West Seattle High School

As a large senior high in SEATTLE, Washington, West Seattle High School works with 1,479 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Seattle School District No. 1. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 573 students each, so West Seattle High School sits 158% above that benchmark.

Across the 107 schools in Seattle School District No. 1 (50,773 students total), West Seattle High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, West Seattle High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, West Seattle High School records 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. Roughly 18% of students at West Seattle High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below King County's rate of about 38%.

With demographic context factored in, West Seattle High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.9%; this one delivers 59.1%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for King County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which West Seattle High School is one.

Lafayette Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, West Seattle High School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 63.7%.

West Seattle High School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 41%: 1,046 students in 2018 compared to 1,479 in 2025. The White share of enrollment expanded from 55% to 64% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 in 2025.

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