Hazen Senior High School

Hazen Senior High School is one of the expansive 9-12 campuss in Renton, Washington, run under Renton School District, with 1,796 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 213% bigger than the state mean of about 573.

Within Renton School District, which oversees 29 schools and 14,873 students, Hazen Senior High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Hazen Senior High School lists that the largest single group is Asian at 30%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% White, 27% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Black. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Hazen Senior High School shows 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Hazen Senior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.6%, the actual is 47.1%, a residual of -7.4 points.

In the area at large, King County reports that median household earnings sit near $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%. Hazen Senior High School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

The closest other public school is Hilltop Heritage Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hazen Senior High School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 51.4%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Hazen Senior High School's enrollment has rose 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,650 (now 1,796). The White share of enrollment contracted from 35% to 28% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 24.4:1 in 2025.

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