Grading Our High Schools

Grading Our High Schools RESEARCH BY CLANCEY DENIS, JUDY NAEGELI, ALEXANDRA NOTMAN, AND MARY PRITCHARD We contacted every public school district and accredited private high school in King County, requesting student demographics and combing databases for standardized test scores, to compile the following guide to secondary education in the Seattle area. You ll note a few inconsistencies between the public and private charts, since public schools track data differently from private schools, and private schools track data differently from other private schools. But, like any good student, you ll of course complement these statistics with firsthand research: Scour websites (we ve provided those, too), tour prospects, meet instructors, and talk to other parents to help you find your best high school. Updated December 16,, to reflect new or corrected data. Auburn www.auburn.wednet.edu Auburn High School 9 12 42.0 6.3 18.6 63.3 73.4, 29.8, 87.5, 34.5 No NP 10 AP 74.2 49.0 Auburn Mountainview High School 9 12 34.4 4.9 19.9 65.7 75.1, 42.8, 87, 36.3 No NP 12 AP 89.6 38.2 Auburn Riverside High School 9 12 30.5 3.8 19.2 71.3 82, 43.4, 84.5, 38.1 No 528, 500, 514 15 AP 88.6 26.7 West Auburn High School 9 12 44.0 0.0 14.8 75.0 63.2, 7.1, 48.6, 7.5 No 0 20.7 54.9 Bellevue bsd405.org Bellevue High School 9 12 38.2 5.4 20.3 72.3 92.4, 74.9, 94, 69.2 Yes 587, 546, 539 24 AP 96.1 11.6 Interlake High School 9 12 49.1 4.8 17.3 63.3 89.3, 66.7, 94.8, 74.2 No 594, 563, 583 13 AP / 39 IB 83.5 25.1 International School 6 12 34.7 0.0 17.3 73.3 98.6, 87.5, 100, 97.2 Yes 647, 616, 630 14 AP 100.0 2.5 Kelsey Creek Home School K 12 38.3 0.0 123.0 66.7 No NA 0 NA 4.6 Newport High School 9 12 49.6 0.5 20.1 61.9 95.5, 77.1, 97.4, 79.4 No 610, 569, 571 27 AP 95.9 11.6 Sammamish High School 9 12 47.6 11.4 16.2 68.3 78.8, 43.9, 89.5, 56.1 No 555, 530, 549 22 AP 86.1 32.7 Enumclaw enumclaw.wednet.edu Enumclaw High School 9 12 11.2 1.1 20.6 70.0 83.8, 32.2, 92.4, 45.9 No 513, 481, 509 13 AP 78.7 22.7 Federal Way schools.fwps.org Decatur High School 9 12 50.8 4.9 20.9 62.3 73.6, 38.4, 80.7, 37.1 No 542, 506, 514 10 AP 73.8 35.8 Federal Way High School 9 12 63.8 8.6 17.4 67.1 72.3, 30.9, 82.4, 32.7 No 482, 454, 472 10 AP 80.0 49.7 Thomas Jefferson High School 9 12 55.0 4.0 21.4 58.9 82.3, 47.2, 88.5, 43.7 No 562, 528, 531 2 AP / 24 IB 78.1 39.5 Todd Beamer High School 9 12 45.9 4.7 21.6 66.7 80.2, 50.1, 85.4, 43.2 No 513, 490, 493 10 AP 80.3 37.6 Truman High School 9 12 51.4 1.9 13.5 37.5 62.5, 13, 66.7, 0 Yes 423, 424, 460 0 53.7 50.9 72 / SEATTLEMET.COM / DECEMBER

