| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | 125 | 115 | 110 |
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25 school year, as reported to the WA State Board of Education.
Source: the school's own tuition page · aid page, observed 2026-07-03. Tuition changes annually, verify before applying.
NCES Private School Universe Survey, 2021-22 (the most recent federal collection). Private-school demographics are reported biennially and lag public-school data.
Known results compiled from public competition listings (National Merit press lists, tournament PDFs, The Blue Alliance). A missing result is not evidence of absence.
Catholic archdiocesan school in south Everett · grades 9–12 · 479 students (WA SBE, 2024-25) · coed college-prep, the Catholic high school option for Snohomish County
Most private high schools sell selectivity. Archbishop Murphy sells certainty, at both ends of the pipeline. There is no entrance exam, no High School Placement Test (HSPT) or Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE), and admissions run rolling until the class fills, so a solid middle-school record and a clean recommendation essentially get you in. Four years later, the school hands back guarantees most publics can't. Signed agreements give any graduate with a 3.3 GPA automatic admission to Seattle University with at least 48% of tuition covered, plus automatic admission to the University of Portland with a $20,500-a-year scholarship, and a 2.75 earns Western Washington admission. Between those bookends sits a structured Catholic environment (25 service hours a year, theology for everyone, detentions that outrank game day) and an athletic program so strong that in 2016 five public schools forfeited football games rather than play it. Be honest about fit: this is a machine for turning B-plus students into confident regional-university admits, not an Ivy incubator or a robotics powerhouse. Families wanting competitive STEM teams, or bristling at volunteer-hour and raffle quotas, should weigh that before signing.
Researched 2026-07-04. Citations and claim ledger included in the full dossier.
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