This is the list of schools within the Seattle Public Schools school district. Seattle Public Schools operates elementary schools, K-8 schools, middle schools serving grades 6–8, high schools, and Alternative schools and special programs.Seattle Public Schools, SPS website FAQ list, Seattle Public Schools, date unknown. Accessed online 8 July 2008. The tables below provide data on the demographics of students in Seattle Public Schools. All data is obtained from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) of Washington state and is from October 2007.Washington State Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction, Total Enrollment Gender and Ethnicity by school, Washington State OSPI, January 25, 2008. Accessed online 2008-06-02.
Current Schools
Elementary schools + School Est.Denotes original date of establishment of the school, changes in name and/or location noted in corresponding footnote NeighborhoodDenotes location of school by Seattle neighborhood, does not necessary correspond with attendance area Nickname Spring 2023 EnrollmentAdams 1889Opened as Ballard School in 1889. Joined Seattle schools in 1907. Ballard Eagles 319Alki 1913Original school opened 1908. Alki Seagulls 298Arbor Heights 1948 Arbor Heights Jr. Seahawks 518Bailey Gatzert 1921 Atlantic Bears 364Daniel Bagley 1907Current building opened in 1930 Green Lake Bees 323Beacon Hill Int'l 1899 Beacon Hill Tigers 341Bryant 1919 Ravenna Hawks 487Frantz Coe 1905 Queen Anne Cougars 456Cascadia 2013 Green Lake Dragons 504Cedar Park 1959 Lake City Wolves 247Concord Int'l 1914 South Park N/A 304B.F. Day 1892Oldest continuously operating elementary school in Seattle. Fremont Sun Dragons 397Dearborn Park Int'l 1971 Beacon Hill Dragons 355Decatur 2017 Wedgwood Gators 208Dunlap 1898 Dunlap Dolphins 297Emerson 1909 Rainier Beach Eagles 329Fairmount Park 1955 Fairmount Park Falcons 442Gatewood 1910 Gatewood Gators 366Genesee Hill 2016 West Seattle Red Foxes 514Graham Hill 1961 Seward Park Blue Whales 266Green Lake 1902Current building opened in 1970 Green Lake Dragons 339Greenwood 1909 Greenwood Stars 346HawthorneNamed for Nathaniel Hawthorne 1913Current building 1989 Mount Baker Phoenix 360John Hay 1905Current building opened in 1989 Queen Anne Jaguars 275Highland Park 1919 Delridge Mustangs 305KimballNamed after Captain George W. Kimball. 1971 North Beacon Hill Cougars 376Lafayette 18931893 as part of West Seattle School District, renamed 1918. North Admiral Leopards 491Laurelhurst 1928 Laurelhurst Bears 280LawtonNamed similarly to Fort Lawton, after Henry Ware Lawton. 1913Traces back to Salmon Bay School in 1895, rebuilt as Lawton 1913. Magnolia Dolphins 333Leschi 1909Original building demolished in 1988. Leschi Bulldog Pups 305Lowell 1890Original building demolished in 1959. Capitol Hill Dragons 385Loyal Heights 1919Current building opened in 1932. Ballard Beavers 499Madrona 2000 Madrona Panthers 231Magnolia 1927 Magnolia Orcas 358Maple 1865Current building opened in 1971. Beacon Hill Monarchs 436Thurgood Marshall 1909Opened as Colman School in 1909. Current building opened in 1991. Renamed Thurgood Marshall in 1996. Atlantic Bulldog Pups 477Martin Luther King Jr. 1904Opened as Brighton School in 1904. Current building opened in 2005. Renamed Martin Luther King Jr. in 2010. Brighton Dragons 286McDonald Int'l 1914Closed in 1981. Reopened in 2012 Wallingford Scotties 456McGilvra 1899Opened at current location in 1913 Madison Park Wildcats 222Montlake 1924 Montlake Wolves 181John Muir 1910 Mount Baker Lions 346North Beach 1958 Ballard Seals 365James Baldwin 1956 Northgate Eagles 213Olympic Hills 1954 Olympic Hills Otters 502Olympic View 1903 Maple Leaf Eagles 365Queen Anne Queen Anne Explorers 199John Rogers 1956 Meadowbrook Otters 262Rainier View 1953 Rainier Valley Tigers 230Rising Star 19071862 is date of establishment of Van Asselt Elementary School. Joined Seattle schools in 1907. Van Asselt moved