Mead 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 Skyline Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
2. A Colbert Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
3. A Meadow Ridge Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
4. A Midway Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
5. A- Mead Senior High School (High school, exceeds expectations)
6. A- Highland Middle School (Middle school, exceeds expectations)
7. A- Mt Spokane High School (High school, meets expectations)
8. B+ Prairie View Elementary (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
9. B+ Farwell Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
10. B+ Mead Learning Options (K-12 school, exceeds expectations)

High schools (2)

• A- Mead Senior High School, Spokane
• A- Mt Spokane High School, Mead

Middle and junior high schools (3)

• A- Highland Middle School, Spokane
• B Mountainside Middle School, Colbert
• B Northwood Middle School, Spokane

Elementary and primary schools (10)

• C Brentwood Elementary School, Spokane
• A Colbert Elementary School, Colbert
• C- Creekside Elementary School, Mead
• C+ Evergreen Elementary School, Spokane
• B+ Farwell Elementary School, Spokane
• A Meadow Ridge Elementary, Mead
• A Midway Elementary, Colbert
• B+ Prairie View Elementary, Spokane
• C Shiloh Hills Elementary, Spokane
• A Skyline Elementary, Spokane

Other schools and academies (1)

• B+ Mead Learning Options, Spokane

Cities and towns served (3)

• Spokane (10)
• Colbert (3)
• Mead (3)

• State: Best schools in Washington
• County: Spokane County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: large suburb (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 10,410 students with 581 full-time-equivalent teachers and 1,102 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 5304920
• 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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