Maritime High School

Maritime High School is a rural-scale senior high in Des Moines, Washington, part of Highline School District. The school teaches 126 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 78% leaner than the state mean of about 573.

Highline School District runs 36 schools in total, collectively educating 18,072 students. Maritime High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Maritime High School reports that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 25% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 6% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Maritime High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Maritime High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 54.6%; actual is 41.3%, a gap of -13.3 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for King County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Maritime High School is one.

The closest other public school is North Hill Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Maritime High School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Maritime High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.