Summary
Shorecrest High School serves 1,565 students in grades 9–12 in Shoreline, Washington, within the Shoreline School District. Its 2024–25 graduation rate was 92%, compared with 83% statewide. For 2025–26, SchoolDigger ranked Shorecrest 30th of 396 Washington schools, at the 92nd percentile, with five stars. Most importantly, Shorecrest was well above state proficiency rates in all three subjects: 80% in English language arts (ELA) versus 53% statewide, 58% in math versus 43%, and 66% in science versus 51%.
ELA is Shorecrest’s clearest strength against both the district and nearby schools: its 80% proficiency was 13 percentage points above the district’s 67% and 6 points above the nearby-school average of 74%, though it ranked sixth among 10 schools with reported results. Math and science remain above state rates but are just below district results. Shorecrest’s math proficiency was 58%, 2 points below the district’s 60%, but 10 points above the nearby-school average of 48%; it ranked fifth among 11 schools. Science was 65.9%, about 1 point below the district’s 66.5%, and ranked fifth among 10 nearby schools with scores.
Results have moved in different directions: from 2022–23 to 2025–26, ELA rose 6 points and math rose 7, while science fell 6. As a result, Shorecrest’s science advantage over the state narrowed from 23 points to 15, making science worth watching. Its overall SchoolDigger percentile rose from 86 in 2020–21 to 92, and it now has five stars after four-star ratings in the preceding four listed years. Shorecrest also has the highest reported student-teacher ratio among nearby schools, at 25.5 students per teacher, compared with 24.1 at the next-highest school. SchoolDigger’s statewide group rankings show a lower relative standing for African American students, at the 71st percentile versus 92 overall, while the ranking for Special Education Students rose from the 63rd to the 85th percentile in one year.
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