Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 98133

This analysis covers five elementary schools serving grades K-5 (and K-8 at one school) in zip code 98133, an area spanning parts of Shoreline and north Seattle, Washington, revealing a generally high-performing group with one notable exception.

Four of the five schools are part of the Shoreline School District and consistently rank among the top half of schools statewide. Meridian Park Elementary School is the top performer with exceptional test scores, while Highland Terrace Elementary has shown impressive recent improvement to also earn a 5-star rating. Parkwood Elementary and Echo Lake Elementary are solid 4-star and 3-star schools, respectively, with all Shoreline schools notably strong in science.

In contrast, the sole school from Seattle School District No. 1, Broadview-Thomson K-8 School, faces significant challenges, ranking in the bottom quarter of state schools despite having the highest per-student spending and smallest class sizes in the group. This creates a stark performance disparity between the two districts within the same zip code, with funding levels not clearly correlating to academic outcomes in this comparison.