Issaquah School District Schools

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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.

1. A+ Endeavour Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
2. A+ Discovery Elementary (Elementary school, meets expectations)
3. A+ Beaver Lake Middle School (Middle school, exceeds expectations)
4. A+ Grand Ridge Elementary (Elementary school, meets expectations)
5. A+ Cougar Ridge Elementary (Elementary school, meets expectations)
6. A+ Pine Lake Middle School (Middle school, meets expectations)
7. A+ Skyline High School (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
8. A+ Creekside Elementary (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
9. A+ Issaquah High School (High school, exceeds expectations)
10. A+ Newcastle Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)

High schools (4)

• Gibson Ek High School, Issaquah
• A+ Issaquah High School, Issaquah
• A+ Liberty SR High School, Renton
• A+ Skyline High School, Sammamish

Middle and junior high schools (6)

• A+ Beaver Lake Middle School, Issaquah
• A+ Cougar Mountain Middle School, Issaquah
• A Issaquah Middle School, Issaquah
• A Maywood Middle School, Renton
• A+ Pacific Cascade Middle School, Issaquah
• A+ Pine Lake Middle School, Sammamish

Elementary and primary schools (17)

• A+ Apollo Elementary, Renton
• A+ Briarwood Elementary, Renton
• Cascade Ridge Elementary, Sammamish
• A+ Cedar Trails Elementary, Sammamish
• A Challenger Elementary, Issaquah
• A Clark Elementary, Issaquah
• A+ Cougar Ridge Elementary, Bellevue
• A+ Creekside Elementary, Sammamish
• A+ Discovery Elementary, Issaquah
• A+ Endeavour Elementary School, Issaquah
• A+ Grand Ridge Elementary, Issaquah
• Holly Street Early Learning Center, Issaquah
• A- Issaquah Valley Elementary, Issaquah
• A Maple Hills Elementary, Renton
• A+ Newcastle Elementary School, Newcastle
• A+ Sunny Hills Elementary, Sammamish
• A- Sunset Elementary, Bellevue

Other schools and academies (2)

• Issaquah Preschool Academy, Issaquah
• Issaquah Special Services, Issaquah

Cities and towns served (5)

• Issaquah (15)
• Sammamish (6)
• Renton (5)
• Bellevue (2)
• Newcastle (1)

• State: Best schools in Washington
• County: King County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: large suburb (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 19,452 students with 1,043 full-time-equivalent teachers and 2,020 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 5303750
• Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works

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