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Enrollment
1,423
High
DISTRICT 574 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HIGHLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530354000531
Highline High School
225 S 152nd St, Burien, WA 98148 · (206) 631-6700 · King County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,423 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Washington public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public high schools
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
954 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 342 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 345 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 375 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 361 | 25% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 68% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
38.4%
WA avg 58.4% . +37.1pp since 2014
Math
15.7%
WA avg 51.2%
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 37 points since 2014.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.4% | 15.7% |
| 2023-24 | 40.3% | 10.8% |
| 2022-23 | 45.3% | 12.9% |
| 2021-22 | 41.4% | 14.8% |
| 2018-19 | 55.8% | 22.6% |
| 2017-18 | 59.4% | 39.9% |
| 2016-17 | 17.5% | 1.0% |
| 2015-16 | 13.9% | 2.2% |
| 2014-15 | 1.3% | N/A |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Highline High School
Highline High School's state test result (22.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highline High School this school | 1,423 | 67.0% | 22.3% |
| Kent-Meridian High School Kent | 1,639 | 68.9% | 24.6% |
| Evergreen High School Seattle | 1,080 | 74.9% | 17.8% |
| Mariner High School Everett | 2,106 | 62.5% | 40.5% |
| Thomas Jefferson High School AUBURN | 1,810 | 71.9% | 22.7% |
| Auburn Senior High School AUBURN | 1,918 | 63.2% | 29.5% |
Matched among Washington high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Highline High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #256 of 271 | #53 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #256 of 321 ▲ 42 | #49 of 59 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #280 of 327 ▲ 9 | #49 of 61 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.1pp | #121 of 259 | #29 of 57 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,423 | #101 of 570 | #35 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #203 of 311 | #40 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #106 of 316 | #51 of 67 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.0% | #76 of 386 | #14 of 76 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.0% | #28 of 136 | #7 of 31 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,423
+386 (+37%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 1,264
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 21.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,423 | 66.2 | 21.5:1 | 67% (954) |
| 2023-24 | 1,408 | 68.9 | 20.4:1 | 70% (981) |
| 2022-23 | 1,326 | 60.8 | 21.8:1 | 75% (993) |
| 2020-21 | 1,037 | 48 | 21.6:1 | 70% (730) |
| 2017-18 | 1,196 | 55.5 | 21.5:1 | 67% (797) |
| 2015-16 | 1,253 | 65 | 19.3:1 | 68% (851) |
| 2010-11 | 1,363 | 67 | 20.3:1 | 50% (677) |
| 2000-01 | 1,528 | 66 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,264 | 48 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highline High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (1,196 to 1,423); teachers up 19% (55.5 to 66.2).
About Highline High School
Located in Burien, Washington, Highline High School is a high-enrollment high school. The school reports 1,423 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Washington is about 573 students.
Highline School District counts 36 schools and 18,072 students, including Highline High School.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Highline High School, at 56%. The next largest groups are 17% Asian, 10% White, 9% Black, and 5% multiracial. In King County overall, about 11% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 21.5:1 comes from the school's 66.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 67% in 2024-25. That is 29 points above the 38% average for public schools in King County.
allk12 grades Highline High School a D. The grade compares the school only with Washington public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Highline High School is 35.2%. It actually posts 22.3%, which is 12.9 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Washington schools.
Within King County, the median household income is $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. In all, King County has 544 public schools and roughly 278,492 students.
Sylvester Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 31.4%, higher than Highline High School's 22.3%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is up 37% from 2020-21, when Highline High School had 1,037 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,423.
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King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Highline School District
- Mount Rainier High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- Evergreen High SchoolHigh · 1,080 students
- Glacier Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 671 students
- Tyee High SchoolHigh · 644 students
- Chinook Middle SchoolMiddle · 620 students
Other schools in Burien
- Sylvester Middle SchoolMiddle · 582 students
- Gregory Heights ElementaryElementary · 488 students
- Hazel Valley ElementaryElementary · 469 students
- Seahurst Elementary SchoolElementary · 405 students
- Shorewood ElementaryElementary · 400 students
- Cedarhurst ElementaryElementary · 399 students
Nearby schools
- Sylvester Middle School0.8 mi · 582
- Seahurst Elementary School1.1 mi · 405
- Cedarhurst Elementary1.3 mi · 399
- Gregory Heights Elementary1.3 mi · 488
- Hazel Valley Elementary1.4 mi · 469
- Glacier Middle School1.6 mi · 803
Frequently asked questions
About Highline High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Highline High School?
Highline High School enrolls approximately 1,423 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Highline High School serve?
Highline High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Highline High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Highline High School is approximately 21.5:1 (66 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Highline High School?
Student demographics at Highline High School are roughly 10% White, 56% Hispanic, 9% Black, 17% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Highline High School in?
Highline High School is part of Highline School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.