Shorecrest High School

Shorecrest High School operates as a well-populated senior high in Shoreline, Washington, part of Shoreline School District. Current enrollment sits at 1,565 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 573 students per school, that is 173% bigger than typical.

Across the 18 schools in Shoreline School District (9,717 students total), Shorecrest High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Shorecrest High School records that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 11% Asian, 10% Black.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Shorecrest High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.6%, the actual is 62.4%, a residual of +3.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (King County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Shorecrest High School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Nearest neighbor: Fircrest Residential Habilitation, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Shorecrest High School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 62.5%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Shorecrest High School has increased 8%, going from 1,450 students in 2018 to 1,565 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 11% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 25.5:1 today.

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