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Shoreline School District

At a glance

14^thof 247 Washington districts▼ 1

Better than 94% of Washington districts

Elementary 11 Middle 2 High 2 Alternative 2Grades PK, KG-12

18560 1st Ave NE
Shoreline, WA 98155-2118·(206) 393-4203·All Washington district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2025

2025: better than 94.3% of districts

Schools

9,717

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedMeridian Park Elementary School49^th of 1,160 Washington elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Ridgecrest Elementary up 57 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Highland Terrace Elementary 14.4 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

5★

4★

3★

3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

The Shoreline School District is a high-performing district north of Seattle, operating 16 schools serving grades K-12, including 11 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, 2 high schools, and 3 alternative or specialized programs for approximately 9,200 students.

Overall, the district excels, with student proficiency rates significantly above state averages in English, math, and science. Among its standout schools, Meridian Park Elementary is the top-ranked elementary school, while Shorewood High School slightly outperforms its counterpart, Shorecrest High School, in academic rankings and proficiency. The unique Cascade K-8 Community School also demonstrates strong, consistent results. However, performance varies, with some elementary schools like Echo Lake Elementary facing greater challenges, and both middle schools showing recent declines in their statewide rankings.

Key factors for parents to consider include the range in class sizes, with student-teacher ratios from 14:1 at Highland Terrace Elementary to over 25:1 at Shorecrest High, and the success of alternative models like the Home Education Exchange. The district's graduation rate is high and dropout rate is low, indicating strong support for students through to completion.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				WCAS Science (2025)				SBAC English Language Arts (2025)								SBAC Math (2025)								% Completely Immunized (2024)	% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Diphtheria (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% Pertussis (2024)	% Tetanus (2024)	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 5th Grade	WCAS Science 8th Grade	WCAS Science 11th Grade	WCAS Science All Grades	SBAC English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 4th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 5th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 6th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 7th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 8th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 10th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts All Grades	SBAC Math 3rd Grade	SBAC Math 4th Grade	SBAC Math 5th Grade	SBAC Math 6th Grade	SBAC Math 7th Grade	SBAC Math 8th Grade	SBAC Math 10th Grade	SBAC Math All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Measles KG	% Mumps KG	% Rubella KG	% Diphtheria KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% Pertussis KG	% Tetanus KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Meridian Park Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	17077 Meridian Avenue N.	Shoreline	98133	King County	Shoreline School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(206) 393-4251	589	34	17.1	34.3%	233 (39.6%)	76 (12.9%)	70 (11.9%)	110 (18.7%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (1.0%)	92 (15.6%)	94.9	49^th of 1160 public elementary schools	95.8%		94.2	59^th of 1168 public elementary schools	94.9%	10	79.8			79.8	79.7	85.2	79.8					81.3	82.9	81.2	73.4					79.0	93.2	96.6	98.3	98.3	98.3	94.9	98.3	94.9	94.9	94.9	$18,938	$671	$18,267
