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The Evergreen School

Private school · Shoreline, King County · grades PK-8 · nonsectarian

Snapshot

K-12 enrollment
463
SBE-reported, 2024-25
Tuition (top division)
$48,800
2026-27, school-published
Student-teacher ratio
8.6:1
NCES PSS, 2021-22
Teachers (FTE)
51
NCES PSS, 2021-22

Identity and approval

Campus
The Evergreen School, 15201 Meridian Ave N, Shoreline 98133
Host public district
Shoreline School District
Grades
PK-8
Religious affiliation
nonsectarian
Coed / single-sex
coed
Accreditation
NWAIS
Website
https://www.evergreenschool.org
WA SBE approval
2026-27 (state-approved private school)
Profit status
Nonprofit

Enrollment

K12345678
505354545450545242

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

Tuition and financial aid

Annual tuition
$48,800 (2026-27)
By division / fees
Preschool $39,500; PreK-5 $42,800; 6-7 $45,800; grade 8 $48,800. Inclusive of books, devices, trips.
Financial aid
$2.36M in assistance (2026-27), supporting 14% of students, covering an average of 67% of tuition.

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

Academics

Curriculum
PK-8; inclusive-tuition model with 8th-grade international capstone trip.
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
18%
Black
5%
Hispanic
2%
White
50%

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

Research dossier

The Evergreen School

Independent school in Shoreline · preschool through grade 8 · 493 students (WA State Board of Education, 2024-25) · nonsectarian coed day school for highly capable children, accredited by the Northwest Association of Independent Schools (NWAIS)

The verdict

Evergreen asks near-Lakeside money, $48,800 for grade 8 in 2026-27, for a school your child must leave at fourteen. That is not a criticism; it is the frame that makes the decision legible. You are buying three things. The first is an admissions gate: a 95th-percentile IQ score, kindergarten through 7th grade. The second is a philosophy of depth and breadth over grade-skipping, with narrative reports instead of letter grades. The third is an exit, a high-school counseling operation that has placed graduates at Lakeside, the Catholic and independent day schools, public International Baccalaureate (IB) programs, national boarding schools, and the University of Washington's Early Entrance Program. The honest comparison is not just other privates, because area districts run tuition-free highly capable cohorts for a similar profile (the Advanced Learning guide covers how those admit). Families who want visible acceleration, letter grades, and competition trophies should look closer. Families whose child clears the cognitive bar but is wilting socially in a conventional classroom are the ones this school was built for. And if your child is currently in grades 1–5 or 7, know before you fall in love: those grades open only when someone leaves.

Researched 2026-07-04. Citations and claim ledger included in the full dossier.

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