to current location in 2009, and was renamed Rising Star Elementary School in 2019. South Beacon Hill Firebirds 342Roxhill 1958 Roxhill Stars 290Sacajawea 1955 Maple Leaf Eagles 231Sand Point 1958 Windermere Squirrels 199Sanislo 1970 Riverview 180John Stanford Int'l 1891 Wallingford 429Stevens 1906 Capitol Hill N/A 165Thornton Creek 1961Current building opened in 2016. Originally named Decatur Elementary, renamed in 2008. Wedgwood Dragonflies 456View Ridge 1948 View Ridge Otters 305Viewlands 1954 Broadview Orcas 272Wedgwood 1955 Wedgwood Marmots 359West Seattle West Seattle Huskies 386West Woodland 1910Current building opened in 1991. Ballard Wildcats 397Whittier 1908Current building opened in 1999. Ballard Wildcats 364Wing Luke 1967As South Van Asselt school, renamed for Wing Luke in 1969. South Beacon HillDragons 321
Grades K–8 Schools + School Est.Denotes original date of establishment of the school, changes in name and/or location noted in corresponding footnote LocationDenotes location of school by Seattle neighborhood, does not necessary correspond with attendance area Nickname Spring 2023 Enrollment Catharine Blaine 1998 Magnolia Tigers 460Louisa Boren STEM 2012 Delridge 490 Broadview-Thomson 2008 Broadview Bulldogs 567 Cascade Parent Partnership Queen Anne 327 Hazel Wolf 2009 Pinehurst, Seattle Wolves 720 Licton Springs 2014 Licton Springs, Seattle 118 ORCA 1989 Columbia City 392 Pathfinder 1994 Delridge 465 Salmon Bay 1999 Ballard Panthers 660 South Shore Rainier Beach Sea Dragons 607 TOPS 1976 Eastlake Falcons 478 Ref:
Middle Schools, Grades 6–8 + School Est.Denotes original date of establishment of the school, changes in name and/or location noted in corresponding footnote LocationDenotes location of school by Seattle neighborhood, does not necessary correspond with attendance area Nickname Spring 2023 Enrollment Denny 1952Refounded as an "international" middle school in 2011. West Seattle Dolphins 808 Eckstein 1950 Bryant/Wedgwood Eagles 1,048 Hamilton 1927 Wallingford Hawks 927Aki Kurose 1952 Columbia City Peace Cranes 773 Jane Addams 2014 Wedgwood Jaguars 881 Madison 1929 West Seattle Bulldogs 985 McClure 1964 Queen Anne Mavericks 427 Meany 1902 Capitol Hill Mountain Lions 506 Mercer 1957 Beacon Hill Mustangs 850 Robert Eagle Staff 2017 Licton Springs Ravens 685 Washington 1978 Central District Junior Huskies 558 Whitman 1959 Blue Ridge Wildcats 677
High Schools, Grades 9–12 + School Est.Denotes original date of establishment of the school, changes in name and/or location noted in corresponding footnote LocationDenotes location of school by Seattle neighborhood, does not necessary correspond with attendance area Nickname Spring 2023 EnrollmentBallard 1903Opened as Ballard School in 1889. Joined Seattle schools in 1907. Ballard Beavers 1,591The Center School 2001 Lower Queen Anne(Seattle Center) Dragons 226Chief Sealth 1957 West Seattle Seahawks 1,222Cleveland 1927 Beacon Hill Eagles 900Franklin 1912 Mount Baker Quakers 1,220Garfield 1920 Central District Bulldogs 1,604Lincoln 1907 Wallingford Lynx 1,649Middle College 1990 Seattle 96Nathan Hale 1963 Meadowbrook Raiders 1,089Ingraham 1959 Haller Lake Rams 1,420Nova 1970 Capitol Hill 252Rainier Beach 1960 Rainier Beach Vikings 777Roosevelt 1922 Roosevelt Rough Riders 1,513Seattle World School 2016 Capitol Hill Wolves 210Alan T. Sugiyama 2009In old South Shore building. Rainier Beach Blue Sharks 40West Seattle 1917 West Seattle Wildcats 1,319
Historic School Properties All of these buildings pictured below are official city landmarks, as are the following past and present schools:
