The Center School

The Center School, a micro-enrollment high school in SEATTLE, Washington, overseen by Seattle School District No. 1, caters to 165 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 573 students per school, that is 71% leaner than typical.

Seattle School District No. 1 comprises 107 schools with combined enrollment of 50,773 students; The Center School is among them.

On the student-mix side, The Center School logs that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment; the rest consists of 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The Center School lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, The Center School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 70.5%; this one comes in at 46.5%, -24.0 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (King County) shows that 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 The Center School is one.

John Hay Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts The Center School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 63.5%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. The Center School's enrollment has contracted 32% since 2018, when it stood at 242 (now 165). Over the same period, the White share fell from 72% to 58%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the The Center School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.