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White Center Heights Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
937th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,138 Washington Elementary Schools
Better than 18% of Washington elementary schools
Summary

White Center Heights Elementary is a PK–5 school serving 527 students in the White Center area of Seattle through the Highline School District, near several other Highline and Seattle schools. The school ranks in the 18th percentile statewide, or 937th of 1,138 Washington elementary schools, but its recent direction is encouraging: it rose from the 7th percentile in 2020–21 to the 18th percentile in 2025–26. The school serves a relatively high-need community, with 75.14% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals, a student-teacher ratio of 18.2:1, and spending of $20,220 per student.

Compared with nearby Highline schools, White Center Heights Elementary is stronger than its statewide ranking might suggest. Its 2025–26 proficiency rates were 34.12% in English language arts, 25.49% in math, and 41.56% in science. It had the highest ELA result among nearby Highline schools and ranked second in math and science behind Shorewood Elementary. Science is the clearest success story, improving from 23.94% in 2022–23 to 41.56% currently and exceeding the district average by 8.74 percentage points. Math was slightly above the district average, although it declined from 29.72% the prior year.

Nearby schools in the Seattle School District No. 1 show a wide range of results. Arbor Heights Elementary School performed substantially higher, while Roxhill Elementary School had similar overall results but weaker science. Concord International School had lower proficiency rates despite being in the higher-ranked district. Key areas for continued improvement at White Center Heights Elementary include math, fourth-grade ELA, and more consistent outcomes for English learners, low-income students, special education students, and other student groups.

527
Students ?
18.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$20,220
Per pupil spending ?
75.1%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 10015 6th Ave SW
       Seattle, WA  98146-1472

(206) 631-5200

District: Highline School District


Students who attend White Center Heights Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Cascade Middle School
High:    Evergreen High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
36.8%
Asian:
23.1%
African American:
22.2%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 7th percentile in 2021 → 18th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 18th (2026) from a 7th-percentile low (2021)
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Washington average (31% vs 48% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (18th percentile)
!English Language Arts scores 19 pts below the Washington average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school31%
District avg30%
Washington avg48%
937th of 1,138
Washington public elementary schools ?
Bottom 18%▼ down 7 pts since 2016
From bottom 24% (2016) to bottom 18% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
7th of 17Elementary Schools in the Highline School District
198th of 238Highline 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)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202618.2937 of 113817.7%★☆☆☆☆
202519.3975 of 116015.9%★☆☆☆☆
202417.81002 of 116814.2%★☆☆☆☆
202312.51067 of 11698.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.51038 of 116911.2%★☆☆☆☆
202110.51031 of 11076.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.01035 of 11308.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201824.4826 of 105421.6%★☆☆☆☆
201731.7753 of 105628.7%★☆☆☆☆
201627.4798 of 105324.2%★☆☆☆☆
201528.1810 of 106724.1%★☆☆☆☆
201325.4900 of 110618.6%★☆☆☆☆
20127.01068 of 10972.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201113.51011 of 10927.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20108.41049 of 10883.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20099.01028 of 10724.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20086.81034 of 10673.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20077.81027 of 10693.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20065.71029 of 10512.1%☆☆☆☆☆
200516.5908 of 103111.9%★☆☆☆☆
20048.0988 of 10263.7%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202622.373 of 8211.0%★☆☆☆☆
202527.763 of 7516.0%★☆☆☆☆
202418.565 of 718.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.661 of 667.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202235.769 of 10836.1%★★☆☆☆
202116.245 of 474.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201925.895 of 11013.6%★☆☆☆☆
201843.655 of 10748.6%★★★☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202632.769 of 10333.0%★★☆☆☆
20257.1179 of 1895.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.0152 of 1636.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.2165 of 1702.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.3178 of 1874.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.0126 of 1313.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.6190 of 2015.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201820.8147 of 16913.0%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202631.4230 of 32629.4%★★☆☆☆
202532.5201 of 30333.7%★★☆☆☆
202425.2248 of 32022.5%★☆☆☆☆
202328.7180 of 25429.1%★☆☆☆☆
202234.0142 of 21333.3%★★☆☆☆
201924.5208 of 24816.1%★☆☆☆☆
201839.0198 of 33340.5%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202619.3870 of 102014.7%★☆☆☆☆
202512.61009 of 10927.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.5979 of 109310.4%★☆☆☆☆
202314.0988 of 10949.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.11009 of 11008.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.1985 of 10082.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.4937 of 106812.3%★☆☆☆☆
201832.4718 of 100428.5%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202621.6561 of 64913.6%★☆☆☆☆
202519.5577 of 65912.4%★☆☆☆☆
202419.5571 of 65112.3%★☆☆☆☆
202325.6508 of 63319.7%★☆☆☆☆
202220.8615 of 69411.4%★☆☆☆☆
202112.1494 of 5011.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201925.9561 of 69719.5%★☆☆☆☆
201834.5371 of 54031.3%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202632.0753 of 100825.3%★☆☆☆☆
202535.5698 of 101331.1%★★☆☆☆
202422.3878 of 102414.3%★☆☆☆☆
202318.2920 of 10139.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202221.2887 of 101913.0%★☆☆☆☆
202115.1808 of 8545.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201922.4844 of 97913.8%★☆☆☆☆
201821.4735 of 83512.0%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202621.4890 of 105916.0%★☆☆☆☆
202527.6807 of 109826.5%★☆☆☆☆
202420.3926 of 109915.7%★☆☆☆☆
202310.01050 of 10994.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.9984 of 111311.6%★☆☆☆☆
202111.5958 of 10256.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.61021 of 10755.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201818.4860 of 99913.9%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202619.8396 of 4328.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.5540 of 5664.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201825.1510 of 63719.9%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
20195.01015 of 10271.2%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Asian (2026)33rd percentile+15 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)29th percentile+12 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)25th percentile+8 vs school
Male (2026)16th percentile~ school
Female (2026)15th percentile-3 vs school
Hispanic (2026)14th percentile-4 vs school
African American (2026)11th percentile-7 vs school
Special Education (2026)8th percentile-9 vs school
White (2019)1st percentile-7 vs school
By subject vs Washington (2025-2026) ?
Science42%-9 vs state
English Language Arts34%-19 vs state
Math25%-18 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about White Center Heights Elementary

Students who attend White Center Heights Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Cascade Middle School
High : Evergreen High School

Students at White Center Heights Elementary are 37% Hispanic, 23% Asian, 22% African American, 9% Two or more races, 7% White.

In the 2024-25 school year, 527 students attended White Center Heights Elementary.

White Center Heights Elementary ranks in the bottom 17.7% of Washington elementary schools.

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2025–26 SBAC & WCAS test scoresSep 10, 2026
2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesJan 8, 2026
2022–23 through 2023–24 school spending dataJan 6, 2026
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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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