Highline hsd401.org Academy of Citizenship and Empowerment 9 12 80.8 28.5 13.7 81.0 65.5, 7.4, 75.4, 8.9 No 367, 345, 344 1 AP 54.3 76.8 Arts and Academics Academy 9 12 83.8 33.2 14.7 69.6 39.4, 4.4, 67.6, 13 No 388, 387, 392 2 AP 63.9 77.4 Aviation High School 9 12 39.9 1.2 20.6 75.0 93.4, 80.4, 98.1, 85.3 Yes 590, 568, 586 9 AP 95.1 20.9 Global Connections High School 9 12 76.9 29.6 13.3 80.8 53.9, 19.4, 73.1, 15.1 No 397, 381, 390 3 AP 60.1 69.6 Health Science and Human Services High School 9 12 85.9 13.0 17.4 65.0 78.7, 29.7, 88, 45.9 No 476, 449, 449 2 AP 95.1 76.7 Highline Big Picture 9 12 49.2 0.0 10.4 83.0 72.4, 6.1, 74.2, 9.1 Yes 383, 434, 474 0 71.2 54.9 Highline High School 9 12 60.3 11.3 16.5 57.7 75.5, 28.8, 75.5, 29.5 No 451, 442, 453 8 AP 87.1 55.1 Mount Rainier High School 9 12 50.7 6.4 20.4 62.8 75.6, 36.9, 82.6, 37.8 No 510, 498, 508 20 IB 77.3 40.3 Odyssey: The Essential School 9 12 87.3 24.8 13.5 73.3 39.2, 10.0, 83.0, 11.8 No 388, 347, 362 0 54.4 83.0 TEC (Technology, Engineering, and Communications) High School 9 12 79.2 12.6 16.7 68.4 79.7, 43.8, 85.7, 41.1 No 467, 425, 450 5 AP 63.6 67.2 Issaquah www.issaquah.wednet.edu Issaquah High School 10 12 24.7 1.0 21.2 60.3 93.8, 73.4, 95, 72.6 No 592, 567, 574 12 AP / 27 IB 96.6 6.7 Liberty High School 9 12 22.2 0.9 20.9 70.7 88.3, 60.1, 92.8, 60.5 No 560, 537, 551 11 AP 97.7 13.2 Skyline High School 10 12 23.5 0.5 23.0 72.4 95.5, 78.9, 98.4, 77 Yes 587, 565, 570 53 IB 96.8 2.3 Tiger Mountain Community High School 9 12 18.2 1.1 12.8 71.4 44, 8.3, 45.8, 9.1 Yes 0 52.9 26.7 Kent kent.k12.wa.us Kent Phoenix Academy 9 12 51.6 3.5 17.8 57.9 63.8, 15.2, 78.2, 10.1 No NA, NA, NA 0 24.4 48.7 Kent-Meridian High School 9 12 71.3 17.2 18.9 68.4 62.9, 33.1, 71.4, 27.4 No 493, 450, 468 19 IB 74.0 66.1 Kentlake High School 9 12 29.2 5.0 20.8 65.1 81, 54, 92.2, 50.5 No 548, 510, 532 8 AP 79.3 30.0 Kentridge High School 9 12 46.1 4.1 20.5 65.7 87.5, 61.7, 92.8, 56.0 No 569, 524, 535 16 AP 81.9 27.1 Kentwood High School 9 12 43.5 4.4 21.2 73.5 79, 47.6, 85.1, 44.9 No 539, 501, 522 17 AP 83.3 30.5 Lake Washington lwsd.org Best High School 9 12 30.1 0.0 10.9 41.7 65.2, 23.8, 90.5, 36.8 Yes 0 54.6 28.2 Eastlake High School 10 12 18.6 0.0 17.5 69.7 94.4, 69.1, 99.1, 77.2 No 559, 548, 549 13 AP 94.1 3.5 Futures School 9 12 35.0 0.0 11.4 28.6 35.7,,, 7.7 Yes 0 100.0 40.0 International Community School 7 12 35.8 0.0 20.0 63.2 100, 94.4, 94.2, 95.8 Yes 663, 682, 662 8 AP 100.0 1.3 Juanita High School 10 12 28.0 1.2 14.8 53.2 91.2, 61.1, 89.9, 67.5 No 569, 533, 549 13 AP 96.3 18.8 Lake Washington High School 10 12 29.2 2.4 16.1 55.6 86.9, 62.4, 92.7, 68.7 No 558, 544, 550 13 AP 90.3 15.6 Redmond High School 10 12 27.5 2.3 17.9 64.6 91.6, 69.5, 91.3, 71.7 No 587, 563, 568 16 AP 94.5 12.0 Mercer Island misd.k12.wa.us Mercer Island High School 9 12 24.4 0.8 17.0 82.0 94.9, 81.2, 96, 81.8 Yes 630, 586, 596 18 AP 90.0 1.5 Northshore www.nsd.org Bothell High School 10 12 24.0 1.8 18.7 71.8 88.3, 63, 94.3, 64.1 No 554, 517, 522 7 AP 87.3 14.9 Inglemoor High School 10 12 29.1 1.7 19.7 70.5 94.5, 