172 is a rural school district in Grays Harbor County, Washington and neighboring Pacific County.
The school district serves Westport, Cohassett Beach, Grayland, Markham and Tokeland.
[2] The school district's two schools are located on a shared campus in Cohassett Beach, south of Westport.
The elementary school opened in 1967 and was expanded in the 1980s and 2016.
The 2016 expansion included the construction of a vertical tsunami refuge atop a gymnasium, the first such facility built in the United States.