EDUCATION

Highline School District

The mission of Highline Public Schools is to educate every student and expect excellence. The Highline School District serves the communities of SeaTac, Des Moines, Burien, Normandy Park, Boulevard Park and White Center. All efforts are focused on the ultimate goal of seeing each student graduate ready for college, career and citizenship. A strong focus on literacy and mathematics exists district-wide.

  • For the past several years, Highline has concentrated significant resources on an aggressive literacy initiative. The literacy program includes individualized assessment for each student and the use of reading specialists working directly with children, along with reading coaches who work with teachers to structure classroom instruction to meet the needs of the diverse student population.
  • The district provides extensive professional development for teachers in order to improve instruction, and gives struggling students extended opportunities for instruction during the school day and after school. Many of these strategies are now applied to improve student achievement in math as well.
  • Academically, 17,000+ students continue to improve as HSD learns better ways to reach and teach all students.
  • The students of Highline have consistently scored above the national average on the SAT test. In the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL), Highline students are improving their scores each year.
  • The high school program aims to prepare every student for further learning after high school. HSD believes students need a more personalized approach to learning than is provided in a traditional comprehensive high school, so students in all high schools are grouped in small learning communities. These small learning communities take different forms at each of the high schools. The work of redesigning our high schools has been supported in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
  • In addition to the high schools serving our four geographic service areas, Highline also has the only aviation-themed college prep high school in the nation. Aviation High School is operated in partnership with King County and many aviation industry partners. Located in Des Moines, enrollment is open to all high school students in King County by application.
  • Highline voters passed capital construction bonds in 2002 and 2006. This is allowing Highline to replace many aging school buildings with new state-of-the-art schools.
  • Highline students have the advantage of living and learning in a community with rich cultural diversity. Our students represent about 80 nationalities and speak 70 different languages. Because the schools reflect the diversity students will face in the workplace of tomorrow, students will be well-prepared to live and work in the global economy and multicultural world of the future.

Source:  Highline School District

SeaTac Schools

Elementary Schools

Bow Lake Elementary School
Public school • Grades PK-6 • 390 students
18237 42nd Ave. S, SeaTac, WA 98188
206.433.2336
District: Highline School District

Madrona Elementary School
Public school • Grades PK-6 • 647 students
20301 32nd Ave. S,  SeaTac, WA 98198
206.433.2478
District: Highline School District

McMicken Heights Elementary School
Public school • Grades PK-6 • 450 students
3708 S 168th St., SeaTac, WA 98188
206.433.2276
District: Highline School District

Valley View Elementary School
Public school • Grades PK-6 • 213 students
17622 46th Ave. S, SeaTac, WA 98188
206.433.2377
District: Highline School District

Seattle Christian School
Private school • Grades K-12 • 700 students
18301 Military Rd. S, SeaTac, WA 98188
206.246.8241

Sea-Tac Christian Academy
Private school • Grades PK-8 • 45 students
18435 42nd Ave. S, SeaTac, WA 98188
206.243.8636

Middle Schools

Chinook Middle School
Public school • Grades 7-8 • 584 students
18650 42nd Ave. S, SeaTac, WA 98188
206.433.2231
District: Highline School District

Seattle Christian School
Private school • Grades K-12 • 700 students
18301 Military Rd. S, SeaTac, WA 98188
206.246.8241

Sea-Tac Christian Academy
Private school • Grades PK-8 • 45 students
18435 42nd Ave. S, SeaTac, WA 98188
206.243.8636

High Schools

Seattle Christian School
Private school • Grades K-12 • 700 students
18301 Military Rd. S, SeaTac, WA 98188
206.246.8241

Academy of Citizenship and Empowerment
Public school • Grades 9-12
4424 S 188th St., SeaTac, WA 98188
206.433.2342
District: Highline School District

Global Connections High School
Public school • Grades 9-12
4424 S 188th St.,  SeaTac, WA 98188
206.433.2343
District: Highline School District

Odyssey – The Essential School
Public school • Grades 9-12
4424 S 188th St., SeaTac, WA 98188
206.433.2344
District: Highline School District

King County Colleges