72.8, 97, 70.2 No 589, 543, 558 4 AP / 24 IB 89.0 12.1 Woodinville High School 10 12 17.6 1.1 17.8 69.1 95.3, 70.5, 97.3, 71.1 Yes 574, 537, 559 16 AP 93.9 8.6 Secondary Academy for Success 7 12 18.8 0.8 13.4 80.0 90.3, 19.4, 80.6, 26.7 Yes 1 AP 77.0 27.8 Renton rentonschools.us Black River High School 9 12 73.6 5.1 10.5 53.8 42.1, 5.1, 47.2, 7.7 Yes 0 18.2 68.6 Hazen High School 9 12 45.2 6.8 19.5 57.7 80.1, 50.8, 83, 48.7 No 522, 508, 534 10 AP 92.3 29.8 Lindbergh High School 9 12 59.3 6.4 19.2 65.6 76.3, 36.8, 84.3, 46.3 No 505, 464, 525 10 AP 87.5 35.4 Renton Academy K 12 62.5 0.0 5.0 88.9 No 10 AP 32.0 73.3 Renton High School 9 12 85.6 12.5 18.4 54.1 69.1, 22.1, 70.1, 28.1 No 448, 433, 450 10 AP 79.4 54.7 Sartori Education Center 9 12 64.7 0.0 11.8 69.2 75.9, 0, 90, 6.7 Yes 0 19.5 42.5 74 / SEATTLEMET.COM / DECEMBER

Riverview riverview.wednet.edu Cedarcrest High School 9 12 11.5 0.2 18.7 69.6 87, 52.7, 92.1, 61.1 No 551, 503, 503 6 AP 91.4 11.4 Seattle seattleschools.org Ballard High School 9 12 32.8 5.9 20.0 65.0 86.4, 59.1, 90.3, 63 No 545, 517, 532 12 AP 87.0 25.2 The Center School 9 12 29.2 0.7 17.0 68.8 90.8, 53.2, 90.9, 71.6 Yes 536, 473, 484 3 AP 84.2 18.8 Chief Sealth International High School 9 12 69.8 13.8 18.4 62.7 70.6, 39.5, 67.5, 41.1 No 466, 436, 462 12 IB 56.9 58.4 Cleveland, Grover Cleveland High School 9 12 94.3 15.7 15.0 75.0 63.1, 17.1, 80.1, 28 No 395, 378, 389 5 AP 50.7 72.5 Franklin, Benjamin Franklin High School 9 12 95.1 12.8 19.2 69.8 64.2, 36.1, 85.4, 34.1 No 471, 422, 446 7 AP 83.3 64.5 Garfield, James A. Garfield High School 9 12 60.2 6.4 22.1 63.0 88.1, 61.4, 93.2, 66.7 No 573, 554, 572 15 AP 87.9 36.0 Hale, Nathan Hale High School 9 12 40.4 2.7 17.4 67.8 81.5, 57.6, 90.5, 53.7 No 553, 536, 530 7 AP 89.3 25.6 Ingraham, Edward S. Ingraham High School 9 12 69.1 14.3 17.3 67.8 66.1, 37.8, 73.1, 33.1 No 534, 510, 530 32 IB 65.6 56.3 Interagency Programs 6 12 81.1 9.8 12.4 52.8 35.1, 5.2, 55.2, 2.8 No 0 10.7 59.3 Middle College High School 9 12 57.5 3.3 19.5 72.7 Yes 0 20.2 47.0 Nova High School 9 12 26.6 0.3 18.4 72.2 89.1, 43.1, 93.2, 59.3 No 613, 567, 535 1 AP 64.0 24.4 Rainier Beach High School 9 12 90.6 18.7 13.2 75.0 54.9, 14.1, 82.5, 8 No 419, 371, 398 6 AP 61.0 73.2 Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt High School 9 12 38.4 8.3 20.2 71.3 87.3, 66.2, 91.3, 65.0 No 585, 563, 568 13 AP 88.0 21.8 Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center 6 12 98.2 99.5 12.6 100.0 No 0 NA 95.8 South Lake High School 9 12 97.2 9.5 12.3 41.7 47.1, 5.7, 85.3, 5.7 No NP 0 28.5 83.7 West Seattle High School 9 12 60.6 10.4 18.6 67.2 74.0, 33.5, 82.6, 35.6 No 484, 473, 480 5 AP 81.7 48.0 Shoreline schools.shorelineschools.org Shorecrest High School 9 12 35.1 3.2 16.7 78.2 89.9, 51.6, 89, 61.2 No 547, 528, 545 12 AP 88.5 22.2 Shorewood High School 9 