Best High Schools In Washington 2017: U.S. News And World Report

REDMOND, WA - U.S. News and World Report has crunched the numbers for 2017, releasing its annual list of best high schools in the country, which ranks schools on a national and a state level. Just 54 of 370 eligible Washington high schools made the list, and Washington fell in the bottom half of states according to total number of schools on the list.

In Washington state. the Lake Washington School District's Tesla STEM High School in Redmond was ranked No. 28 in the entire U.S., and was ranked No. 1 in the state. Rounding out the top three high schools in Washington state were International School in Bellevue and International Community School in Kirkland (also part of the Lake Washington School District).

Out of the 54 Washington high schools on the list, eight were awarded the top "gold" medal.

The 2017 Washington state high schools on the list are:

1. Tesla STEM High School, Redmond - Lake Washington School District (National Rank: 28)
2. International School, Bellevue (National Rank: 41)
3. International Community School, Kirkland - Lake Washington School District (National Rank: 80)
4. Aviation High School, Tukwila (National Rank: 138)
5. Newport Senior High School, Bellevue (National Rank: 151)
6. Roosevelt High School, Seattle (National Rank: 333)
7. Mercer Island High School, Mercer Island (National Rank: 419)
8. Orcas Island High School, Eastsound (National Rank: 452)
9. Woodinville High School, Woodinville (National Rank: 778)
10. North Central High School, Spokane (National Rank: 803)
11. Redmond High School, Redmond
12. Olympia High School, Olympia
13. Anacortes High School, Anacortes
14. Shorewood High School, Shoreline
15. Henry M. Jackson High School, Mill Creek
16. Kamiak High School, Mukilteo
17. Ferris High School, Spokane
18. Curlew Elem and High School, Curlew
19. Franklin Pierce High School, Tacoma
20. Vashon Island High School, Vashon
21. Gig Harbor High, Gig Harbor
22. Kentridge High School, Kent
23. Kingston High School, Kingston
24. Stadium High School, Tacoma
25. Mountain View High School, Vancouver
26. Bonney Lake High School, Bonney Lake
27. North Kitsap High School, Poulsbo
28. Bothell High School,Bothell
29. Prosser High School, Prosser
30. Hanford High School, Richland
31. White River High School, Buckley
32. Kamiakin High School, Kennewick
33. Washington High School, Tacoma
34. Glacier Peak High School, Snohomish
35. Wilson, Tacoma
36. Technology Engineering & Communications, Seattle
37. West Seattle High School, Seattle
38. Cascade High School, Everett
39. Almira Coulee Hartline High School, Coulee City
40. Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield
41. University High School, Spokane Valley
42. Oak Harbor High School, Oak Harbor
43. Everett High School, Everett
44. Davenport Senior High School, Davenport
45. Southridge High School, Kennewick
46. La Conner High School, La Conner
47. South Whidbey High School, Langley
48. Richland High School, Richland
49. Stanwood High School, Stanwood
50. Thomas Jefferson High School, Auburn
51. West Valley High School, Yakima
52. Jenkins Junior/Senior High, Chewelah
53. Battle Ground High School, Battle Ground
54. Coupeville High School, Coupeville

The 2017 rankings of best high schools identify the top-performing public schools at both the national and the state level and include data on more than 20,000 high schools. To be considered among the best, high schools had to pass a rigorous four-step process that sought to determine whether a school was serving all of its students and not just those who are college bound.

A total of 6,041 schools were ranked, 500 schools receiving gold medals, 2,109 schools receiving silver medals and the remaining 3,432 schools received bronze medals. Schools that received bronze medals passed the first three steps but were not ranked numerically in the national rankings. The state rankings were based on whether a high school received a gold, silver or a bronze medal and had a CRI value of 10 or higher. Previously, only gold and silver medal winners were ranked numerically on the state level.

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