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Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy High School

Private school · Everett, Snohomish County · grades 9-12 · Catholic (Archdiocese of Seattle)

Snapshot

K-12 enrollment
479
SBE-reported, 2024-25
Tuition (top division)
$21,099
2025-26, school-published
Student-teacher ratio
11.3:1
NCES PSS, 2021-22
Teachers (FTE)
39
NCES PSS, 2021-22

Identity and approval

Campus
Archbishop Murphy High School, 12911 39th Ave SE, Everett 98208
Host public district
Everett School District
Grades
9-12
Religious affiliation
Catholic (Archdiocese of Seattle)
Coed / single-sex
coed
Accreditation
WCEA; WFIS/NCEA member
Website
https://www.am-hs.org
WA SBE approval
2026-27 (state-approved private school)
Profit status
Nonprofit

Enrollment

9101112
129125115110

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25 school year, as reported to the WA State Board of Education.

Tuition and financial aid

Annual tuition
$21,099 (2025-26)
By division / fees
12 monthly payments of $1,758.25 available; every student receives a subsidy of over $4,000.
Financial aid
Approximately 39% of the student body receives tuition assistance (AMHS + Fulcrum Foundation).

Source: the school's own tuition page · aid page, observed 2026-07-03. Tuition changes annually, verify before applying.

Academics

Curriculum
AP: 13 AP courses; Matteo Ricci honors program with Seattle U credit.
College matriculation
Publishes acceptance/matriculation list in the school profile; 90% of Class of 2025 pursuing post-secondary education.
Washington private schools are not required to publish state assessment results, and this school's internal test data is not public. Unlike the public-school pages on this site, no score comparison is possible here, treat curriculum labels and matriculation lists as the available evidence.

Student demographics

Asian
7%
Black
4%
Hispanic
10%
White
64%

NCES Private School Universe Survey, 2021-22 (the most recent federal collection). Private-school demographics are reported biennially and lag public-school data.

Competition evidence

Known results compiled from public competition listings (National Merit press lists, tournament PDFs, The Blue Alliance). A missing result is not evidence of absence.

Research dossier

Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy High School

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

The verdict

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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