12 39.7 5.0 19.3 69.8 84.5, 52.1, 84.7, 54.8 No 563, 539, 554 11 AP 90.5 20.4 Skykomish skykomishschool.com Skykomish High School 9 12 9.1 0.0 4.5 85.0 Yes 1 AP 68.2 72.2 Snoqualmie Valley svsd410.org Mount Si High School 9 12 10.1 0.7 21.3 69.0 87.1, 57.7, 89.8, 59.1 No 556, 545, 553 13 AP 87.6 10.9 Two Rivers School 7 12 15.6 0.0 18.4 87.5 66.7, 15.8, 71.4, 36.8 No 0 40.5 40.8 Snoqualmie Valley Virtual Academy 9 12 0.0 0.0 0.0 19 AP Tahoma www.tahomasd.us Tahoma Senior High School 10 12 12.8 0.5 18.7 74.7 89.1, 51.4, 90, 61.4 No 556, 525, 548 14 AP 88.7 10.9 Tukwila tukwila.wednet.edu Foster High School 9 12 74.9 25.5 21.0 65.9 58.1, 17.2, 70.7, 23.7 No 468, 424, 434 6 AP 84.2 70.2 Vashon Island vashonsd.wednet.edu Vashon Island High School 8 12 12.0 0.2 17.2 64.5 92.3, 68.3, 92.3, 78.7 Yes 578, 559, 570 3 AP 88.1 13.3 Key SCHOOLS A dash ( ) indicates the figure does not apply to the school, the school does not track the figure, or the sample is too small to evaluate. NA Data is not available. NP School did not provide data. Students Passing HSPE Percentage of 10th graders who passed the High School Proficiency Exam, meeting the state standard in reading, math, writing, and science, respectively. Adequate Yearly Progress This column represents whether the high school achieved state goals for proficiency in reading and mathematics. On-Time Graduation Rate Percentage of seniors who graduate within four years. PRIVATE SCHOOLS A dash ( ) indicates the figure does not apply to the school, the school does not track the figure, or the sample is too small to evaluate. NA Data is not available. NP School did not provide data. An asterisk (*) denotes a school with multiple locations that declined to give separate data for each branch. School of Thought Religious affiliation and/or academic emphasis. Experimental schools follow a nontraditional approach to academics. An integrated curriculum employs a cross-disciplinary teaching style. An individualized curriculum tailors lesson plans to each student. Individualized instruction focuses on each student s particular learning style. At one on one schools a student learns by him- or herself. Some schools specialize in teaching students with learning disabilities, diagnosed cognitive issues, and others focus on learning difficulties, which include a variety of behavioral issues. Acceptance Rate We listed the rate at all first-come, first-served schools as 100 percent, though they do stop accepting applicants once they run out of space. Other rates are as reported by the schools. Diversity Typically refers to the percentage of nonwhite students currently enrolled, but some private schools include other factors such as parents marital status or religion. Average Class Size The average number of students per classroom. When schools provided different averages for distinct grades say, 20 kids per class for one grade or subject, but 15 for another we averaged those numbers to come up with the figure on the chart. 76 / SEATTLEMET.COM / DECEMBER

