Peninsula 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+ Purdy Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
2. A Harbor Heights Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
3. A Pioneer Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
4. A Discovery Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
5. A Voyager Elementary (Elementary school, meets expectations)
6. A Artondale Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
7. A Kopachuck Middle School (Middle school, exceeds expectations)
8. A Gig Harbor High (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
9. A Harbor Ridge Middle School (Middle school, meets expectations)
10. A Peninsula High School (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)

High schools (3)

• A Gig Harbor High, Gig Harbor
• B+ Henderson Bay Alt High School, Gig Harbor
• A Peninsula High School, Gig Harbor

Middle and junior high schools (4)

• A- Goodman Middle School, Gig Harbor
• A Harbor Ridge Middle School, Gig Harbor
• C Key Peninsula Middle School, Lakebay
• A Kopachuck Middle School, Gig Harbor

Elementary and primary schools (10)

• A Artondale Elementary School, Gig Harbor
• A Discovery Elementary School, Gig Harbor
• B- Evergreen Elementary, Lakebay
• A Harbor Heights Elementary School, Gig Harbor
• B Minter Creek Elementary, Gig Harbor
• A Pioneer Elementary School, Gig Harbor
• A+ Purdy Elementary School, Gig Harbor
• A- Swift Water Elementary, Gig Harbor
• C+ Vaughn Elementary School, Vaughn
• A Voyager Elementary, Gig Harbor

Other schools and academies (1)

• Peninsula Alternative Programs, Gig Harbor

Cities and towns served (3)

• Gig Harbor (15)
• Lakebay (2)
• Vaughn (1)

• State: Best schools in Washington
• County: Pierce County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: large suburb (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 9,069 students with 491 full-time-equivalent teachers and 948 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 5306690
• 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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