| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 85 | 85 | 86 | 81 |
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.
Kirkland · grades 5–12 · 535 students · nonsectarian independent day school, accredited by the Northwest Association of Independent Schools (NWAIS)
You likely already know Eastside Preparatory School (EPS) as one of the Eastside's default independents for tech families: the no-Advanced Placement (AP), no-International Baccalaureate (IB) school in Kirkland that elite colleges keep admitting from anyway. The shorthand holds up. What it hides is how narrow the door is, and what the model asks of you once inside.
The entry math comes first: 36 fifth-grade seats, roughly 18 more in sixth, and 30–35 more in ninth. Every other grade opens only when a family leaves, which almost never happens on the enrollment evidence. Second is the bet itself. You trade the portable, externally graded rigor of AP and IB for a proprietary seminar curriculum whose value depends on the college-counseling office translating it, a translation that has demonstrably worked so far. Third is money: $46,600 tuition for 2025–26 is the floor, not the total, at a school that tells full-pay families their tuition covers only about 92% of what their child costs. It's a strong fit for a self-directed, discussion-happy kid whose family accepts all three. It's a harder look if your student needs the scaffolding of branded coursework, or you'd be entering at a grade where seats barely exist.
Researched 2026-07-04. Citations and claim ledger included in the full dossier.
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