Puget Sound High School

Burien · WA · Highline School District · Public

Public 🏛 Highline School District →

Similar nearby schools

Most similar nearby schools

Rainier Valley Leadership Academy → Student Link → Private School Services → H.O.M.E. Program → Gateway to College → Satellite High School → CHOICE Academy → Renton Technical High School →

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

✅ Gifted & talented program

Academic signals

🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

💡

How Puget Sound High School compares for families

What families should know about Puget Sound High School.

▸ 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: Rainier Valley Leadership Academy, Student Link, Private School Services and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

For Parents

📬

Follow Puget Sound High School

Get an email when Puget Sound High School's numbers change — new admissions results, enrollment shifts, test scores. A few updates a year, no spam.

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

0.0

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

🏛️ 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.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days

244.1%

Well above the national average (~16%). At this level, chronic absence becomes a leading driver of enrollment loss as families rotate to other schools.

Students absent 15+ days

Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.

Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.

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.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Rainier Valley Leadership Academy Seattle	Public · charter	7.7	41	—
Student Link Vashon	Public	6.4	50	—
Private School Services Seattle	Public	9.7	45	—
H.O.M.E. Program Renton	Public	6.0	21	—
Gateway to College Federal Way	Public	9.4	23	—
Satellite High School Seattle	Public	0.3	—	—
CHOICE Academy Seattle	Public	0.3	90	-7.2%
Renton Technical High School Renton	Public	7.6	66	—