Schools · Seattle
Seattle, WA schools
Seattle’s public schools score well above Washington’s averages: 72% of students are proficient in reading against 61% statewide, and 84% of high schoolers graduate on time against 83%. Kids attend one of 67 schools through grade 8, then one of 17 middle schools and one of 6 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A
Seattle’s School Grade: A
The public schools Seattle’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 86% of Washington’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
ATest scoresC+Graduation
Washington school districts we grade (291)Better than 86%
Lower resultsHigher results
Washington towns with similar household incomes (194)Better than 82%
High confidence. Built on 27,482 tested students and a graduating class of 3,768; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Washington’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2018–19; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Washington only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Washington with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Seattle kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2018–19
Well above the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Seattle Public Schools)72%
State average 61%
Math (grades PK–12, Seattle Public Schools)64%
State average 50.3%
Graduation · class of 2020
84% graduate on time
Graduation rate
84%
WA: 83%
Graduating class
3,768
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #140 of 254 WA towns →
Districts
The district serving Seattle
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 191 schools in Seattle
Showing 1–30 of 191 schools
Hazel Wolf K-8Elementary · Grades K–8 · 660 students
PublicSalmon Bay K-8 SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 595 students
PublicBroadview-Thomson K-8 SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 581 students
PublicSouth Shore PK-8 SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 546 students
PublicLafayette Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 532 students
PublicCascadia ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 531 students
PublicLoyal Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 527 students
PublicThurgood Marshall ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 500 students
PublicArbor Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 495 students
PublicOlympic Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 486 students
PublicBryant Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 470 students
PublicFrantz Coe Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 467 students
PublicGenesee Hill ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 451 students
PublicTops K-8 SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 447 students
PublicMcDonald International SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 443 students
PublicCatharine Blaine K-8 SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 438 students
PublicLouisa Boren STEM K-8Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 437 students
PublicJohn Stanford International SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 422 students
PublicBailey Gatzert Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 402 students
PublicPathfinder K-8 SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 402 students
PublicThornton Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 402 students
PublicMaple Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 401 students
PublicGatewood Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 400 students
PublicEmerson Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 398 students
PublicB F Day Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 394 students
PublicHawthorne Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 393 students
PublicLowell Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 392 students
PublicImpact | Salish Sea ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 385 students
CharterKimball Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 384 students
PublicWest Seattle Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 376 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.