Best Public Elementary Schools in Seattle + Eastside
The Seattle and Eastside public elementary leaders cluster on Smarter Balanced (SBA) math and reading proficiency from the 2024-25 administration. The Eastside elementaries dominate the top of the lens: Bellevue School District, Lake Washington School District, and Issaquah School District together account for most of the top ten, with proficiency rates well above the state median.
Bellevue SD's leading elementaries include Spiritridge, Somerset, Phantom Lake, and Wilburton — schools with proficiency rates north of 80 percent on both math and reading. Lake Washington School District's leaders (Mead, Smith, Audubon, Rosa Parks) post similarly high outcomes from the Redmond / Kirkland / Sammamish corridor. Issaquah School District contributes Apollo, Cougar Ridge, Endeavour, and Sunny Hills from the eastern plateau and Mercer Island areas.
Seattle Public Schools' top elementaries — including Cascadia Elementary (the district's Highly Capable Cohort program), McGilvra, Bryant, Loyal Heights, and Lawton — fill in the rest of the Seattle-side cohort. Cascadia in particular sits at the top of the SPS distribution as a designated gifted-program building; its outcomes track with the Eastside leaders.
Ranked schools
- 001CHRISTA MCAULIFFE ELEMENTARYLAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING94%
- 002MEDINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBELLEVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING93%
- 003CASCADE RIDGE ELEMENTARYISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING93%
- 004SOMERSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBELLEVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING92%
- 005EXPLORER COMMUNITY SCHOOLLAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING91%
- 006SUNRISE ELEMENTARYNORTHSHORE SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING91%
- 007FRANTZ COE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 · KING89%
- 008CHERRY CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBELLEVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING89%
- 009ENDEAVOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING89%
- 010SAMANTHA SMITH ELEMENTARYLAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING88%
- 011LAKERIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMERCER ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING88%
- 012HORACE MANN ELEMENTARYLAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING88%
- 013BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 · KING86%
- 014LOUISA MAY ALCOTT ELEMENTARYLAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING86%
- 015DISCOVERY ELEMENTARYISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING86%
- 016ISLAND PARK ELEMENTARYMERCER ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING86%
- 017JING MEI ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBELLEVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING86%
- 018JOHN STANFORD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLSEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 · KING85%
- 019MCDONALD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLSEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 · KING85%
- 020LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARYLAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING84%
- 021CASCADE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSNOQUALMIE VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING84%
- 022GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 · KING83%
- 023WEST WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 · KING83%
- 024COUGAR RIDGE ELEMENTARYISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING83%
- 025WEST MERCER ELEMENTARYMERCER ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT · KING83%
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