Former schools Broadway High School, Capitol Hill—closed 1946 after having lost a quarter of its students to the Japanese American internment; became Edison Technical School, incorporated into what is now Seattle Central Community College. Queen Anne High School, Queen Anne. Closed 1981. The building survives as a condominium apartment building, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Samuel Gompers High School, 23rd Avenue and Lane Street, 1959–1966, became part of Seattle Central Community College.: Rainier; archived 3 June 2009. Jr. high schools and middle schools previously included in district: Jane Addams Jr. High School. Built 1949 as part of the Shoreline School District. Annexed by Seattle 1954. Closed 1984; used since 1985 by Summit K-12. Its excellent auditorium has been used for a variety of purposes, including as a temporary substitute for the University of Washington's Meany Auditorium after the 1965 earthquake and, more recently, by the Civic Light Opera.: Addams; archived 3 June 2009. Louisa Boren Jr. High School (1963–1978; then Middle School until 1981). Housed various programs 1981–1989, including Indian Heritage School. Since 1989 it has been used as a temporary site for schools undergoing renovations.: Boren; archived 3 June 2009. Model Middle School (1970–1973), antecedent of South Shore Middle School.: South Shore; archived 3 June 2009. R.H. Thomson Jr. High (1962–1981); the building is now the site of Broadview-Thomson Elementary.: Broadview-Thomson ; archived 3 June 2009. (Woodrow) Wilson Jr. High. Opened 1953 by Shoreline School District, annexed 1954, added to several times. Became Wilson Middle School 1971. Closed as middle school 1978. Served as Wilson-Pacific School (special education for the mildly disabled) 1978–1989. Then briefly housed COHO Alternative School, and housed American Indian Heritage School 1989–2000, its longest time in one place as of 2007.: Wilson; archived 3 June 2009. Elementary schools previously included in district: (John B.) Allen School. Built 1905. Became the Phinney Neighborhood Center 1981.Louis Fiset, Seattle Neighborhoods: Phinney – Thumbnail History, HistoryLink, August 29, 2001. Accessed online 9 December 2007. Beacon Hill School. Became El Centro de la Raza, 1972.David Wilma, Seattle Neighborhoods: Beacon Hill – Thumbnail History, HistoryLink, February 21, 2001. Accessed online 9 December 2007. Bell Town School. Built 1876. Sold 1884 when the Denny School (see below) opened. Became a private residence, then an apartment/rooming house, eventually torn down.: Denny; archived 3 June 2009. Briarcliff School. Opened 1949 as annex to the Magnolia School, became independent 1951. Known as Briarcliff-Hawthorne 1978–1984 after a merger as part of desegregation. Closed 1984.: Briarcliff; archived 3 June 2009. Brighton Beach School. Before the opening of the current Brighton Elementary, another school of the same name was opened by the Columbia School District, 1901. Closed 1905 when the Brighton School opened. Annexed with Columbia City 1907 and reopened for one year as Brighton Beach School, an annex to the Brighton School; used again 1916–1922 as Brighton Annex. Removed from site 1943. This site is currently used for Graham Hill Elementary School.: Graham Hill; archived 3 June 2009. Broadview School. Opened 1914 by Oak Lake School District. Annexed by Shoreline School District 1944 and then by Seattle 1954. Greatly expanded 1964. Closed 1984, merged into Broadview-Thomson. Demolished in 1989, it is now the site of Ida Culver House-Broadview.: Broadview; archived 3 June 2009. Cascade School. This school, opened in 1895, closed in 1949 and demolished in 1955, stood at Pontius Avenue N. and Thomas Street in the Cascade neighborhood. Its playfield is now the Cascade Playground.: Cascade; archived 3 June 2009. Colman School. Built 1909. It is now the Northwest African American Museum, opened March 8, 2008. Crown Hill School. Built 1919 as an annex to the Whittier School. Became independent 1942. Addition to building 1949. Closed 1979. As of 2007, home of Small Faces Child Development Center.: Crown Hill; archived 3 June 2009.Louis Fiset, Seattle Neighborhoods: Crown Hill – Thumbnail History, HistoryLink, July 20, 2001. Accessed 9 December 2007.