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How has Lake Washington High School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
2,081
High
DISTRICT 1,250 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530423000674
Lake Washington High School
12033 NE 80TH, Kirkland, WA 98033 · (425) 936-1700 · King County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,081 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Washington public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
21.0:1
99 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.0:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
281 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 554 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 494 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 540 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 493 | 24% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
74.0%
WA avg 58.4% . +57.7pp since 2014
Math
61.1%
WA avg 51.2% . +44.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 58 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 44 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 61.1% |
| 2023-24 | 82.2% | 58.8% |
| 2022-23 | 68.8% | 50.7% |
| 2021-22 | 80.1% | 54.0% |
| 2018-19 | 90.4% | 65.7% |
| 2017-18 | 89.0% | 67.1% |
| 2016-17 | 20.0% | 3.5% |
| 2015-16 | 19.3% | 13.3% |
| 2014-15 | 16.2% | 16.9% |
% 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
59.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 71% 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 Lake Washington High School
Lake Washington High School's state test result (59.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Washington High School this school | 2,081 | 13.5% | 59.2% |
| Issaquah High School ISSAQUAH | 2,419 | 16.5% | 54.1% |
| Liberty Sr High School RENTON | 1,495 | 18.3% | 64.3% |
| Mercer Island High School Mercer Island | 1,439 | 7.1% | 76.6% |
| Inglemoor HS Kenmore | 1,441 | 22.0% | 67.7% |
| Bothell High School Bothell | 1,740 | 23.3% | 54.1% |
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 Lake Washington High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #32 of 271 | #18 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #14 of 321 ▲ 5 | #12 of 59 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #58 of 327 ▼ 36 | #25 of 61 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #105 of 259 | #20 of 57 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,081 | #20 of 570 | #8 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #175 of 311 | #35 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #97 of 316 | #46 of 67 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.5% | #373 of 386 | #66 of 76 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.1% | #20 of 136 | #4 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
2,081
+183 (+10%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 1,482
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 2,081 | 99.1 | 21.0:1 | 14% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 2,037 | 97.2 | 21.0:1 | 15% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 2,015 | 96.8 | 20.8:1 | 17% (339) |
| 2020-21 | 1,898 | 90 | 21.1:1 | 13% (238) |
| 2017-18 | 1,705 | 79.9 | 21.3:1 | 14% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 1,593 | 75 | 21.2:1 | 16% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 997 | 49 | 20.4:1 | 13% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 1,392 | 60 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,482 | 71 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Washington High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (1,705 to 2,081); teachers up 24% (79.9 to 99.1).
About Lake Washington High School
Students in Kirkland, Washington, attend Lake Washington High School, a large high school. The student body numbers 2,081 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Washington) has about 573 students.
Lake Washington School District runs Lake Washington High School along with 54 other schools, enrolling 30,986 students in total.
Enrollment at Lake Washington High School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 50%. After that, the student body is 24% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 3% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Lake Washington High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.
The school employs the equivalent of 99.1 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 21.0:1. High schools in Washington have a similar average ratio of 21.6:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Lake Washington High School is 14%. Public schools in King County average 38%.
allk12 grades Lake Washington High School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Washington public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Lake Washington High School ranks in the bottom 10% in Washington. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 59.2%, against a prediction of 71.2%.
According to the American Community Survey, in King County, median household income is about $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 544 public schools operate in King County, serving about 278,492 students.
Rose Hill Elementary is located about 0.7 miles from Lake Washington High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Lake Washington High School comes in 6th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 2,081 was 10% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 1,898.
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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 Lake Washington School District
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Redmond High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Juanita High SchoolHigh · 1,778 students
- Inglewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,229 students
- Redmond Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
- Rose Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
Other schools in Kirkland
- Juanita High SchoolHigh · 1,778 students
- Kirkland Middle SchoolMiddle · 746 students
- Finn Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 664 students
- Lakeview ElementaryElementary · 602 students
- Peter Kirk ElementaryElementary · 592 students
- Kamiakin Middle SchoolMiddle · 573 students
Nearby schools
- Rose Hill Elementary0.7 mi · 570
- Community School0.8 mi · 67
- International Community School0.8 mi · 421
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary0.8 mi · 452
- Lakeview Elementary0.9 mi · 602
- Rose Hill Middle School1.0 mi · 901
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Washington High SchoolHow many students attend Lake Washington High School?
Lake Washington High School enrolls approximately 2,081 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Lake Washington High School serve?
Lake Washington High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Lake Washington High School?
Approximately 21.0:1 students per teacher at Lake Washington High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lake Washington High School?
At Lake Washington High School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 24% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Lake Washington High School public or private?
Lake Washington High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lake Washington School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.