On this page, we list all GED® prep locations and testing centers in the Olympia region.
Washington State is using the GED exam for its high school equivalency (HSE) testing program.
The HSE program offers adults who left high school prematurely the chance to earn an equivalent degree.
The HSE test measures knowledge at a level similar to what graduating HS students must command.
The GED has four subject tests that can be taken independently in a period of maximally two years.
These subtests, or modules, cover the academic fields of social studies, literacy, science, and math.
GED testing over the internet is not possible. Test-takers must come in person to an official GED testing site
Olympia GED prep sites
GED Requirements in Washington StateSouth Puget Sound Community College
2011 Mottman Rd SW – Olympia – WA 98512 – Ph: (360) 596.5317
Office of Public Instruction
600 Washington St SE – Olympia – WA 98501 – Ph: (360) 725.6049
ABE Literacy Resource Center
1300 Quince St SE – Olympia – WA 98504 – Ph: (360) 704.4331
Community Youth Services YouthBuild Program
711 State Ave NE – Olympia – WA 98506 – Ph: (360) 943.0780
Nisqually Indian Tribe Pathway Program
4820 She-Nah-Num Drive SE – Olympia – WA 98513 – Ph: (360) 456.5221 (x 1120)
GRAVITY High School Thurston County
906 Columbia St SW – Olympia – WA 98501 – Ph: (360) 464.6851
GED instruction is now also available in Yelm
Cielo Preparación para el GED
1202 Black Lake Blvd SW – Ste B1 – Olympia – WA 98502 – Ph: (360) 709.0931
Thurston County Jail *)
2000 Lakeridge Drive SW – Olympia – WA 98502 – Ph: (360) 786.5510
Not open to the public
Is there a GED prep location that’s not listed? Are any adjustments or updates needed? Please inform us here on this contact page.
Prep sites around Olympia (cities by alphabet)
Grays Harbor Coll. GED Instruction
1620 Edward P. Smith Drive – Aberdeen – WA 98520 – Ph: (360) 538.4167
The GHC High School Completion Program also includes the High School 21+ program.
Whiteside Continuing Education Ctr
418 E First St – Aberdeen – WA 98520 – Ph: (360) 533-9733
GRAVITY High School Grays Harbor County
1700 Cherry St – Aberdeen – WA 98520 – Ph: (360) 209-5433
Centralia College (ABE Program)
600 Centralia College Blvd – Centralia – WA 98531 – Ph: (360) 736.9391 (x 696)
Lewis County Literacy Council
600 Centralia College Blvd – Centralia – WA 98531 – Ph: (360) 736.9391 (x 382)
Maple Lane High School
20311 S.W. Old Highway 9, Centralia, WA 98531, Phone: 360-273-3119
GRAVITY High
121 Hampe Way – Chehalis – WA 98532 – Ph: (360) 748-4441
Gravity Learning Center is found in the Lewis County Mall, Suite C2-1, next to Sears, and applicants need to be between the ages of 16 and 21.
South Puget Sound Community College
4220 6th Ave SE – Lacey – WA 98503 – Ph: (360) 596-5317
GRAVITY High School North Thurston
4315 6th Ave SE – Suite B – Lacey – WA 98503 – Ph: (360) 923-4215
Riverview Learning Center (Grays Harbor College)
600 Washington Ave – Raymond – WA 98577 – Ph: (360) 875-9466
Olympic College-Shelton
937 W Alpine Way – Shelton – WA 98584 – Ph: (360) 475-7550
Sound Learning Resources
133 W Railroad Ave – Shelton – WA 98584 – Ph: (360) 545-3377
Mason-Thurston County Literacy Program
133 W Railroad Ave – Shelton – WA 98584 – Ph: (360) 426-9733
GRAVITY High
601 W Franklin St – Shelton – WA 98584 – Ph: (360) 426-1200
Tu Ha’ Buts Learning Center (Squaxin Island Tribe)
10 SE Squaxin Ln – Shelton – WA 98584 – Ph: (360) 426-9781 / 432-3826
Garrett Heyns Corrections Learning Center
2321 W Dayton Airport Rd – Shelton – WA 98584 – Ph: (360) 426-4433 (x 5509)
Not open to the public
Tacoma Comm. Coll. GED Instruction
6501 S 19th St – Tacoma – WA 98466 – Ph: (253) 566-5144
See all Tacoma region prep sites here
GRAVITY Education Center
6005 Tyee Drive SW – Tumwater – WA 98512 – Ph: (360) 464-6700
YouthBuild New Market Skills Center
7299 New Market St SW – Tumwater – WA 98501 – Ph: (360) 701-6593
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Olympia area GED testing sites
South Puget Sound Community College
2011 Mottman Rd SW – Olympia – WA 98512 – Ph: (360) 596-5238
Maple Lane High
20311 Old Hwy 9 SW – Centralia – WA 98531 – Ph: (360) 273-3119
Centralia College GED testing
600 Centralia College Blvd – Centralia – WA 98531 – Ph: (360) 736-9391
Green Hill Academy GED testing
375 SW 11th St – Chehalis – WA 98532 – Ph: (360) 740-3535
The GED exam
The GED assessment program is more than only a set of four tests. If you register for MyGED, you are getting access to a portal where you not only can find all kinds of support on how to study best to get your GED diploma, you also can use it for registration and scheduling your tests. Go to GED.com for details. Most of the 50 states have switched to the all-new computer-based GED program.
Go to GED testing criteria in Washington to find out whether you qualify for the GED program. Check also this link towards all US GED prep sites and testing locations.
Adjusted passing score
The GED passing standards were lowered by 5 points to 145 in early 2016. To learn all about this crucial move, check out this interesting GED News page. Online GED testing is NOT an option. You are required to show up at one of Washington’s state-approved GED testing centers and take the four subtests personally within two years after your first registration.
*) South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC) provides free GED preparation classes in the Thurston County Jail to allow inmates the opportunity to earn their GED (General Education Development) diploma while incarcerated. This GED program was launched here in 1996, and over the last decade, it almost 300 inmates graduated from the GED program. When the inmates are sufficiently prepared, SPSCC’s Testing Center comes to the jail to administers the four GED tests.
The success of the program lies in the cooperation of various departments, the school’s Adult Basic Education and Testing Center, Thurston County’s Correctional Institution, and also Thurston County Commissioners, as they fund half of the program’s costs such as student tuition and testing fees. The other half of the expenses are paid by SPSCC.