COLLEGE PREP P R IVATE HIGH SCH OOLS School of Thought Acceptance Rate (%) Total Enrollment % Teachers with Master s Degrees Average Class Size % Proceeding to 4-Year College Number of AP Courses Annual Tuition Financial Aid Bus Provided Auburn Auburn Adventist Academy auburn.org Rainier High School rainierchristianschools.org Seventh-day Adventist 9 12 300 95 33 NA 22 6 66 0 80 $8,975 $14,655 NA No Christ-centered 9 12 143 95 10 4 16 8 28 3 55 $8,000 $8,500 NA Yes Bellevue The Academic Institute academicinstitute.com Bellevue School bellevuechristian.org Eastside Academy eastsideacademy.org Distance learning Alternative Learning difficulties 7 12 NP NP NP NP NP NP NP 0 NP NP NP No 9 12 360 88 13 13 21 11 47 7 94 $10,920 15 Yes 9 12 45 NA 50 40 10 8 67 0 NA NA 98 No Eastside High School eastsidecatholic.org 9 12 580 80 9 NA 21 15 79 10 95 $17,260 32 Yes *Educational Advancement Academy ea2.org Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart forestridge.org Hillside Student Community School hillsidesc.org Burien John F. Kennedy High School www.kennedyhs.org Des Moines Accelerated, Test prep Girls only Academics and performing arts 6 12 NP NP NP NP NP NP NP NP NP NP NP NP 5 12 384 NA 30 NA 15 6 78 11 100 $24,675 30 Yes 5 12 44 60 10 8 7 8 54 0 90 $16,520 30 No 9 12 919 90 45 10 19 16 45 3 75 $8,745 30 Yes Evergreen Lutheran High School elhs.org Lutheran 9 12 99 NA 22 NA 20 10 22 1 98 $5,700 $6,700 35 Yes Federal Way Faith School christianfaithschool.com Holy Innocents School of the Northwest holyinnocentsnw.net Life Academy of Puget Sound bethel-christian-center.org Classical PK 12 273 87 60 16 21 20 3 98 $6,700 5 No K 12 26 90 20 0 10 9 33 0 80 $1,800 No Alternative K 12 49 95 30 39 12 8 25 0 70 $3,500 40 Yes Issaquah Kent Children s Academy childacad.org PK 12 55 70 70 5 9 10 27 0 80 $10,000 25 Yes Kirkland Eastside Preparatory School eastsideprep.org 5 12 207 75 16 1 14 8 63 0 98 $23,600 14 Yes Puget Sound Adventist Academy psaa.org Seventh-day Adventist 9 12 96 100 25 15 25 20: 1 100 1 95 $6,350 $8,000 20 No Mercer Island CHILD (Children s Institute for Learning Differences) childrensinstitute.com Special education K 12 43 NA NA 5 5 2 50 0 NA No ETC Preparatory Academy etcinc.org Individual tutoring Learning disabilities Nonpublic agency K 12 350 100 NA NA 1 1 50 2 NA NA NA No Northwest Yeshiva High School nyhs.net Torah Judaism 9 12 81 100 5 11 10 9 85 0 100 $13,500 50 Yes Privett Academy privettacademy.org Redmond Experimental Individualized instruction 6 12 125 100 NA NA 3 3 75 7 100 NA NA Yes The Bear Creek School tbcs.org liberal arts PK 12 756 NA NA NA 18 8 60 10 100 $2,500 $16,370 NA Yes 78 / SEATTLEMET.COM / DECEMBER

