| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 85 | 85 | 84 | 150 | 147 | 147 | 142 |
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.
Independent school in North Seattle · grades 5–12 · 874 students (WA SBE, 2024-25) · nonsectarian coed day school, NWAIS-accredited.
You already know the reputation: the hardest admit in the Northwest, the default answer when someone asks for the best private school in Seattle. The reputation is accurate and almost useless for making a decision. Three things the lore omits matter more. Getting in is less a merit contest than a calendar-and-inventory problem. There are three realistic entry grades, 5th (~34 seats), 6th (~51 new seats), and 9th (~66 external seats); every other grade offers zero to two spots, and the school reads exactly one Secondary School Admission Test (SSAT) score, the earliest you submit. What $52,000 (2026-27) buys is deliberately illegible. There is no Advanced Placement (AP), no International Baccalaureate (IB), no grade point average, no class rank, and no state test results. You are buying peer density, a college-scale endowment, and a counseling office that translates it all for admissions committees. And the sticker price is a fiction for nearly a third of families, because aid recipients pay $11,722 on average. Families who want a credential-legible transcript, or whose child's grade misses the entry years, should look elsewhere without regret. The funnel is built to say no.
Researched 2026-07-04. Citations and claim ledger included in the full dossier.
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