Tacoma 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+ Browns Point Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
2. A Jefferson Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
3. A Lowell Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
4. A Sherman Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
5. A Washington Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
6. A- Point Defiance Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
7. A- Grant Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
8. A- Science And Math Institute (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
9. A- Industrial Design Engineering And Arts (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
10. A- Mason Middle School (Middle school, greatly exceeds expectations)

High schools (6)

• C Dr Dolores Silas High School, Tacoma
• F Foss High School, Tacoma
• D Lincoln High School, Tacoma
• D- Mount Tahoma High School, Tacoma
• Oakland High School, Tacoma
• B+ Stadium High School, Tacoma

Middle and junior high schools (12)

• D- Angelo Giaudrone Middle School, Tacoma
• D Baker Middle School, Tacoma
• C- Bryant Montessori Middle School, Tacoma
• F First Creek Middle School, Tacoma
• D- Gray Middle School, Tacoma
• C- Hilltop Heritage Middle School, Tacoma
• B- Hunt Middle School, Tacoma
• A- Mason Middle School, Tacoma
• B- Meeker Middle School, Tacoma
• D Stewart Middle School, Tacoma
• C+ Truman Middle School, Tacoma
• C+ Wainwright Intermediate School, Tacoma

Elementary and primary schools (34)

• F Arlington Elementary School, Tacoma
• D- Birney Elementary School, Tacoma
• D Blix Elementary School, Tacoma
• D+ Boze Elementary School, Tacoma
• A+ Browns Point Elementary School, Tacoma
• B+ Crescent Heights Elementary School, Tacoma
• C+ Delong Elementary School, Tacoma
• B+ Downing Elementary School, Tacoma
• D+ Edison Elementary School, Tacoma
• D Fawcett Elementary School, Tacoma
• C Fern Hill Elementary School, Tacoma
• D- Franklin Elementary School, Tacoma
• A- Grant Elementary School, Tacoma
• D- Helen Stafford Elementary School, Tacoma
• A Jefferson Elementary School, Tacoma
• D Larchmont Elementary School, Tacoma
• D- Lister Elementary School, Tacoma
• A Lowell Elementary School, Tacoma
• D Lyon Elementary School, Tacoma
• D- Manitou Park Elementary School, Tacoma
• B- Mann Elementary School, Tacoma
• F Mccarver Elementary School, Tacoma
• B- Ne Tacoma Elementary School, Tacoma
• A- Point Defiance Elementary School, Tacoma
• D- Reed Elementary School, Tacoma
• F Roosevelt Elementary School, Tacoma
• D- Sheridan Elementary School, Tacoma
• A Sherman Elementary School, Tacoma
• C+ Skyline Elementary School, Tacoma
• D Stanley Elementary School, Tacoma
• A Washington Elementary School, Tacoma
• D Whitman Elementary School, Tacoma
• C+ Whittier Elementary School, Tacoma
• Willard Early Learning Center, Tacoma

Other schools and academies (10)

• C Bryant Montessori School, Tacoma
• Comm Based Trans Program, Tacoma
• B+ Geiger Montessori School, Tacoma
• A- Industrial Design Engineering And Arts, Tacoma
• Madison Headstart, Tacoma
• A- Science And Math Institute, Tacoma
• Special Services, Tacoma
• Tacoma Open Doors, Tacoma
• C Tacoma School Of The Arts, Tacoma
• The School At Pearl Youth Residence, Tacoma

Cities and towns served (1)

• Tacoma (62)

• State: Best schools in Washington
• County: Pierce County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: midsize city (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 28,272 students with 1,603 full-time-equivalent teachers and 3,249 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 5308700
• 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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