1418 NW 65th St, Seattle, WA 98117-5237
Directly from OSPI Report Card (graduation, postsecondary via ERDC, ninth-grade on track, dual credit, growth, attendance). Latest published year.
Avg years and MA-degree share are direct OSPI publications; the 3-year trend is our derivation. From data.wa.gov/yp28-ks6d.
We haven't mapped this district's official feeder chart yet, so these are the closest schools of the next level by straight-line distance, not your assigned or guaranteed schools. Your address decides the assignment. See the districts with full pathways mapped.
Aggregated from WHSCA, Washington Science Olympiad, The Blue Alliance, and the Seattle Times National Merit list. "Known counts" only, missing public evidence is not proof of absence.
Hybrid model adopted March 2025 preserves the HCC self-contained cohort pathway alongside neighborhood-based HC services through at least 2027-28. Beginning 2026-27 the district adds two new HC elementary sites (Alki and Rainier View) and pilots single-domain identification (reading-only or math-only). Beginning January 2026 universal screening auto-includes all 1st and 4th graders; grades 2-3 and 5-8 require parent/educator referral. The 2027-28 horizon is a watch date because the original HCC sunset has only been paused, not cancelled.
Curated from district Highly Capable program pages, with observed-at dates and confidence labels.
Seattle Public Schools · grades 9–12 · 1,706 students · comprehensive attendance-area high school in northwest Seattle
Ballard's reputation around Seattle is "the well-rounded one," and the evidence largely agrees, though with sharper edges than that phrase suggests. Its distinctive assets are breadth and the humanities: a distribution of English language arts (ELA) scores at the 82.8th percentile of its demographic peer group, and a student newspaper publishing since 1917 that collects national Pacemaker finalist nods. Add a vocal jazz ensemble that won the 2026 state title, and the only program in the city where a senior can graduate prepared to sit for a Coast Guard boat-operator license.
What Ballard is not, on the public record, is a competition-STEM school. Math lands at the 64th percentile against demographic peers, and recent state results show no footprint in Science Olympiad, chess, or olympiad-track math despite a deep Advanced Placement (AP) catalog. Advanced learning here is strictly self-service: the 14.1% of students with a Highly Capable designation choose their own rigor, with no cohort structure. A motivated generalist will find more open doors than they can use; a family optimizing for a math-olympiad peer group should tour with pointed questions.
Researched 2026-06-27. Citations and claim ledger included in the full dossier.
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