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International Community School

Public, Magnet Grades 6-12

3^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 438 Washington High Schools

Better than 99% of Washington high schools

Summary

International Community School is a small, top-ranked public school serving grades 6-12 in Kirkland, WA, with just over 400 students in the highly-regarded Lake Washington School District.

This school stands out for its exceptional and consistent academic performance, currently ranking 3rd out of all high schools in Washington. Student proficiency rates are remarkably high, exceeding 85% in every core subject and far outpacing both district and state averages. Unlike larger comprehensive high schools in the area, such as Lake Washington High School or Juanita High School, ICS maintains a much smaller student body, which may contribute to its focused academic environment. It has also demonstrated a strong record of success across different student subgroups, showing high achievement for all genders.

When compared to nearby schools, including those in the Bellevue School District like Bellevue High School, ICS serves a student population with a very low rate of economic disadvantage. The school's performance stability is notable; while rankings for other high-performing schools can fluctuate, ICS has remained a top-tier school for over a decade. Its model suggests that a combination of small size, specialized academic focus, and consistent educational practices contributes to its outstanding results, even within an already high-achieving regional context.

421

Students ?

18.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,337

Per pupil spending ?

3.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

11133 NE 65th ST
Kirkland, WA 98033-7116

(425) 936-2380

District: Lake Washington School District

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

62.9%

White:

24.9%

Two or more races:

6.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 100th percentile in 2009 → 99th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Washington average (91% vs 48% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 1% of Washington high schools

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school91%

District avg78%

Washington avg48%

Middle school

2^nd of 534

Washington public middle schools ?

Top 1%▬ steady since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

3^rd of 438

Washington public high schools ?

Top 1%▲ up 44 pts since 2015

From top 45% (2015) to top 1% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 7High Schools in the Lake Washington School District

4^th of 247Lake Washington School District among Washington districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	99.1	2 of 534	99.6%	★★★★★
2024	99.7	2 of 535	99.6%	★★★★★
2023	99.6	2 of 539	99.6%	★★★★★
2022	99.7	2 of 541	99.6%	★★★★★
2021	99.6	3 of 529	99.4%	★★★★★
2019	99.4	1 of 512	99.8%	★★★★★
2018	98.9	1 of 437	99.8%	★★★★★
2017	98.6	3 of 435	99.3%	★★★★★
2016	97.0	3 of 443	99.3%	★★★★★
2015	99.1	2 of 445	99.6%	★★★★★
2013	97.4	4 of 498	99.2%	★★★★★
2012	97.4	2 of 497	99.6%	★★★★★
2011	98.0	2 of 492	99.6%	★★★★★
2010	97.0	4 of 483	99.2%	★★★★★
2009	98.3	1 of 476	99.8%	★★★★★
2008	99.0	2 of 466	99.6%	★★★★★
2007	98.9	2 of 463	99.6%	★★★★★
2006	99.2	1 of 449	99.8%	★★★★★
2005	99.2	2 of 425	99.5%	★★★★★
2004	99.6	2 of 421	99.5%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	92.3	6 of 147	95.9%	★★★★★
2024	94.6	2 of 148	98.6%	★★★★★
2022	95.3	2 of 161	98.8%	★★★★★
2021	95.5	1 of 149	99.3%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	98.5	3 of 471	99.4%	★★★★★
2023	99.7	2 of 464	99.6%	★★★★★
2022	99.4	2 of 479	99.6%	★★★★★
2021	99.5	3 of 469	99.4%	★★★★★
2018	98.2	1 of 376	99.7%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	98.8	2 of 472	99.6%	★★★★★
2024	99.5	2 of 466	99.6%	★★★★★
2023	99.2	1 of 470	99.8%	★★★★★
2021	99.7	3 of 476	99.4%	★★★★★
2018	99.2	1 of 371	99.7%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	80.2	84 of 488	82.8%	★★★★☆
2024	94.5	11 of 486	97.7%	★★★★★
2023	95.3	12 of 488	97.5%	★★★★★
2022	98.8	3 of 488	99.4%	★★★★★
2021	99.3	3 of 480	99.4%	★★★★★
2018	95.1	5 of 325	98.5%	★★★★★

