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Highline School District, WA: schools, enrollment and spending
Highline School District runs 43 public schools with 18,072 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.9 students per teacher is about the same as the Washington figure of 18.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 43
- Students
- 18,072
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,011
- Students per teacher
- 17.9
- WA: 18.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 15675 Ambaum Blvd SW, Burien, WA 98166
- Phone
- (206)631-3000
- County
- King County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5303540
- State district ID
- WA-17401
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,305
- School counselors (FTE)
- 67.0About 270 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 65.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.9
Washington18.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (18,635), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $417.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $42.1 million
- State revenue
- $265.1 million
- Local revenue
- $110.1 million
- Total spending
- $416.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $22,324
- Salaries
- $193.7 million46.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $397.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.1%
- State: 63.5%
- Local: 26.4%
Washington overall
- Federal: 8.1%
- State: 67.2%
- Local: 24.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$22,324
Washington$19,323
United States$16,826
Schools in Highline School District
By level: 15 high, 5 middle, 18 elementary, 2 prekindergarten, 3 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Beverly Park Elementary at GlendaleCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 411 | 17.1 |
| Big Picture SchoolCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 233 | 14.6 |
| Bow Lake ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 524 | 15.9 |
| Career Link | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Cascade Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 671 | 17.2 |
| Cedarhurst ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 399 | 19.0 |
| Chinook Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 620 | 17.7 |
| CHOICE Academy | High | 6 to 12 | 176 | 22.0 |
| Des Moines ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 500 | 16.1 |
| Evergreen High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,080 | 20.8 |
| Gateway to College | High | 10 to 12 | 0 | |
| Glacier Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 803 | 22.9 |
| Gregory Heights ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 488 | 16.8 |
| Hazel Valley ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 469 | 16.2 |
| Head Start | Prekindergarten | PK | 0 | |
| Highline High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,423 | 21.6 |
| Highline Home School Center | Other | K to 12 | 10 | |
| Highline Open Doors 1418 | High | 9 to 12 | 240 | 34.3 |
| Highline Public Schools Virtual Academy | Other | PK to 12 | 208 | 17.3 |
| Hilltop ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 519 | 17.9 |
| Innovation Heights AcademyCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 142 | 15.8 |
| Madrona ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 317 | 15.8 |
| Maritime High School | High | 9 to 12 | 126 | 15.8 |
| Marvista ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 532 | 16.1 |
| McMicken Heights ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 484 | 15.1 |
| Midway ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 548 | 18.3 |
| Mount Rainier High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,846 | 24.3 |
| Mount View ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 460 | 18.4 |
| North Hill ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 518 | 16.7 |
| Pacific Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 604 | 18.9 |
| Parkside ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 535 | 19.1 |
| Puget Sound High School | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Puget Sound Skills CenterCEP school | High | 10 to 12 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Raisbeck Aviation High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 400 | 21.1 |
| Satellite High School | Other | PK to 12 | 0 | |
| Seahurst Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 405 | 18.4 |
| Shorewood ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 400 | 16.7 |
| Southern Heights Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 0 | |
| Southwest Youth and Family Services | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Sylvester Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 582 | 19.4 |
| Tyee High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 644 | 18.9 |
| Valley View Early Childhood CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 225 | 37.5 |
| White Center Heights ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 527 | 18.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in King County
- Seattle School District No. 1 50,773 students
- Lake Washington School District 30,986 students
- Kent School District 25,358 students
- Federal Way School District 22,250 students
- Bellevue School District 20,339 students
- Issaquah School District 19,098 students
- Auburn School District 18,174 students
- Renton School District 14,873 students
- Shoreline School District 9,717 students
- Tahoma School District 9,234 students
- Snoqualmie Valley School District 7,145 students
- Enumclaw School District 4,542 students
- Mercer Island School District 3,993 students
- Riverview School District 2,996 students
- Tukwila School District 2,886 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.