Albert Einstein Middle School	Public	6-8	19343 3rd Avenue N.W.	Shoreline	98177	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	No	(206) 393-4730	1,032	48	21.5	33.2%	479 (46.4%)	95 (9.2%)	180 (17.4%)	116 (11.2%)	2 (0.2%)	8 (0.8%)	146 (14.1%)	74.6	111^th of 534 public middle schools	79.2%		86	66^th of 535 public middle schools	87.7%	45		57.1		57.1				59.1	70.5	56.6		62.2				46.4	63.2	46.1		52.1											$15,613	$352	$15,262
Briarcrest Elementary	Public	K-5	2715 N.E. 158th Street	Shoreline	98155	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 393-4170	454	28	16.1	35.9%	191 (42.1%)	42 (9.3%)	110 (24.2%)	60 (13.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	48 (10.6%)	78.2	230^th of 1160 public elementary schools	80.2%		76.3	260^th of 1168 public elementary schools	77.7%	30	71.4			71.4	56.2	54.7	70.3					61.1	77.0	58.1	69.2					68.2	98.3	98.3	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	98.3	100.0	100.0	100.0	$18,221	$614	$17,607
Brookside Elementary	Public	K-5	17447 37th Avenue N.E.	Lake Forest Park	98155	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	No	(206) 393-4140	372	23	16.3	33.9%	197 (53.0%)	40 (10.8%)	48 (12.9%)	38 (10.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	44 (11.8%)	77.4	237^th of 1160 public elementary schools	79.6%		82.6	196^th of 1168 public elementary schools	83.2%	41	68.8			68.8	69.5	57.4	75.0					67.8	71.7	58.5	48.4					59.3	90.7	93.3	94.7	94.7	94.7	93.3	96.0	93.3	93.3	93.3	$19,571	$393	$19,177
Echo Lake Elementary School	Public	K-5	19345 Wallingford Ave. N.	Shoreline	98133	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 393-4338	416	27	15.1	46.4%	159 (38.2%)	55 (13.2%)	100 (24.0%)	42 (10.1%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	56 (13.5%)	53.9	506^th of 1160 public elementary schools	56.4%		54.2	505^th of 1168 public elementary schools	56.8%	1	53.0			53.0	54.9	36.4	56.1					49.3	62.5	43.9	51.5					52.9	95.3	96.9	98.4	98.4	98.4	96.9	98.4	96.9	96.9	96.9	$20,382	$865	$19,517
Highland Terrace Elementary	Public	K-5	100 N. 160th Street	Shoreline	98133	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	No	(206) 393-4341	322	22	14.4	19.9%	188 (58.4%)	9 (2.8%)	34 (10.6%)	49 (15.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (12.7%)	92.5	79^th of 1160 public elementary schools	93.2%		90.9	95^th of 1168 public elementary schools	91.9%	16	84.1			84.1	83.3	66.7	77.3					76.9	83.3	81.1	68.2					77.8	96.8	98.4	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	98.4	100.0	100.0	$22,803	$342	$22,461
Kellogg Middle School	Public	6-8	16045 25th Avenue N.E.	Shoreline	98155	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	No	(206) 393-4783	991	43	23.2	34.5%	503 (50.8%)	79 (8.0%)	171 (17.3%)	107 (10.8%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	123 (12.4%)	81.5	89^th of 534 public middle schools	83.3%		89.7	50^th of 535 public middle schools	90.7%	39		66.7		66.7				61.9	62.7	68.5		64.4				49.0	59.1	59.7		56.1											$15,206	$344	$14,862
Lake Forest Park Elementary	Public	K-5	18500 37th Avenue N.E.	Lake Forest Park	98155	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	No	(206) 393-4130	378	25	15.3	26.7%	204 (54.0%)	23 (6.1%)	46 (12.2%)	42 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	61 (16.1%)	67.9	336^th of 1160 public elementary schools	71.0%		74.1	280^th of 1168 public elementary schools	76.0%	56	60.9			60.9	51.6	64.7	65.1					60.6	48.4	66.2	53.1					56.2	97.9	97.9	100.0	100.0	100.0	97.9	100.0	97.9	97.9	97.9	$20,036	$346	$19,690
Melvin G Syre Elementary	Public	K-5	19545 12th Avenue N.W.	Shoreline	98177	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	No	(206) 393-4165	444	26	17.1	16.0%	262 (59.0%)	22 (5.0%)	47 (10.6%)	47 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (14.9%)	91	100^th of 1160 public elementary schools	91.4%		86.9	142^nd of 1168 public elementary schools	87.8%	42	83.6			83.6	77.6	75.0	75.0					76.1	74.8	73.9	64.3					71.4	93.2	96.6	98.3	98.3	98.3	96.6	94.9	96.6	96.6	96.6	$18,677	$340	$18,337
