Puget Sound High School
Burien · WA · Highline School District · Public
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Puget Sound Skills Center → CHOICE Academy → Satellite High School → Highline Home School Center → Big Picture School → Maritime High School → Highline High School → Tyee High School →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Puget Sound High School compares for families
What families should know about Puget Sound High School.
- ▸ LocallyWA sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Puget Sound Skills Center, CHOICE Academy, Satellite High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puget Sound Skills Center Seattle |
Public | 0.0 | 3 | — |
| CHOICE Academy Seattle |
Public | 0.3 | 90 | -7.2% |
| Satellite High School Seattle |
Public | 0.3 | — | — |
| Highline Home School Center Burien |
Public | 0.3 | 10 | — |
| Big Picture School Burien |
Public | 0.4 | 129 | -2.3% |
| Maritime High School Des Moines |
Public | 1.3 | 126 | — |
| Highline High School Burien |
Public | 1.8 | 1,423 | +27.6% |
| Tyee High School SeaTac |
Public | 2.2 | 644 | -7.5% |