Lindbergh Senior High School

Lindbergh Senior High School is a sprawling secondary school in Renton, Washington, overseen by Renton School District. The school instructs 1,201 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 573 students per school, that is 110% bigger than typical.

Across the 29 schools in Renton School District (14,873 students total), Lindbergh Senior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Lindbergh Senior High School shows that the most-represented group is Asian (27%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 26% Hispanic, 19% White, 16% Black, 9% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Lindbergh Senior High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 50% of students at Lindbergh Senior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above King County's rate of about 38%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lindbergh Senior High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.7%; this one delivers 36.5%.

In the area at large, King County reports that median household earnings sit near $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Lindbergh Senior High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Renton Park Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lindbergh Senior High School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 38.3%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lindbergh Senior High School has edged down 5%, going from 1,258 students in 2018 to 1,201 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 30% to 19% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 in 2025.

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