Highland Terrace Elementary

Located at 100 N. 160th Street, in Shoreline, Washington, Highland Terrace Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary-level community that serves 322 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Shoreline School District.

Within Shoreline School District, which oversees 18 schools and 9,717 students, Highland Terrace Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Highland Terrace Elementary records that 58% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Asian, 13% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black. Compared to King County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Highland Terrace Elementary shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 20% of students at Highland Terrace Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Highland Terrace Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.9%; this one delivers 74.8%.

In the broader community, King County reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Highland Terrace Elementary is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Shorewood High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Highland Terrace Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Highland Terrace Elementary has fell 35%, going from 497 students in 2018 to 322 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 58% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

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