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How has Tyee High School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
644
High
DISTRICT 574 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HIGHLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530354000555
Tyee High School
4424 S 188th St, SeaTac, WA 98188 · (206) 433-2341 · King County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL644 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
488 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 150 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 155 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 163 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 176 | 27% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
31.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -13.4pp since 2017
Math
9.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -0.9pp since 2017
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 13 points since 2017, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.2% | 9.9% |
| 2023-24 | 6.3% | 2.6% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 3.3% |
| 2021-22 | 30.2% | 8.0% |
| 2018-19 | 38.2% | 10.0% |
| 2017-18 | 44.6% | 10.8% |
% 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
10.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 29% 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 Tyee High School
Tyee High School's state test result (10.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyee High School this school | 644 | 75.8% | 10.7% |
| Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie Federal Way | 532 | 74.1% | 21.8% |
| Federal Way High School FEDERAL WAY | 1,665 | 73.8% | 22.5% |
| Lincoln High School Tacoma | 1,556 | 72.7% | 22.3% |
| Clover Park High School Lakewood | 1,161 | 77.3% | 22.3% |
| Todd Beamer High School FEDERAL WAY | 1,412 | 72.8% | 25.9% |
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 Tyee High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #270 of 271 | #59 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.9% | #309 of 321 ▲ 11 | #57 of 59 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #307 of 327 ▲ 18 | #56 of 61 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #94 of 259 | #17 of 57 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 644 | #190 of 570 | #51 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #78 of 311 | #10 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.2% | #47 of 316 | #28 of 67 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.8% | #44 of 386 | #4 of 76 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.5% | #7 of 164 | #4 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
644
-190 (-23%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 720
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 644 | 34.7 | 18.6:1 | 76% (488) |
| 2023-24 | 606 | 36.3 | 16.7:1 | 78% (475) |
| 2022-23 | 674 | 36.5 | 18.5:1 | 83% (558) |
| 2020-21 | 834 | 44 | 18.9:1 | 81% (679) |
| 2017-18 | 1,014 | 53.4 | 19.0:1 | 79% (798) |
| 2000-01 | 1,184 | 46 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 720 | 37 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tyee High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (1,014 to 644); teachers down 35% (53.4 to 34.7).
About Tyee High School
Tyee High School is a public high school in SeaTac, Washington. The school has 644 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12.
Tyee High School is one school in a 36-school district, Highline School District, which enrolls 18,072 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Tyee High School is Hispanic, with 46% of students. Other groups include 17% Black, 11% Asian, 11% Pacific Islander, and 8% White. The county population is about 11% Hispanic. The diversity index for Tyee High School is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 18.6:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Washington is 21.6:1. The school reported 76% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in King County averages 38%, lower than here.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Tyee High School is 29.4%. It actually posts 10.7%, which is 18.6 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Washington schools.
In King County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $124,746, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 544 public schools and about 278,492 students.
Chinook Middle School, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Tyee High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Tyee High School ranks 5th of 5 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 834 (2020-21) to 644 (2024-25).
The Tyee High School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Highline School District
- Mount Rainier High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- Highline High SchoolHigh · 1,423 students
- Evergreen High SchoolHigh · 1,080 students
- Glacier Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 671 students
- Chinook Middle SchoolMiddle · 620 students
Other schools in SeaTac
- Glacier Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
- River Ridge ElementaryElementary · 697 students
- Chinook Middle SchoolMiddle · 620 students
- Bow Lake ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- McMicken Heights ElementaryElementary · 484 students
- Madrona ElementaryElementary · 317 students
Nearby schools
- Chinook Middle School0.1 mi · 620
- Bow Lake Elementary0.3 mi · 524
- Valley View Early Childhood Center0.6 mi · 225
- McMicken Heights Elementary1.3 mi · 484
- Madrona Elementary1.3 mi · 317
- Puget Sound Skills Center2.2 mi · 3
Frequently asked questions
About Tyee High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tyee High School?
Tyee High School enrolls approximately 644 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Tyee High School serve?
Tyee High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Tyee High School?
Approximately 18.6:1 students per teacher at Tyee High School.
What is the student diversity at Tyee High School?
Student demographics at Tyee High School are roughly 8% White, 46% Hispanic, 17% Black, 11% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Tyee High School?
Tyee High School is overseen by Highline School District in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.