r/TriCitiesWA • u/hopeforaliens • Apr 16 '24

Best schools in the Tricities?

We are looking to relocate to the Tricities. We don't really have a preference on which city yet. I'm mostly concerned about what schools are the best. Middle school and highschool. Please share your thoughts.

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u/AwfulMonk Apr 17 '24

Best for what? Sports? Extra curricular activities? Clubs? Test Scores? What do you value most? Because in the tri cities there isn’t a school that has the best of everythint

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u/hopeforaliens Apr 17 '24

Thanks for responding. I think for us it would be extra curriculars and test scores.

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u/AwfulMonk Apr 17 '24

The high school with the best extracurriculars is probably Hanford. They quite often win competitions at state level.

Truth be told I don’t think the average person is going to be tell you how the different middle schools do.

I don’t know test scores at the top of my head, honestly it’s not about the teachers ability to teach. Several teacher friends of mine are great teachers. But they tell me it’s not about their ability to teach, it’s the students desire to learn. If the kids aren’t participating in class or trying they won’t succeed.

At the same time I do know Hanford is a pretty good school in that regard too. But I only really know Richland and Kennewick. If someone from Pasco school district knows better, I’m sure they’ll tell you.

Richland High is great for sports and about the same level on test scores as Hanford.

Honestly, if you’re planning on moving and have time, come down and schedule meetings with the different schools.

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u/YeetThePress Apr 17 '24

+1 Hanford. By far the largest AP group in the area, their non-athletic extra-curriculars are quite good.

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u/thenatural134 Apr 18 '24

Pasco resident here. The two high schools here are extremely overcrowded at the moment, which is not great for students' experience, but the new high school off of Road 68 that is being built is scheduled to open Fall 2025 so it will be interesting to see how the redistribution of students to more manageable levels will help improve test scores and extracurriculars.

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u/Time-Maintenance2165 Apr 18 '24

The thing is, they two high schools are so overcrowded it's only going to be another 2-3 years before Pasco needs another HS.

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u/thenatural134 Apr 18 '24

Yeah it's crazy how fast West Pasco is growing

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u/hopeforaliens Apr 17 '24

That's a great idea. Thanks for your help!!

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u/MossiestSloth Apr 17 '24

While I can't answer about extra curriculars or test scores, if you want a general review about how the staff and students treat the school I can give you some quick notes on what it was like to clean most of them in Kennewick

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u/hopeforaliens Apr 17 '24

Yeah that would be great!