Vancouver School of Arts and Academics (VSAA) is a public arts magnet middle-and-high school in Vancouver Public Schools, serving grades 6–12 on Main Street near the Portland metro area. VSAA's program integrates the arts into the core academic experience across six art forms: dance, music, theatre, literary arts, visual arts, and moving-image arts.
The school is consistently ranked among Washington's top public high schools — about 12th statewide by U.S. News — with a high AP participation rate (around 75%) for an arts-focused program. VSAA is recognized in PolarisList's Washington Harvard/Princeton/MIT placement rankings. Admissions for 2026–27 open January 12, 2026, with the school's annual information night running each spring as part of its choice-school enrollment cycle.
Source: WA ERDC Graduate Outcomes.
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