The Northwest School

Seattle · WA · Private independent · K-12 combined

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What families should know about The Northwest School.

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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.

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

Their published matriculation list

Where the classes of 2021-2025 enrolled

The Northwest School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 150 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

College · Students

University of Washington (Seattle) 33

Whitman College 13

New York University 11

Pitzer College 11

Occidental College 10

Santa Clara University 9

Seattle University 9

University of California (San Diego) 9

Vassar College 8

Tufts University 7

University of Southern California 7

Western Washington University 7

Carleton College 6

Loyola Marymount University 5

Oregon State University 5

University of California (Irvine) 5

Boston University 4

Lewis & Clark College 4

Pomona College 4

Reed College 4

Scripps College 4

Syracuse University 4

The New School 4

University of British Columbia 4

University of California (Santa Cruz) 4

Wesleyan University 4

Willamette University 4

Bentley University 3

Bryn Mawr College 3

Chapman University 3

and 120 more

Cornell University 3

Emory University 3

George Washington University 3

Macalester College 3

Middlebury College 3

Northeastern University 3

Oberlin College 3

Parsons School of Design at The New School 3

Pepperdine University 3

Trinity College Dublin 3

Tulane University of Louisiana 3

University of California (Los Angeles) 3

University of Colorado Boulder 3

University of Oregon 3

University of San Diego 3

University of Wisconsin (Madison) 3

Washington University in St. Louis 3

Barnard College 2

Belmont University 2

Berklee College of Music 2

Carnegie Mellon University 2

Claremont McKenna College 2

Colorado State University (Fort Collins) 2

Dartmouth College 2

DigiPen Institute of Technology 2

Hamilton College 2

Haverford College 2

Lehigh University 2

McGill University 2

Muhlenberg College 2

Oxford College of Emory University 2

Skidmore College 2

Swarthmore College 2

The University of Texas at Austin 2

Union College 2

University College Dublin 2

University of California (Davis) 2

University of California (Riverside) 2

University of California (Santa Barbara) 2

University of Denver 2

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2

University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) 2

University of San Francisco 2

University of Toronto 2

University of Virginia (Main Campus) 2

Villanova University 2

Williams College 2

American University 1

Amherst College 1

Art Center College of Design 1

Bard College 1

Bates College 1

Bellevue College 1

Beloit College 1

Boston College 1

Bowdoin College 1

Brown University 1

California College of the Arts 1

California Institute of the Arts 1

California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo) 1

Case Western Reserve University 1

College of Charleston 1

Connecticut College 1

Culinary Institute of America 1

Denison University 1

Eckerd College 1

Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne 1

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Prescott) 1

Emerson College 1

Emily Carr University of Art & Design 1

Fordham University 1

Georgetown University 1

Goldsmiths, University of London 1

Gonzaga University 1

Hawai’i Pacific University 1

Howard University 1

Kalamazoo College 1

Kenyon College 1

Lawrence University 1

Loyola University Chicago 1

Marymount Manhattan College 1

McDaniel College 1

Millsaps College 1

Montana State University 1

Mount Holyoke College 1

Northwestern University 1

Olin College of Engineering 1

Pace University (New York City) 1

Purdue University (Main Campus) 1

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1

Rochester Institute of Technology 1

Roosevelt University 1

Saint Louis University, Madrid 1

San Diego State University 1

Savannah College of Art and Design 1

School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1

School of Visual Arts 1

Sciences Po Paris 1

St. Olaf College 1

Temple University 1

The Ohio State University 1

The University of Edinburgh 1

University of Arizona 1

University of California (Berkeley) 1

University of Hawaii at Manoa 1

University of Massachusetts (Amherst) 1

University of Miami 1

University of New Haven 1

University of Puget Sound 1

University of St Andrews 1

University of Vermont 1

University of Victoria 1

University of Washington (Bothell Campus) 1

University of Wyoming 1

Ursinus College 1

Vanderbilt University 1

Washington State University 1

Wellesley College 1

Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1

University of Richmond —

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by The Northwest School — 2025-2026 Profile for Colleges ↗. Found at: p.4, 'College Matriculation' table (classes of 2021-2025).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 506 in 2018 to 453 in 2022 — over 4 years.

-10.5%

Why only 3 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.

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -2.7%/year, projecting from 2022's 453 students:

2023

441

2025

417

2027

394

≈ 59 fewer students by 2027 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.

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

Revenue at risk

At tuition per student, the 59 students projected to be lost by 2027 represent ≈ $944,000/year in tuition at risk.

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.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Seattle Academy Of Arts And Sciences Seattle	Private	0.4	1,081	+15.5%
The Polytech Seattle	Private	0.5	6	—
Puget Sounds Community School Seattle	Private	1.2	33	—
Fusion Academy Seattle Seattle	Private	1.3	54	—
The Bush School Seattle	Private	1.9	703	+7.0%
Academy For Precision Learning Seattle	Private	3.7	115	-9.4%
University Prep Seattle	Private	5.3	613	+7.9%
Privett Academy Mercer Island	Private	5.8	2	—

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