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	99.0	3 of 438	99.3%	★★★★★
2022	99.8	1 of 434	99.8%	★★★★★
2021	97.7	5 of 455	98.9%	★★★★★
2018	97.8	3 of 315	99.0%	★★★★★
2015	49.4	153 of 341	55.1%	★★★☆☆
2013	85.3	2 of 454	99.6%	★★★★★
2012	88.2	3 of 450	99.3%	★★★★★
2011	90.9	3 of 440	99.3%	★★★★★
2010	93.7	5 of 423	98.8%	★★★★★
2009	95.1	1 of 402	99.8%	★★★★★
2008	95.2	1 of 396	99.7%	★★★★★
2007	95.3	1 of 399	99.7%	★★★★★
2006	95.7	1 of 395	99.7%	★★★★★
2005	98.4	2 of 394	99.5%	★★★★★
2004	99.0	2 of 390	99.5%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2022	97.3	1 of 124	99.2%	★★★★★
2021	93.2	4 of 136	97.1%	★★★★★
2018	96.9	1 of 87	98.9%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2021	98.3	4 of 390	99.0%	★★★★★
2018	96.3	4 of 243	98.4%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2021	96.2	9 of 395	97.7%	★★★★★
2018	98.3	3 of 254	98.8%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2021	85.4	46 of 413	88.9%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Middle school

Male (2025)100th percentile~ school

Female (2025)99th percentile~ school

Asian (2025)96th percentile-4 vs school

White (2025)83rd percentile-17 vs school

High school

Asian (2022)99th percentile~ school

Female (2021)99th percentile~ school

Male (2021)98th percentile~ school

White (2021)89th percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs Washington (2024-2025) ?

Science95%+45 vs state

English Language Arts93%+40 vs state

Math85%+42 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Wednesday, February 5, 2020

This is an excellent school for the right child. My son has been very happy at the school, but he's also an enthusiastic learner on his own. I find he biggest draw back is Focus Week. This should be an opportunity for all grades to travel outside the country. There should be a trip to Spain every year for the students, especially since they begin Spanish in 7th grade, and it's a core focus. Parents should understand that the school is not STEM focused (and should not become STEM focused). It provides excellent critical thinking skills. Close Quote

by a student
Thursday, January 31, 2019

It is concerning how many students leave ICS and go to their regular highs school.

There are WAAAAy too many parents trying to force the school to become a stem focused school as they think it is the only way their superstar will get into Stanford. It's sad how many students feel the pressure to live up to their parents' unrealists expectations. ICS is NOT a STEM school! It is a liberal arts focused school.

The homework load is unrelenting. It wouldn't be so laborious if the homework was actually engaging, but my classmates and I find the homework to be timewasting busy work. There are a ton of outside of school projects and many classmates are surprisingly immature and either cancel at the last minute or don't show up to agreed upon group project meetings on weekends. One or two people usually end up doing 90 of the group project work. When responsible students bring it to teachers' attention, the teachers shrug it off, "talk" to the offenders but give the non-contributing members the same grade as those students who actually did the work!

