Tyee High School

Tyee High School is one of the middle-of-the-pack senior highs in SeaTac, Washington, overseen by Highline School District, with 644 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Across the 36 schools in Highline School District (18,072 students total), Tyee High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Tyee High School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 17% Black, 11% Asian, 11% Pacific Islander, 8% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Tyee High School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.6:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 76% 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 somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Tyee High School is in the bottom 10% of Washington public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 29.4%; Tyee High School posts 10.7%, -18.6 points below that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for King County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Tyee High School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Chinook Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tyee High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tyee High School at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 24.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tyee High School has fell 36%, going from 1,014 students in 2018 to 644 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 41% to 46% over that span.

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