23.2%	23.0%	62,753
23	Olympia	71	9.9%	81.0%	55,951
24	Des Moines	70	34.9%	54.3%	32,823
25	Bothell	70	30.3%	9.7%	49,610

This is not a test-score ranking, and graduation rates are from 2018 or 2019. Only towns with a high school of their own are listed, and a town does not show up when its students go to school elsewhere. Only towns with 1,000 or more people are ranked. Scores compare each town with all towns we track. See how we score towns and where the figures come from. These are estimates, so check official sources before you decide.

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