Metro overview
42 schools ranked · Updated September 4, 2026
These are the schools where raw test performance and decoded performance disagree most. The shift column shows the gap between Achievement Rank and Decoded Rank.
Raw scores are modest, but decoded performance is strong — these schools are doing more than their context predicts.
High raw scores AND high decoded performance — doing more with their context than peer schools at the same level.
Raw scores are high, but the school's advantaged context predicts even higher — raw scores may overstate the school's effect.
| Rating | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle Mountain ElementaryNeighborhood | Wahluke School District | #1344 | #63 (WA)plausibly #33–149#1 (Moses Lake metro) | ★★Outperforming Expectations | High | ||
| Parkway SchoolNeighborhood | Ephrata School District | #785 | #97 (WA)plausibly #24–369#2 (Moses Lake metro) | ★★Outperforming Expectations | High | ||
| Coulee City ElementaryNeighborhood | Coulee-Hartline School District | #447 | #173 (WA)plausibly #31–568#3 (Moses Lake metro) | Typical Profile | Low | ||
| Warden ElementaryNeighborhood | Warden School District | #1170 | #278 (WA)plausibly #170–477#4 (Moses Lake metro)≈ tied with next | ★★Outperforming Expectations | High | ||
| North ElementaryNeighborhood | Moses Lake School District | #1116 | #282 (WA)plausibly #151–611#5 (Moses Lake metro)≈ tied with next | ★★Outperforming Expectations | High | ||
| Morris Schott ElementaryNeighborhood | Wahluke School District | #1478 | #298 (WA)plausibly #132–570#6 (Moses Lake metro) | ★★Outperforming Expectations | Medium | ||
| Mattawa ElementaryNeighborhood | Wahluke School District | #1487 | #372 (WA)plausibly #219–575#7 (Moses Lake metro)≈ tied with next | ★★Outperforming Expectations | High | ||
| Royal Middle SchoolNeighborhood | Royal School District | #1160 | #383 (WA)plausibly #277–524#8 (Moses Lake metro)≈ tied with next | Typical Profile | High | ||
| Midway ElementaryNeighborhood | Moses Lake School District | #1278 | #423 (WA)plausibly #208–713#9 (Moses Lake metro)≈ tied with next | Typical Profile | Medium | ||
| Red Rock ElementaryNeighborhood | Royal School District | #680 | #430 (WA)plausibly #407–463#10 (Moses Lake metro) | Typical Profile | High |
Rows marked ≈ are statistically tied with the row below them: on the current data the joint simulation gives the upper school less than a 65% chance of ranking above the lower one. Ties are between adjacent rows only.
9 official · 1 unranked (N/A — not yet eligible)
| Rating | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warden High SchoolNeighborhood | Warden School District | #178 | #29 (WA)HS#1 (Moses Lake metro) | HS outcome | Medium | ||
| Royal High SchoolNeighborhood | Royal School District | #258 | #32 (WA)HS#2 (Moses Lake metro) | HS outcome | High | ||
| Almira Coulee Hartline High SchoolNeighborhood | Coulee-Hartline School District | #61 | #33 (WA)HS#3 (Moses Lake metro) | HS outcome | Medium | ||
| Quincy High SchoolNeighborhood | Quincy School District | #253 | #178 (WA)HS#4 (Moses Lake metro) | HS outcome | Medium | ||
| Soap Lake Middle & High SchoolNeighborhood | Soap Lake School District | #217 | #183 (WA)HS#5 (Moses Lake metro) | HS outcome | Low | ||
| Wilson Creek HighNeighborhood | Wilson Creek School District | #144 | #212 (WA)HS#6 (Moses Lake metro) | HS outcome | Low | ||
| Moses Lake High SchoolNeighborhood | Moses Lake School District | #211 | #217 (WA)HS#7 (Moses Lake metro) | HS outcome | Medium | ||
| Vanguard AcademyNeighborhood | Moses Lake School District | #230 | #248 (WA)HS#8 (Moses Lake metro) | HS outcome | Medium | ||
| Digital Learning CenterNeighborhood | Moses Lake School District | #279 | #269 (WA)HS#9 (Moses Lake metro) | HS outcome | Low | ||
| Unranked (1 not yet eligible for a rank) | |||||||
| Ephrata High School | Ephrata School District | — | N/A | N/A | — | Not enough data to rank | |
SchoolDecoder publishes context-adjusted residuals, not causal estimates. Decoded Rank is one signal — not a verdict on teaching quality. Read about limitations →