Emerald Ridge High School
Puyallup, WA · High School · Grades 10-12
Emerald Ridge High School is a high school in Puyallup, WA with 1,537 students enrolled and a 62% proficiency rate. Part of Puyallup School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Emerald Ridge High School is a high school located in Puyallup, Washington. The school serves 1,537 students in grades 10-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 24.0:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 62% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 86% graduation rate.
37% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Emerald Ridge High School is part of the Puyallup School District in Washington.
How This School Compares
Emerald Ridge High School has 1,537 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Puyallup School District (624 students). Its 62% proficiency rate is 11 percentage points above the district average of 51%. Compared to the Washington state average of 49%, the school performs 12 points higher. The 24.0:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Emerald Ridge High School has 1,537 students enrolled in grades 10-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 24.0:1.
According to EDFacts data, 62% of students at Emerald Ridge High School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Emerald Ridge High School has a 86% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Emerald Ridge High School is part of the Puyallup School District in Puyallup, Washington. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.