Your guide to schools in the greater Seattle area

he Seattle Times School Guide is the most comprehensive report available on public and private schools in the greater Seattle area. The Times collects and analyzes information from a variety of sources to help you select a school, or to see how your school stacks up.

Here's an example of what you'll find when you compare schools:

School comparison

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= Private schools

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School name

Average class size

Highly capable/ gifted program

Kindergarten days offered

Tuition

High school grad. rate

AP subjects offered

K

4

8

11

Part

Full

Total

Elem.

Middle

High

AS #1 (Pinehurst) K-8

18

21

21

yes

X

Adams Elementary School

24

24

yes

X

X

African American Academy K-8

0

0

0

no

X

Aki Kurose Middle School

28

yes

Alki Elementary School

25

27

no

X

X

Arbor Heights Elementary School

23

25

no

X

B. F. Day Elementary School

26

26

no

X

Beacon Hill International Elementary School

22

22

no

X

Brighton Elementary School

23

26

no

X

X

Broadview-Thomson Elementary School

25

25

yes

X

Bryant Elementary School

25

28

yes

X

Catharine Blaine K-8

20

27

30

yes

X

X

Coe Elementary School

24

24

yes

X

X

Concord Elementary School

21

25

no

X

X

Cooper Elementary School

23

25

no

X

Daniel Bagley Elementary School

24

24

no

X

Dearborn Park Elementary School

22

24

yes

X

Denny Middle School

28

yes

Dunlap Elementary School

22

25

no

X

X

Eckstein Middle School

26

yes

Emerson Elementary School

21

21

yes

X

X

Gatewood Elementary School

17

21

no

X

Gatzert Elementary School

20

22

no

X

Graham Hill Elementary School

22

25

no

X

Green Lake Elementary School

27

24

yes

X

Greenwood Elementary School

26

26

no

X

Hawthorne Elementary School

22

22

no

X

Hay Elementary School

22

26

yes

X

Highland Park Elementary School

22

23

no

X

John Muir Elementary School

20

26

yes

X

John Rogers Elementary School

24

20

no

X

John Stanford International Elementary School

28

28

no

X

Kimball Elementary School

0

0

no

X

Lafayette Elementary School

25

27

yes

X

X

Laurelhurst Elementary School

26

26

yes

X

X

Lawton Elementary School

22

27

yes

X

X

Leschi Elementary School

25

25

yes

X

Lowell Elementary School

0

26

yes

Loyal Heights Elementary School

26

28

yes

X

X

Madrona K-8

26

20

25

no

X

Maple Elementary School

24

25

no

X

McClure Middle School

0

yes

McGilvra Elementary School

22

21

no

X

Montlake Elementary School

26

28

no

X

North Beach Elementary School

21

26

yes

X

X

Northgate Elementary School

25

25

no

X

Olympic Hills Elementary School

20

24

yes

X

Olympic View Elementary School

24

24

yes

X

X

Orca (at Whitworth)

24

26

yes

X

Pathfinder K-8

24

26

28

no

X

Rainier View Elementary School

0

0

Roxhill Elementary School

18

25

no

X

Sacajawea Elementary School

24

28

no

X

X

Salmon Bay School

25

28

29

no

X

X

Sanislo Elementary School

26

28

no

X

Schmitz Park Elementary School

26

28

no

X

Stevens Elementary School

25

25

no

X

Summit K-12

24

28

28

22

no

X

43%

0

T. T. Minor Elementary School

20

21

no

X

TOPS K-8 Alternative School

25

30

30

no

X

The New School

17

20

no

X

Thornton Creek at Decatur

24

27

no

X

Thurgood Marshall Elementary

20

25

yes

X

Van Asselt Elementary School

20

25

no

X

View Ridge Elementary School

22

24

yes

X

Wedgwood Elementary School

24

30

yes

X

X

West Seattle Elementary School

17

20

yes

X

West Woodland Elementary School

22

24

yes

X

Whittier Elementary School

28

25

yes

X

Whitworth Elementary School

0

0

Wing Luke Elementary School

25

27

yes

X

All information in the School Guide is provided by the schools, the school districts or by the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). In some cases schools did not provide information, or the question does not apply to that particular school.