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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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Shorewood Elementary

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Cedarhurst Elementary

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Madrona Elementary

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Highline Open Doors 1418

Burien, WA · Grades 09–12 · 240 students · High

Big Picture School

Burien, WA · Grades 06–12 · 233 students · High

Valley View Early Childhood Center

Seatac, WA · Grades PK–PK · 225 students · Prekindergarten

Highline Public Schools Virtual Academy

Seattle, WA · Grades PK–12 · 208 students · Other

CHOICE Academy

Seattle, WA · Grades 06–12 · 176 students · High

Innovation Heights Academy

Burien, WA · Grades 09–12 · 142 students · High

Maritime High School

Des Moines, WA · Grades 09–12 · 126 students · High

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Burien, WA · Grades KG–12 · 10 students · Other

Puget Sound Skills Center

Seattle, WA · Grades 10–12 · 3 students · High

Career Link

Seattle, WA · Grades 09–12 · High

Gateway to College

Burien, WA · Grades 10–12 · High

Head Start

Seattle, WA · Grades PK–PK · Prekindergarten

Puget Sound High School

Burien, WA · Grades 09–12 · High

Satellite High School

Seattle, WA · Grades PK–12 · Other

Southern Heights Elementary

Seattle, WA · Grades PK–05 · Elementary

Southwest Youth and Family Services

Seattle, WA · Grades 09–12 · High

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ANCILLARY

Burien, WA

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