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Northshore Christian Academy

Private school · Everett, Snohomish County · grades PK-8 · Christian (Northshore Christian Church)

Snapshot

K-12 enrollment
918
SBE-reported, 2024-25
Tuition (top division)
$13,925
2026-27, school-published
Student-teacher ratio
16.6:1
NCES PSS, 2021-22
Teachers (FTE)
52
NCES PSS, 2021-22

Identity and approval

Campus
Northshore Christian Academy, 5700 23rd Dr W, Everett 98203
Host public district
Mukilteo School District
Grades
PK-8
Religious affiliation
Christian (Northshore Christian Church)
Coed / single-sex
coed
Website
https://nca.school
WA SBE approval
2026-27 (state-approved private school)
Profit status
Nonprofit

Enrollment

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

Tuition and financial aid

Annual tuition
$13,925 (2026-27)
By division / fees
K-5 $12,310; 6-8 $13,925 (1st child; sibling discounts). New-family deposit $1,000; campus fee $500.
Financial aid
Tuition assistance available for K-8 after enrollment; 30% pastor discount.

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

Academics

Curriculum
K-8 Christian academy.
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
17%
Black
8%
Hispanic
5%
White
58%

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

Northshore Christian Academy

Private Christian school in Everett · early learning through grade 8 · 918 K-8 students plus 181 in pre-K (WA SBE, 2024-25) · a ministry of Northshore Christian Church, ACSI- and Cognia-accredited, in Mukilteo School District territory.

The verdict

Northshore Christian Academy is what happens when a mega-church runs a school at public-school scale: 900-plus K-8 students, a 33-acre campus by the Boeing plant, three middle-school math tracks, and weekly engineering-lab instruction starting in kindergarten. The top rate is $13,925 (grades 6-8, 2026-27), roughly a quarter of the region's elite secular independents. The trade is explicit. Every subject is filtered through a biblical worldview, chapel and Bible memorization are mandatory, and the school reserves the right to turn families away over "spiritual commitment." Two structural facts matter most. First, this is a K-8 with no high school, so an exit plan is part of the purchase, and families execute it early: the 8th-grade class of 53 students is barely half the size of the 7th, at 92. Second, the evangelical framework is a feature for aligned families and a real cost for everyone else; the school welcomes the unaffiliated but does not dilute the program for them.

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

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