Summary:
ZIP code 98177 has one listed middle school, Albert Einstein Middle School, serving grades 6–8 in the Shoreline area. The school enrolls 1,032 students and is part of the highly rated Shoreline School District, which ranks 16th out of 238 Washington districts, placing it in the 93rd percentile with a five-star rating. Since there is only one middle school in the ZIP code, families cannot make a direct within-area comparison; the most useful benchmarks are the school’s district and statewide results.
Albert Einstein Middle School performs well compared with Washington overall. In 2025–2026, proficiency was 62.33% in English language arts, 51.10% in math, and 69.54% in science. Those results were above state averages in all three subjects, with the largest advantage in science. Science also showed the biggest year-over-year improvement, rising more than 12 percentage points. ELA was essentially steady, while math declined slightly. Compared with the strong Shoreline School District, the school trailed in overall ELA and math but exceeded the district in science.
The strongest results came from eighth grade. Eighth-grade ELA proficiency was 65%, math was 60%, and science was 69.54%; eighth-grade math was especially notable because it exceeded seventh-grade math by about 13 percentage points and was more than 21 points above the state rate. For parents, the clearest opportunity to watch is math in grades 6 and 7, where proficiency was about 46–47%. The school’s ranking improved from 111th in 2024–2025 to 92nd in 2025–2026, although it remains below its 2023–2024 ranking of 66th. With a 21.5-to-1 student-teacher ratio, 33.24% free or reduced-price lunch participation, and $15,613 in per-student spending, the school offers strong overall outcomes, particularly in science and eighth grade.
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