Eastlake High School

Located at 400 228th NE, in Sammamish, Washington, Eastlake High School is a heavily attended senior high that instructs 2,481 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Lake Washington School District. That puts it 333% larger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 573 students.

Across the 55 schools in Lake Washington School District (30,986 students total), Eastlake High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Eastlake High School shows that 43% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 40% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Eastlake High School has 117 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 6% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of King County's rate of about 38%.

After controlling for student poverty, Eastlake High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 76.4%; this one comes in at 57.4%, -19.0 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, King County reports that median household income runs about $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Eastlake High School is one campus in the mix.

Renaissance School of Art and Reasoning is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Eastlake High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 83.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 33%: 1,871 students in 2018 compared to 2,481 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 66% to 40%.

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