School Profile
Shorewood High School 2023-2024 Profile
Full PDF: Shorewood High School Profile 2024-25
SHORELINE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Directly north of Seattle city limits, Shoreline is home to over 59,600 people. 9620 (2023-24) students in the Shoreline School District attend two four-year high schools, two middle schools, and nine elementary schools.
SCHOOL INFORMATION
Shorewood is a comprehensive high school with programs for a wide range of students with specific academic needs and learning style differences.
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1550 students in grades 9-12 (2023-24)
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89.6% 4-year cohort graduation rate (2023)
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80% of graduates enroll in college, 51% of those in four-year colleges and universities
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WIAA League: WESCO 3A
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Free and Reduced Lunch 26.9%; Low Income 31.0%
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Special Education (IEP) 10.9%
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Demographics: African American/Black 8.2%; American Indian/Alaska Native 0.4%; Asian 13.6%; Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.8%; Hispanic/Latino 17.3%; Multiracial 11.9%; White 47.8%.
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More than 25% of students speak a World Language other than English at home
STAFF
- 80 Certificated Teachers; 14.5 year avg experience
- 67.0% have Masters Degrees
- 34.0% National Board Certified
- 5.2 Counselors, 325/1 Ratio
- College & Career Counseling Services
SCHOOL HONORS
Silver Award Winner, US News and World Report Best High Schools 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Each semester class earns .50 credit. 24 credits are required for graduation, distributed as follows:
- 4.0 English credits
- 3.0 Social Studies credits
- 3.0 Science credits
- 3.0 Math credits (in Algebra I and above)
- 2.0 Physical Education/Health credits
- 2.0* Fine Arts credit
- 2.0* World Language credit
- 1.0 Occupational/CTE/Voc credit
- 4.0 Elective credits
*1.0 may be substituted w/ personalized pathway course
Additional Requirement: High School & Beyond Plan - WA State Requirement
PROGRAMS
- 85.7% of students took a dual credit course
- Advanced Placement (AP) Courses: 24
- Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID) offered one class per grade
- Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses include: Anatomy & Physiology, Culinary Arts, Jewelry/ Metals, Auto Shop, Business Education, Marketing, Robotics, Introduction to Computer Science, AP Psychology (CTE), AP Computer Science Principles, AP Computer Science A. Some of these courses also have an option for Dual Credit with Shoreline Community College.
- Multilingual Learners
- Running Start, a Washington dual-enrollment program, offered to eligible high school juniors and seniors. One 5-credit community college course = 1.0 high school credit.
- University of Washington (UW) in the High School offers rigorous courses with optional dual enrollment.
POST ALGEBRA 2 MATH AVAILABILITY
- Business Math
- Functions and Statistics
- Math in Society
- AP Statistics
- UW PreCalculus
- AP Calculus AB
- AP Calculus BC
ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES
We offer 17 sports and 60 clubs during full operations.
AP, HONORS, AND DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES
All courses are open enrollment. Courses listed run when there is sufficient enrollment. See full course catalog.
Art
- AP Studio Art 2D/ 3D*
- AP Studio Art/ Photography
Business
- AP Economics Macro/ Micro
- Marketing‡
Career & Technical
- AP Computer Science Principles
- AP Computer Science A
English
- Honors English 9, 10
- AP English Language
- AP English Literature
- AP Research
- AP Seminar
Mathematics
- UW Pre-Calculus*
- AP Calculus AB
- AP Calculus BC
- AP Statistics
Social Studies
- AP World History Modern
- AP US History
- AP Psychology
World Languages
- AP French
- AP Spanish
- AP Japanese
- UW Japanese 113*
- UW Japanese 211*
Science
- Anatomy & Physiology‡
- UW Atmospheric Science & Global Climate Change*
- Biotechnology‡
- Honors Biology
- Honors Chemistry
- AP Biology
- AP Chemistry
- AP Environmental Science
- AP Physics 1
- AP Physics 2
- UW Astronomy 101^*
*University of Washington College in the High School
‡Dual credit with Shoreline Community College
*Course taken at Shorecrest High School
GRADING
- A 4.0 Superior
- A- 3.7 Excellent
- B+ 3.3 Outstanding
- B 3.0 High Average
- B- 2.7 Above average
- C+ 2.3 Average Plus
- C 2.0 Average
- C- 1.7 Low Average
- D+ 1.3 Below Average
- D 1.0 Min Passing
- F 0.0 Fail No Credit
- P 0.0 Pass (not in GPA)
- NC No credit, not in GPA
DISCIPLINARY RECORDS
Policy prohibits disclosure of student disciplinary records.
CONTACT
For information not listed or questions about a transcript, please contact the counselor.
Counseling Department Main Office 206.393.6122
Shorewood High School Counseling Department
Shorewood High School Office 206.393.4372
17300 Fremont Avenue North Shoreline, WA 98133
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
A sampling of our graduates’ current colleges:
- Arizona State University
- Babson College
- Baylor University
- Bellevue College
- Bellingham Technical College
- Boise State University
- Brandeis University
- California Polytechnic University
- Carleton College
- Central Washington University
- Chapman University
- Colorado School of Mines
- Colorado State University
- Dickinson College
- Drexel University
- Eckerd College
- Edmonds College
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott
- Gonzaga University
- Grand Canyon University
- Howard University
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- International Christian Tokyo
- John Cabot University in Rome
- Lake Washington Institute of Technology
- Lewis & Clark College
- Maine Maritime Academy
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Montana State University
- Muhlenberg College
- Northeastern University
- Occidental College
- Oregon State University
- Pacific Lutheran University
- Pomona College
- Princeton University
- Reed College
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Rhode Island School of Design
- Rose Hulman Institute of Technology
- Santa Clara University
- Seattle Colleges
- Seattle Pacific University
- Seattle University
- Shoreline Community College
- Smith College
- St. Olaf College
- Stanford University
- Texas A&M University
- US Air Force Academy
- US Coast Guard Academy
- University of Alaska Fairbanks
- University of British Columbia
- University of California Berkeley
- University of California Los Angeles
- University of Colorado Boulder
- University of Idaho
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
- University of Minnesota
- University of Nebraska Lincoln
- University of Nevada Las Vegas
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Southern California
- University of Oregon
- University of Puget Sound
- University of Redlands
- University of Rochester
- University of San Diego
- University of Southern California
- University of Victoria
- University of Washington Bothell
- University of Washington Seattle
- Washington State University
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Wellesley College
- Western Washington University
- Whitman College
- Whitworth University
- Yale University
TEST RESULTS
Exam availability affected by COVID-19 and regional colleges’ Test Optional policies.
SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test)
Class | ERW | Math | National |
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2022 | 554 | 543 | 488/470 |
2023 | 627 | 614 | 509/491 |
2024 | 636 | 612 | 507/487 |
ACT American College Testing
Year | Composite | National Average |
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2021 | 25.2 | 20.3 |
2022 | 27.2 | 20.6 |
2023 | 25.5 | 21.0 |
2024 | 28.0 |
19.2 |
National Merit Scholars
Class | Commended | Semifinalists | Finalists |
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2022 | 3 | 3 | |
2023 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
2024 | 3 | ||
2025 | 2 |
Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Spring 2023
Total AP Students | 452 |
Number of Exams | 961 |
AP Students with 3+ | 383 |
% of Total AP Students with 3+ | 85% |