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Enrollment
1,544
High
DISTRICT 1,555 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHORELINE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530792001317
Shorewood High School
17300 Fremont Avenue N., Shoreline, WA 98133 · (206) 393-4372 · King County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,544 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Washington public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
22.4:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
485 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 329 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 405 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 391 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 419 | 27% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
80.0%
WA avg 58.4% . +48.2pp since 2014
Math
52.7%
WA avg 51.2% . +26.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 48 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 52.7% |
| 2023-24 | 79.8% | 54.4% |
| 2022-23 | 78.2% | 52.6% |
| 2021-22 | 78.7% | 47.0% |
| 2018-19 | 81.6% | 52.9% |
| 2017-18 | 82.3% | 59.2% |
| 2016-17 | 26.6% | 2.9% |
| 2015-16 | 35.9% | 7.7% |
| 2014-15 | 31.8% | 26.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Shorewood High School
Shorewood High School's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorewood High School this school | 1,544 | 31.4% | 63.5% |
| Shorecrest High School Shoreline | 1,565 | 32.1% | 62.4% |
| Mountlake Terrace High School MTLK TERRACE | 1,456 | 36.3% | 41.8% |
| Ingraham High School SEATTLE | 1,391 | 31.1% | 52.0% |
| Curtis Senior High UNIVERSITY PLACE | 1,321 | 36.8% | 62.9% |
| 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 Shorewood High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #20 of 271 | #12 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #30 of 321 ▼ 2 | #18 of 59 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #35 of 327 ▲ 2 | #18 of 61 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #63 of 259 | #9 of 57 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,544 | #78 of 570 | #28 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #235 of 311 | #52 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #60 of 316 | #34 of 67 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.4% | #318 of 386 | #45 of 76 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #124 of 164 | #26 of 34 |
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
1,544
+21 (+1%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 1,501
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 23.8:1
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 | 1,544 | 68.8 | 22.4:1 | 31% (485) |
| 2023-24 | 1,555 | 68.2 | 22.8:1 | 31% (487) |
| 2022-23 | 1,538 | 66.9 | 23.0:1 | 30% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 1,523 | 64 | 23.8:1 | 25% (384) |
| 2017-18 | 1,615 | 71.9 | 22.5:1 | 27% (440) |
| 2015-16 | 1,629 | 75 | 21.7:1 | 26% (430) |
| 2010-11 | 1,600 | 70 | 22.9:1 | 24% (376) |
| 2000-01 | 1,791 | 88 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,501 | 68 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shorewood High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,615 to 1,544); teachers down 4% (71.9 to 68.8).
About Shorewood High School
Shorewood High School sits in Shoreline, Washington, and is classified as a high school. Grades offered run from 9 through 12, with 1,544 students enrolled. For comparison, high schools in Washington average about 573 students.
Across its 18 schools, Shoreline School District enrolls 9,717 students. Shorewood High School is one of those schools.
At Shorewood High School, the largest share of students is White, at 46%. The school is also 17% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 12% multiracial, and 9% Black. That is lower than the 55% White share among all King County residents. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 68.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Shorewood High School and a ratio of 22.4:1. This ratio sits 0.9 above the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 31% of students.
The allk12 Grade for Shorewood High School is A+. Compared with Washington public high schools, the school scored higher than 96% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Shorewood High School would score about 59.1%. It scores 63.5%, 4.3 points above that figure.
Among King County residents, the median household income is $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Shorewood High School is one of 544 public schools in the county.
Meridian Park Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Shorewood High School. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Shorewood High School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Shorewood High School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (1,523) and 2024-25 (1,544). Its ratio of students to teachers was 23.8:1 in 2020-21, and 22.4:1 in 2024-25.
The Shorewood High School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shoreline School District
- Shorecrest High SchoolHigh · 1,565 students
- Albert Einstein Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,032 students
- Kellogg Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Meridian Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 589 students
- Briarcrest ElementaryElementary · 454 students
- Melvin G Syre ElementaryElementary · 444 students
Other schools in Shoreline
- Shorecrest High SchoolHigh · 1,565 students
- Albert Einstein Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,032 students
- Kellogg Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Meridian Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 589 students
- Briarcrest ElementaryElementary · 454 students
- Melvin G Syre ElementaryElementary · 444 students
Other Shorewood High schools
One other US public school is named Shorewood High. Shorewood High School is the largest of the 2.
- Shorewood HighShorewood, WI · 589 students
Nearby schools
- Meridian Park Elementary School0.6 mi · 589
- Edwin Pratt Learning Center0.6 mi · 318
- Highland Terrace Elementary0.8 mi · 322
- Echo Lake Elementary School1.1 mi · 416
- Handicapped Contractual Services1.1 mi · 155
- Parkwood Elementary1.1 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About Shorewood High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Shorewood High School?
Shorewood High School enrolls approximately 1,544 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Shorewood High School serve?
Shorewood High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Shorewood High School?
Approximately 22.4:1 students per teacher at Shorewood High School.
How diverse is Shorewood High School?
Shorewood High School reports a student body of 46% White, 17% Hispanic, 9% Black, 15% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Shorewood High School in?
Shorewood High School is part of Shoreline School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.