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Highline School District

Burien, Washington · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

18,072
Students enrolled
43
Public schools
1,011
Classroom teachers (FTE)
17.9:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 570
  • Kindergarten 1,205
  • Grade 1 1,337
  • Grade 2 1,326
  • Grade 3 1,310
  • Grade 4 1,285
  • Grade 5 1,228
  • Grade 6 1,218
  • Grade 7 1,166
  • Grade 8 1,152
  • Grade 9 1,362
  • Grade 10 1,505
  • Grade 11 1,611
  • Grade 12 1,797

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 41%
  • White 17%
  • Asian 15%
  • Black or African American 14%
  • Two or more races 9%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 3%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

66% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 11,953 of 18,059 students in the 34 of its 36 schools that report
  • Free lunch 56%
  • Reduced-price lunch 10%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$21,280 spent per student on day-to-day operations Washington median: $18,433 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $12,300
  • Support services $8,431
  • Other (food service, etc.) $549

Where the money comes from

  • Local 31%
  • State 58%
  • Federal 10%

Total revenue $472.0 milliontotal spending $557.1 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: Large

Total staff (FTE)

2,305

District office

15675 AMBAUM BLVD SW, Burien WA 98166

County

King County

Official website

NCES District ID

5303540

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About Highline School District

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Highline Public Schools serves approximately 18,000 students in grades Kindergarten through twelve in the communities of Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park, SeaTac, Boulevard Park, and White Center in Northwest Washington State. VISION: All students graduate prepared for college, career, and citizenship. MISSION: Educate Every Student and Expect Excellence.
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Public Schools in Highline School District (56)

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Mount Rainier High School

Des Moines, WA · Grades 09–12 · 1,846 students · High

Highline High School

Burien, WA · Grades 09–12 · 1,423 students · High

Evergreen High School

Seattle, WA · Grades 09–12 · 1,080 students · High

Glacier Middle School

Seatac, WA · Grades 06–08 · 803 students · Middle

Cascade Middle School

Seattle, WA · Grades 06–08 · 671 students · Middle

Tyee High School

Seatac, WA · Grades 09–12 · 644 students · High

Chinook Middle School

Seatac, WA · Grades 06–08 · 620 students · Middle

Pacific Middle School

Des Moines, WA · Grades 06–08 · 604 students · Middle

Sylvester Middle School

Burien, WA · Grades 06–08 · 582 students · Middle

Midway Elementary

Des Moines, WA · Grades PK–05 · 548 students · Elementary

Parkside Elementary

Des Moines, WA · Grades PK–05 · 535 students · Elementary

Marvista Elementary

Normandy Park, WA · Grades PK–05 · 532 students · Elementary

White Center Heights Elementary

Seattle, WA · Grades PK–05 · 527 students · Elementary

Bow Lake Elementary

Seatac, WA · Grades PK–05 · 524 students · Elementary

Hilltop Elementary

Seattle, WA · Grades PK–05 · 519 students · Elementary

North Hill Elementary

Des Moines, WA · Grades PK–05 · 518 students · Elementary

Des Moines Elementary

Des Moines, WA · Grades PK–05 · 500 students · Elementary

Gregory Heights Elementary

Burien, WA · Grades PK–05 · 488 students · Elementary

McMicken Heights Elementary

Seatac, WA · Grades PK–05 · 484 students · Elementary

Hazel Valley Elementary

Burien, WA · Grades PK–05 · 469 students · Elementary

Mount View Elementary

Seattle, WA · Grades PK–05 · 460 students · Elementary

Beverly Park Elem at Glendale

Seattle, WA · Grades PK–05 · 411 students · Elementary

Seahurst Elementary School

Burien, WA · Grades PK–05 · 405 students · Elementary

Raisbeck Aviation High School

Tukwila, WA · Grades 09–12 · 400 students · High