Beacon Hill International School

Beacon Hill International School is one of the reasonably sized elementary campuss in SEATTLE, Washington, part of Seattle School District No. 1, with 348 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Seattle School District No. 1 runs 107 schools in total, collectively educating 50,773 students. Beacon Hill International School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Beacon Hill International School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 28% Asian, 19% White, 13% multiracial, 6% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Beacon Hill International School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 51% of students at Beacon Hill International School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of King County's rate of about 38%.

With demographic context factored in, Beacon Hill International School sits in the top 10% of Washington schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 46.3%; actual is 58.4%, +12.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for King County indicate median household income runs about $124,746, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Beacon Hill International School is one campus in the mix.

Interagency Programs is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Beacon Hill International School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Beacon Hill International School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 45.7%.

Beacon Hill International School operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Beacon Hill International School's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 416 (now 348). Class-load math has fell: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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