Summary:
ZIP code 98103 has one public high school, Lincoln High School, serving grades 9–12 in Seattle’s north-central area with approximately 1,770 students.
Because Lincoln is the only high school in the ZIP code, there is no meaningful school-to-school comparison within 98103. The available data show that Lincoln is a particularly strong option academically. It ranked 3rd out of 396 Washington schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 99th percentile, after ranking 11th and 12th in the two prior years. Its proficiency rates were 92.48% in English language arts, 76.89% in math, and 84.03% in science. These results were well above averages for the Seattle School District No. 1 and Washington state. Math was Lincoln’s lowest-performing subject relative to its own results, but it still exceeded the state rate by more than 33 percentage points.
Lincoln also reports strong completion outcomes: a 95.8% graduation rate and a 1.7% dropout rate, compared with 86.1% and 7.7% for the district and 82.6% and 9.8% statewide. Performance improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in all three tested subjects, with math showing the largest gain at 5.29 percentage points. Additional indicators include a reported student-teacher ratio of 23.1 to 1, per-student spending of $18,365 in 2023–2024, and 11.58% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025. Parents should note that these measures come from different school years and do not by themselves explain why the school performs well, but together they describe a large high school with consistently strong academic and graduation outcomes.
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