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What's the one class at Mountlake Terrace High School every student should take?
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Enrollment
1,456
High
DISTRICT 957 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530240000356
Mountlake Terrace High School
21801 44TH AVE W, MTLK TERRACE, WA 98043 · (425) 431-7776 · Snohomish County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,456 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Washington public high schools
- B-Test 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.
- CThree-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
23.2:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
529 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 421 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 352 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 369 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 314 | 22% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
57.6%
WA avg 58.4% . +46.7pp since 2014
Math
35.5%
WA avg 51.2% . +29.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 47 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.6% | 35.5% |
| 2023-24 | 46.4% | 26.4% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 37.7% |
| 2021-22 | 63.2% | 38.1% |
| 2018-19 | 79.7% | 50.1% |
| 2017-18 | 77.0% | 47.7% |
| 2016-17 | 36.6% | 17.6% |
| 2015-16 | 21.5% | 37.5% |
| 2014-15 | 10.9% | 5.8% |
% 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
41.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% 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 Mountlake Terrace High School
Mountlake Terrace High School's state test result (41.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountlake Terrace High School this school | 1,456 | 36.3% | 41.8% |
| Shorewood High School Shoreline | 1,544 | 31.4% | 63.5% |
| Edmonds Woodway High School EDMONDS | 1,605 | 39.6% | 43.4% |
| Curtis Senior High UNIVERSITY PLACE | 1,321 | 36.8% | 62.9% |
| Shorecrest High School Shoreline | 1,565 | 32.1% | 62.4% |
| Stadium High School Tacoma | 1,700 | 38.2% | 36.5% |
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 Mountlake Terrace High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #143 of 271 | #19 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #105 of 321 ▲ 62 | #10 of 25 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #169 of 327 ▲ 86 | #18 of 26 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.1pp | #76 of 259 | #9 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,456 | #95 of 570 | #15 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #271 of 311 | #15 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #84 of 316 | #11 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.3% | #294 of 386 | #26 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.8% | #86 of 136 | #9 of 12 |
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
1,456
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 1,103
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 23.0:1
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 | 1,456 | 62.7 | 23.2:1 | 36% (529) |
| 2023-24 | 1,385 | 61.7 | 22.4:1 | 37% (515) |
| 2022-23 | 1,467 | 65.7 | 22.3:1 | 34% (506) |
| 2020-21 | 1,448 | 63 | 23.0:1 | 27% (396) |
| 2017-18 | 1,363 | 58.5 | 23.3:1 | 29% (392) |
| 2015-16 | 1,295 | 59 | 21.9:1 | 32% (412) |
| 2010-11 | 1,371 | 63 | 21.8:1 | 20% (278) |
| 2000-01 | 1,884 | 82 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,103 | 59 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountlake Terrace High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (1,363 to 1,456); teachers up 7% (58.5 to 62.7).
About Mountlake Terrace High School
Mountlake Terrace High School is a large high school with its address in MTLK TERRACE, Washington. The school's 1,456 students are in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 154% higher than the average for high schools in Washington, which is about 573.
Besides Mountlake Terrace High School, Edmonds School District runs 36 other schools. The district enrolls 20,955 students.
Mountlake Terrace High School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 49%. Smaller groups are 18% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 10% Black, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 64% of Snohomish County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Mountlake Terrace High School, 62.7 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 23.2:1. That is higher than the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington. Roughly 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades Mountlake Terrace High School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Washington public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Mountlake Terrace High School are 14.1 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 41.8%, compared with a predicted 55.8%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Washington.
Census Bureau estimates for Snohomish County show that the median household income is $111,246, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Mountlake Terrace High School is one of 227 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, Cedar Way Elementary, is about 0.3 miles from Mountlake Terrace High School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Mountlake Terrace High School ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,456, close to the 1,448 recorded in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edmonds School District
- Edmonds Woodway High SchoolHigh · 1,605 students
- Meadowdale High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Lynnwood High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Meadowdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Alderwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Brier Terrace Middle SchoolMiddle · 649 students
Other schools in MTLK TERRACE
- Cedar Way ElementaryElementary · 522 students
- Challenge ElementaryElementary · 414 students
- Terrace Park ElementaryElementary · 295 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Way Elementary0.3 mi · 522
- Brier Terrace Middle School0.6 mi · 649
- Mountlake Terrace Elementary0.6 mi · 426
- Brier Elementary0.9 mi · 389
- Hazelwood Elementary1.0 mi · 419
- Terrace Park Elementary1.1 mi · 295
Frequently asked questions
About Mountlake Terrace High SchoolHow many students attend Mountlake Terrace High School?
Mountlake Terrace High School enrolls approximately 1,456 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Mountlake Terrace High School serve?
Mountlake Terrace High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mountlake Terrace High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mountlake Terrace High School is approximately 23.2:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mountlake Terrace High School?
At Mountlake Terrace High School, the student body is approximately 49% White, 18% Hispanic, 10% Black, 15% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Mountlake Terrace High School?
Mountlake Terrace High School is overseen by Edmonds School District in Snohomish County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.