Secondary Academy for Success

Secondary Academy for Success is an one-room-style 9-12 campus in Bothell, Washington, operated by Northshore School District. The school works with 76 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 87% leaner than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 573 students.

Within Northshore School District, which oversees 37 schools and 22,735 students, Secondary Academy for Success is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Secondary Academy for Success records that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 18% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 7% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 43% of students at Secondary Academy for Success qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Snohomish County indicate median household income runs about $111,246, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Snohomish County runs 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), of which Secondary Academy for Success is one.

Nearest neighbor: Innovation Lab High School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Secondary Academy for Success.

Secondary Academy for Success operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 26%: 103 students in 2018 compared to 76 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 55% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 7.5:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Secondary Academy for Success community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.