Ballard High School

Ballard High School is a well-populated high school in SEATTLE, Washington, run under Seattle School District No. 1. The school caters to 1,697 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 196% larger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 573 students.

Seattle School District No. 1 comprises 107 schools with combined enrollment of 50,773 students; Ballard High School is among them.

Demographically, Ballard High School shows that White students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school reports 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Ballard High School is in the bottom 10% of Washington public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 71.7%; Ballard High School posts 60.3%, -11.3 points below that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for King County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Ballard High School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Nearest neighbor: Salmon Bay K-8 School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ballard High School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 78.1%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 1,930 students in 2018 compared to 1,697 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 75% to 70%.

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