Lakeside School

Seattle · WA · Private independent · K-12 combined

Private
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📖24 AP courses 📝SAT 1460 avg 🏅14 National Merit Semifinalists

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 📚 24 AP courses offered (school profile)
  • 🏆 14 National Merit Semifinalists last year
Academic signals
  • 📝 SAT avg 1460 (25-75: 1410–1520)
  • 📝 ACT avg 33.5 (25-75: 32–35)
  • 📚 AP exam pass rate 91.0% (avg score 4.4)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Lakeside School compares for families

Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.

  • NationallySAT mean 1460 (≈ top 3% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 33.5 (≈ top 2%) · 91% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 14 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers) · Top 5% of the 218 curated private schools in our database on ACT mean.
  • LocallyWA sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Spring Academy, Dartmoor School, Seattle Waldorf School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🏛️ Your state's public flagship

University of Washington-Seattle Campus

42%
admit rate
$12,973
in-state tuition/yr · $43,209 out-of-state

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $14,091/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

See the full University of Washington-Seattle Campus profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 273 in 2020 to 875 in 2022 — over 2 years.
+220.5%
Why only 2 data points?

Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.

For a more current snapshot, see Lakeside School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.lakesideschool.org/admissions/school-profile ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +79.0%/year, projecting from 2022's 875 students:

2023
1,567
2025
5,021
2027
16,092

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At tuition per student, the 15,217 students projected to be gained by 2027 represent ≈ $243,472,000/year in tuition upside.

Tuition is an editable estimate (PSS doesn't publish tuition) — set it to your school's figure.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Spring Academy
Seattle
Private 1.5 30
Dartmoor School
Seattle
Private 2.3 9
Seattle Waldorf School
Seattle
Private 2.5 278 -21.7%
University Prep
Seattle
Private 3.4 613 +7.9%
Solomon International School
Bellevue
Private 4.1 90
Seattle Waldorf High School
Seattle
Private 4.2 75 -15.7%
Academy For Precision Learning
Seattle
Private 4.6 115 -9.4%
Fusion Academy Seattle
Seattle
Private 6.9 54

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