COLLEGE PREP P R IVATE HIGH SCH OOLS School of Thought Acceptance Rate (%) Total Enrollment % Teachers with Master s Degrees Average Class Size % Proceeding to 4-Year College Number of AP Courses Annual Tuition Financial Aid Bus Provided Redmond The Overlake School overlake.org 5 12 530 33 22 NA 13 10 60 14 99 $24,677 20 Yes Renton New Horizon School new-horizon-school.org SeaTac Seattle Schools: High School seattlechristian.com Seattle Learning disabilities Attention deficit Christ-centered Bible-based 6 12 75 NA NA 7 7 NA 0 5 $16,050 3 No 9 12 243 NA 18 NA 22 NA 64 4 95 $8,760 NA No Bishop Blanchet High School bishopblanchet.org The Bush School bush.edu, college prep 9 12 995 NA 26 NA 24 14 NA 7 99 $10,020 $11,616 41 Yes K 12 562 NA 30 3 15 7 70 0 100 $19,315 $25,760 15 No *Educational Advancement Academy ea2.org Holy Names Academy holynames-sea.org King s High School kingsschools.org Lakeside School lakesideschool.org Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder mmscdayschool.org Morningside Academy morningsideacademy.org Accelerated, Test prep Girls only Christ-centered Judaic studies Girls-only high school Mild learning disabilities or academic difficulties 6 12 NP NP NP NP NP NP NP NP NP NP NP NP 9 12 665 33 NA 22 14 82 16 99 $11,856 31 No 9 12 456 89 23 6 19 14 62 9 90 $11,070 18 Yes 5 12 789 22 47 NA 16 9 79 0 100 $25,250 27 No PK 12 NP NP NP NP 7 12 8 NP 0 NP $9,900 $10,500 NP Yes 1 9 81 10 10 92 $20,200 15 No The Northwest School northwestschool.org 6 12 465 NA 40 16 16 9 60 0 90 100 $24,165 $25,845 16 No O Dea High School odea.org Puget Sound Community School pscs.org Boys only Experimental Individualized instruction 9 12 460 44 23 12 69 4 99 $8,569 $9,823 25 No 6 12 33 7 0 $14,745 No St. Christopher Academy stchristopheracademy.com Special needs 9 12 20 98 35 NA 8 6 1 3 80 $15,700 2 No Seattle Academy seattleacademy.org Arts focus 6 12 620 NA 26 19 9 70 0 98 $23,802 $24,990 21 Yes Seattle Lutheran High School seattlelutheran.org Seattle Preparatory School seaprep.org Lutheran 9 12 156 95 23 11 20 10 45 5 74 $9,700 14 No Jesuit 9 12 700 36 27 1 22 NA 81 5 99 $13,850 19 Yes Seattle Urban Academy seattleurbanacademy.org Alternative At-risk students 9 12 23 100 0 8 10 80 0 23 $700 100 No Seattle Waldorf School seattlewaldorf.org University Prep www.universityprep.org Waldorf PK 12 361 71 22 5 18 6 38 0 88 $9,550 $17,500 25 No 6 12 500 28 16-18 9 79 0 100 $24,935 $26,235 20 Yes Shoreline Shoreline School shorelinechristian.org Woodinville PK 12 220 99 18 10 15 10 46 2 81 $2,400 $10,050 20 No Chrysalis School chrysalis-school.com Montessori K 12 200 95 10 1 8 1 66 0 51 monthly fee depending on program 0 No Woodinville Montessori School woodinvillemontessori.org Montessori PK 9 NP NP NP NP NP NP NP $6,760 $14,860 NP NP 80 / SEATTLEMET.COM / DECEMBER