Summary:
ZIP code 98011 has one public high school, Bothell High School, serving grades 9–12 in the Bothell area as part of the highly rated Northshore School District.
Bothell High School serves about 1,740 students and has a student-teacher ratio of approximately 20.1 to 1. Its strongest indicators are graduation, student persistence, and English Language Arts. In 2024–2025, the school’s graduation rate was 96.2%, compared with 94.5% in the district and 82.6% statewide. Its dropout rate was just 1.6%, lower than both the district’s 2.4% and the state’s 9.8%. In 2025–2026, 83.13% of students were proficient in ELA, substantially above the district’s 73.73% and the state’s 52.81%. The school is also consistently well regarded, receiving four stars and ranking in roughly the top fifth to top quarter of Washington schools over the past three reported years.
Academic results are more mixed in math and science. Math proficiency rose from 54.47% to 57.97% year over year, placing Bothell well above the state rate of 43.11%, but below the district’s 65.84%. Science was the clearest area for improvement: proficiency declined from 41.38% to 39.40%, compared with 71.92% in the district and 50.95% statewide. Overall, families can expect a large high school with strong graduation outcomes, very low dropout levels, and particularly strong ELA performance. The main questions to explore are how the school is addressing science achievement and how it supports continued improvement in math, especially given the strong academic performance of the surrounding district.
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