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Ballard High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
1418 Nw 65 St
Seattle, WA 98117
Phone
(206) 252-1000
District
Seattle School District No. 1
County
KING COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1645
Classroom Teachers
72

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Washington

10

(10 is best)

Better than 94.0% of all WA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Ballard High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
74%
45%
87%
60%
61%
30%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
23
16
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 437 26.6%
Grade 10 377 22.9%
Grade 11 426 25.9%
Grade 12 405 24.6%
Total 1645 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 81.8% 51.5% 53.3%
Black 3.1% 16.3% 5.4%
Hispanic 9.7% 16.7% 28.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 4.5% 14.4% 10.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.9% 1.1% 3.1%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 11.8% 34.3% 49.8%
Free lunch eligible 11.8% 34.3% 49.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 741,812 7,812,880
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 8,676.9 116
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.2% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 12.1% 18.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 48.9% 35.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 21.9% 24.3%
65 OR OLDER 12.8% 16.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 353,190 3,020,558
Single Parent Households With Children 3.8% 7.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.7% 92.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 67.5% 38.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 41.1% 28.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.3% 19.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.5% 12.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 11.4% 14.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.4% 11.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.0% 7.5%
$15,000 or less 7.3% 6.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,065 $612,561,000 45.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,664 $84,476,000 6.3%
Staff $1,454 $73,830,000 5.5%
General Administration $241 $12,215,000 0.9%
School Administration $1,228 $62,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,753 $89,012,000 6.7%
Transportation $996 $50,555,000 3.8%
Other $874 $44,358,000 3.3%
Total Support $8,209 $416,784,000 31.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,996 $304,399,000 22.8%
Total Expenditures $26,270 $1,333,744,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,824 $10,764,786,000 47.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,388 $1,520,446,000 6.7%
Staff $1,197 $1,311,743,000 5.8%
General Administration $173 $189,960,000 0.8%
School Administration $990 $1,085,309,000 4.8%
Operation $1,353 $1,482,398,000 6.5%
Transportation $630 $690,492,000 3.0%
Other $808 $884,903,000 3.9%
Total Support $6,539 $7,165,251,000 31.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,398 $4,818,542,000 21.2%
Total Expenditures $20,761 $22,748,579,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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