See Which Puget Sound Schools Rank Highest In 2022 List

BELLEVUE, WA — The latest school rankings released by the data analysis company Niche offer a look at how K-12 schools in Washington compare with each other.

Niche, which released its eighth annual version of the rankings on Monday, looks at a variety of criteria in determining a grade for both public and private schools around the nation, including academics, teachers and diversity.

In Washington, King County schools took home many of the top honors across the board, and districts around Seattle and the Eastside fared especially well.

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Here are the top 5 performers in a few key categories:

2022 Best Public High Schools in Washington:

1. Tesla STEM High School (Lake Washington School District, Redmond)
2. International Community School (Lake Washington School District, Kirkland)
3. Interlake Senior High School (Bellevue)
4. Newport Senior High School (Bellevue)
5. International School (Bellevue)

2022 Best Private High Schools in Washington:

1. Lakeside School (Seattle)
2. The Overlake School (Redmond)
3. Eastside Preparatory School (Kirkland)
4. Annie Wright Schools (Tacoma)
5. University Prep (Seattle)

2022 Best School Districts in Washington:

1. Mercer Island School District
2. Bellevue School District
3. Bainbridge Island School District
4. Lake Washington School District
5. Issaquah School District

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Niche said its 2022 best schools rankings offer a more “personal” view of schools than its rankings in recent years. Significantly less importance was placed on SAT and ACT scores this year, Niche said. Any factor in its methodology that is related to test scores was reduced by one third.

The company combined ratings from students, alumni and parents with quantitative data from the U.S. Department of Education and other sources to evaluate teachers, resources, facility, extracurricular activity opportunities and other factors. Read more about the methodology here.

Across the country, Niche ranked 94,491 public schools, 2,489 private schools and 11,846 school districts to come up with its lists and rankings.

2022 National Niche Rankings:

Top 5 Public High Schools:

1. The Davidson Academy in Reno, Nevada
2. The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
3. Massachusetts Academy for Math & Science School
4. Maggie Walker Governor’s School in Virginia
5. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology in Virginia

Top 5 Private High Schools:

1. Phillips Academy in Massachusetts
2. The Hotchkiss School in Connecticut
3. Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut
4. The College Preparatory School in California
5. Groton School in Massachusetts

Top 5 School Districts:

1. Adlai E. Stevenson High School District in Illinois
2. Glenbrook High School District in Illinois
3. Great Neck Public Schools in New York
4. Community High School District 128 in Illinois
5. Jericho Union Free School District in New York

See the full Niche rankings here