Please don't celebrate that your children "won the lottery" and got into ICS. There is so much wrong with the school and how it negativity impacts the only childrehood/teen years your child with get in her/his life. Let your kid be a kid. Say NO to ICS! Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				WCAS Science (2025)			SBAC English Language Arts (2025)				SBAC Math (2025)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WCAS Science 8th Grade	WCAS Science 11th Grade	WCAS Science All Grades	SBAC English Language Arts 6th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 8th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 10th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts All Grades	SBAC Math 6th Grade	SBAC Math 7th Grade	SBAC Math 8th Grade	SBAC Math 10th Grade	SBAC Math All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
International Community School	Public, Magnet	6-12	11133 NE 65th ST	Kirkland	98033	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	Yes	No	No	(425) 936-2380	421	23	18.6	3.3%	105 (24.9%)	2 (0.5%)	18 (4.3%)	265 (62.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.9%)	99	3^rd of 438 public high schools	99.3%					(n/a)	94.0		94.7	84.8	95.2	96.5	93.1	78.2	84.3	89.0	89.5	85.0	$18,337	$163	$18,174
Emerson High School	Public	9-12	10903 NE 53rd ST	Kirkland	98033	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-2300	67	9	7.2	32.8%	37 (55.2%)	2 (3.0%)	14 (20.9%)	2 (3.0%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (9.0%)	44	243^rd of 438 public high schools	44.5%		72.3	92^nd of 437 public high schools	78.9%	151		53.9	53.9			50.0	50.0						$48,164	$163	$48,000
Lake Washington High School	Public	9-12	12033 NE 80th	Kirkland	98033	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-1700	2,081	99	20.9	13.5%	1,038 (49.9%)	53 (2.5%)	255 (12.3%)	506 (24.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.2%)	200 (9.6%)	94.7	22^nd of 438 public high schools	95.0%		95.4	16^th of 437 public high schools	96.3%	6		89.9	89.9			80.9	80.9				65.0	65.0	$16,612	$166	$16,446
Lake Washington Technical Academy	Public	11-12	11605 132nd Ave NE	Kirkland	98034	King County	Lake Washington Institute of Technology	No	No	No	No	(425) 739-8100	138	0			70 (50.7%)	1 (0.7%)	50 (36.2%)	6 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	10 (7.2%)								(n/a)
Open Doors at LWIT	Public	11-12	11605 132nd Ave NE	Kirkland	98034	King County	Lake Washington Institute of Technology	No	No	No	No	(425) 739-8274	5	0			1 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (20.0%)	3 (60.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Washington Network for Innovative Careers Skill Center	Public	9-12	WaNIC	Redmond	98052	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 702-3283	266	6	47.8	2.3%	130 (48.9%)	9 (3.4%)	48 (18.0%)	71 (26.7%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)													$18,359	$275	$18,083
Juanita High School	Public	9-12	10601 NE 132nd	Kirkland	98034	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-1600	1,778	90	19.7	26.4%	880 (49.5%)	53 (3.0%)	329 (18.5%)	283 (15.9%)	4 (0.2%)	4 (0.2%)	206 (11.6%)	92	28^th of 438 public high schools	93.6%		92.5	29^th of 437 public high schools	93.4%	1		85.6	85.6			82.7	82.7				52.7	52.7	$18,058	$168	$17,890
Futures School	Public	9-12	10601 NE 132nd	Kirkland	98034	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-1635	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Bellevue Open Doors Reengagement	Public	10-12	12111 NE 1st Street	Bellevue	98005	King County	Bellevue School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 456-4175	24	0		12.5%	7 (29.2%)	1 (4.2%)	11 (45.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (20.8%)								(n/a)													$6,791	$138	$6,653
Interlake Senior High School	Public	9-12	16245 NE 24th Street	Bellevue	98008	King County	Bellevue School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 456-7200	1,611	84	19.2	26.6%	358 (22.2%)	64 (4.0%)	268 (16.6%)	801 (49.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.2%)	106 (6.6%)	94.3	23^rd of 438 public high schools	94.7%		94.4	21^st of 437 public high schools	95.2%	2		73.3	73.3			86.9	86.9				73.9	73.9	$21,413	$319	$21,093

Frequently Asked Questions about International Community School

How many students attend International Community School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 421 students attended International Community School.

What is the racial makeup of International Community School?

Students at International Community School are 63% Asian, 25% White, 7% Two or more races, 4% Hispanic.

Is International Community School a good school?

Yes! International Community School is one of the best high schools in the state. It ranks 3^rd of 438 Washington high schools.

What district is International Community School in?

Lake Washington School District

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