In Washington, 20.1% of Black students are proficient in math at the typical school — against 47.3% of White students. Within Renton School District alone, the gap between the best and worst schools for Black children is 57 points. This tool helps you find the right one.
Search Washington schools ›Share of students meeting proficient at the typical Washington school. Groups are shown wherever Washington reports them; a group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.
These figures come from Washington SBA 2025, measuring proficient in ELA & Math · Grades 3–8. Across 29 districts, 274 Washington schools report enough results to be included.
At the typical Washington school the picture is black students at 21.6%, hispanic students at 29.8%, white students at 49.3% and asian students at 44.4%. That is a 27.7-point spread between the highest and lowest group, inside the same schools, the same districts and the same state — which is what this tool exists to make visible.
The largest Black student population among Washington's stronger schools, and the highest rate in the state. Expedition Elementary in Bethel reaches 55.6%.
Sartori Elementary reaches 60.7%. Lakeridge Elementary, in the same district, sits at 3.9%. Two schools under one administration, 57 points apart.
25.9% of Black students are proficient, against 51.2% of White students. Reading is 23 points.
These are the schools where Black students most often meet proficient, among those with at least 25 Black student results reported. Every group's result is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sartori Elementary SchoolRenton School District Magnet | 72.7% | 60.7% | 7.8% | 75% | 75% |
| Rainier PrepRainier Prep Charter School District Charter | 63% | 59.9% | 53.8% | — | — |
| University Place PrimaryUniversity Place School District | 71.3% | 59.4% | 56.6% | 79.8% | — |
| Expedition ElementaryBethel School District | 53.6% | 55.6% | 4.9% | 56.9% | 63.5% |
| Rainier Elementary SchoolClover Park School District | 57.5% | 53.8% | 43.1% | 66.7% | — |
| Emerson Elementary SchoolEverett School District | 44.9% | 53.8% | 34.8% | 50% | — |
| Dunlap Elementary SchoolSeattle School District No. 1 | 37.1% | 53.3% | — | — | 47.2% |
| Ferrucci Jr HighPuyallup School District | 51.5% | 50% | 32% | 58.9% | 62.3% |
| Meadowdale Middle SchoolEdmonds School District | 53.6% | 48.6% | 31.2% | 64.1% | 67.9% |
| Chambers ElementaryUniversity Place School District | 70.9% | 48.1% | 62.9% | 78.9% | — |
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The same measure at the other end of the range. In many of these schools every group is falling short, which points at the school rather than at the students in it.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Hills Elementary SchoolSeattle School District No. 1 | 52.4% | 2.2% | 36.4% | 70.2% | — |
| Fife Elementary SchoolFife School District | 41.9% | 2.2% | 33.1% | 53.6% | 58% |
| Jane Addams Middle SchoolSeattle School District No. 1 | 61.4% | 2.5% | 32.1% | 75.3% | 65.8% |
| Park Lodge Elementary SchoolClover Park School District | 23.4% | 3.6% | 20.1% | — | — |
| Olympic View Elementary SchoolSeattle School District No. 1 | 56% | 3.7% | 39.3% | 73.8% | — |
| James Sales ElementaryFranklin Pierce School District | 48.7% | 3.8% | 50.5% | 55.1% | — |
| North Middle SchoolEverett School District | 46.6% | 3.8% | 34.8% | 62.1% | 0.5% |
| Wainwright Intermediate SchoolTacoma School District | 39.5% | 3.9% | 36.2% | 51.3% | — |
| Lakeridge Elementary SchoolRenton School District | 32.1% | 3.9% | — | 50% | 43.9% |
| Ridgecrest ElementaryShoreline School District | 53.5% | 4% | 41.2% | 66.1% | 14.1% |
In Seattle School District No. 1, Dunlap Elementary School reports 53.3% of Black students meeting the standard. Olympic Hills Elementary School, in the same district, reports 2.2%. That is a 51.1-point spread across 25 schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base — the clearest illustration of why address matters more than it should.
Districts with at least ten schools reporting Black student results, by school count. The percentage shown is the average across that district's schools for Black students.