Washington's top-ranked high schools
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Redmond's Tesla STEM High School is the top public school in the state and third best in the nation, per U.S. News & World Report's recently released 2024 Best High Schools rankings.
The big picture: Nine schools in Washington, nearly half in the Bellevue School District, are listed among the top 500 public schools nationally, a list that includes traditional public schools, charter schools and magnet schools.
How it works: The rankings include data on nearly 25,000 public high schools in 50 states and the District of Columbia based on six factors, including performance on state assessments.
Zoom in: After Tesla STEM, the other eight Washington schools in the top 500 are the Bellevue School District's International School, Interlake Senior High School and Newport Senior High School, ranked second, third and fourth, respectively, in the state.
- Highline School District's Raisbeck Aviation High School came in fifth in the state in the nation, per the report.
- Coming in at sixth and seventh in the state are Bainbridge High School and Mercer Island High School.
- With Issaquah High School and Bellevue High School rounding out the state's top nine.