Parkwood Elementary	Public	K-5	1815 N. 155th Street	Shoreline	98133	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 393-4150	390	27	14.5	43.3%	145 (37.2%)	61 (15.6%)	91 (23.3%)	43 (11.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	46 (11.8%)	80.5	204^th of 1160 public elementary schools	82.4%		78.6	236^th of 1168 public elementary schools	79.8%	32	63.2			63.2	69.1	68.7	66.2					68.0	69.1	64.2	59.4					64.2	93.3	95.0	98.3	98.3	98.3	95.0	98.3	96.7	95.0	95.0	$20,641	$800	$19,842
Ridgecrest Elementary	Public	K-5	16516 10th Avenue N.E.	Shoreline	98155	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 393-4272	424	29	14.7	38.0%	189 (44.6%)	38 (9.0%)	73 (17.2%)	70 (16.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	51 (12.0%)	61.6	417^th of 1160 public elementary schools	64.1%		57.8	474^th of 1168 public elementary schools	59.4%	57	62.5			62.5	53.2	51.2	60.9					54.8	61.9	51.2	43.8					52.2	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	$19,352	$924	$18,428
Shorecrest High School	Public	9-12	15343 25th Avenue N.E.	Shoreline	98155	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	No	(206) 393-4286	1,565	61	25.5	32.1%	780 (49.8%)	152 (9.7%)	259 (16.5%)	171 (10.9%)	4 (0.3%)	4 (0.3%)	172 (11.0%)	86	47^th of 438 public high schools	89.3%		88.8	45^th of 437 public high schools	89.7%	2			74.8	74.9							77.1	77.1							48.8	48.9											$16,473	$346	$16,127
Shorewood High School	Public	9-12	17300 Fremont Avenue N.	Shoreline	98133	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	No	(206) 393-4372	1,544	69	22.4	31.4%	714 (46.2%)	139 (9.0%)	259 (16.8%)	226 (14.6%)	4 (0.3%)	10 (0.6%)	178 (11.5%)	89.3	38^th of 438 public high schools	91.3%		92.4	31^st of 437 public high schools	92.9%	7			66.2	66.2							86.0	86.0							57.9	57.9											$16,282	$342	$15,941
Handicapped Contractual Services	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	18560 1st Avenue N.E.	Shoreline	98155	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	No	(206) 393-4238	155	0		21.9%	87 (56.1%)	18 (11.6%)	22 (14.2%)	12 (7.7%)	2 (1.3%)	2 (1.3%)	12 (7.7%)								(n/a)																															$45,716	$340	$45,376
Home Education Exchange	Public	K-8	2800 NE 200th	Shoreline	98155	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	No	(206) 418-3388	125	0		17.6%	87 (69.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.8%)	17 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (12.0%)	74.1	273^rd of 1160 public elementary schools	76.5%		83.1	189^th of 1168 public elementary schools	83.8%	84	81.8			84.2	75.0	55.6	90.9					80.0	50.0	44.4	60.0		50.0			62.3	80.0	80.0	93.3	93.3	93.3	86.7	86.7	80.0	86.7	86.7	$12,961	$340	$12,621
Fircrest Residential Habilitation	Public, Alternative	K-12	15230 15th N.E.	Shoreline	98155	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	No	(206) 361-3033	1	0			0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (100.0%)								(n/a)																															$4,593	$340	$4,253
Cascade K-8 Community School	Public	K-8	2800 NE 200th	Shoreline	98155	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	No	(206) 393-4180	197	13	15.2	17.3%	127 (64.5%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (13.7%)	9 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (17.3%)	90.8	102^nd of 1160 public elementary schools	91.2%		92.7	76^th of 1168 public elementary schools	93.5%	26	86.2	82.4		84.8	57.1	77.3		77.8	64.3	76.5		76.2	76.2	77.3	82.8	63.0	57.1	70.6		72.3	94.7	94.7	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	94.7	94.7	100.0	100.0	$23,688	$400	$23,289
Edwin Pratt Learning Center	Public, Magnet	PK	1900 N 170th St	Shoreline	98133	King County	Shoreline School District	No	Yes	No	No	(206) 393-4350	318	6	56.1	61.3%	97 (30.5%)	83 (26.1%)	65 (20.4%)	46 (14.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (8.2%)								(n/a)																															$57,530	$14,023	$43,507

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.

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