FACTS ABOUT HIGHLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Location

Highline School District (District 401) is located in south-west King County, Washington. It includes the cities of Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park, and SeaTac, as well as portions of unincorporated King County adjacent to those four cities. The District was organized before World War I; its oldest school still in use was built in 1904. The majority of the current facilities were built in the 1950's and 1960's.

Pupil population

According to the District's count, pupil enrollment as of 1 may 1996 was 18,184; this makes Highline the 10th largest school district in the State, in terms of number of pupils, just ahead of Evergreen District 112 (in Clark County) and Puyallup. (By way of comparison, Federal Way has about 20,700 pupils, Everett has 17,400 pupils, Bellevue, 15,000, Auburn, 12, 400, Renton, 12,300, and Shoreline, 10,300. These numbers are from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, as of 1 October 1996.)

Learning facilities

The District now operates 33 learning facilities, with a 34th temporarily not in use but slated for probable use in Fall 1997. Most buildings were built in the era of piston-engine planes, and before completion of the second runway in 1974.

Bow Lake Elementary
18236 42nd Ave. So., SeaTac 98188

Highline School District Learning Facilities
NAME OF SCHOOL Street Address All 'Seattle addresses are in unincorporated King Count.)	DATE OF CONSTRUCTION	LOCATION
Beverly Park Elementary@Glendale ¹ 1201 S. 104th, Seattle 98168	1963	Unincorporated King County
1954	SeaTac
Cascade Middle ² 11212 10th S.W., Seattle 98146	1957	Unincorporated K.C.
Cedarhurst Elementary ¹ 611 So. 132nd, Burien 98168	1954	Burien
Chinook Middle ² 18650 42nd So., SeaTac	1957	SeaTac
Des Moines Elementary ² 22001 9th S., Des Moines 98198	1925	Des Moines
Evergreen High ² 830 S.W. 116th, Seattle, 98146	1955	Unincorporated K.C
Gregory Heights Elementary ² 16216 19th S.W., Burien 98166	1952	Burien
Hazel Valley Elementary ² 402 S.W. 132nd, Burien 98146	1946	Burien
Highline High ² 225 S. 152nd, Burien 98148	1925	Burien
Hilltop Elementary ² 12250 24th S., Seattle 98168	1957	Unincorporated K.C.
Madrona Elementary ² 3030 S. 204th, SeaTac 98188	1959	SeaTac
Marine Tech Laboratory ¹ 13201 16th S.W., Burien 98166		Burien (Seahurst)
Marvista Elementary ² 19800 Marine View Dr., Normandy Park 98166	1957	Normandy Park
McMicken Heights Elementary ² 3708 S. 168th, SeaTac 98188	1948	SeaTac
Midway Elementary ¹ 22447 24th S., Des Moines 98198	1954	Des Moines
Mount Rainier High ¹ 22450 19th S., Des Moines 98198	1957	Des Moines
Mount View Elementary ² 10811 12th S.W., Seattle 98146	1910	Unincorporated K.C.
North Hill Elementary ² 19835 8th S., Seattle 98146	1955	Unincorporated K.C.
Olympic Elementary ² 615 S. 200th, Seattle 98148	1954	Des Moines
Pacific Middle ¹, ³ 22705 24th PI. S., Des Moines 98198	1959	Des Moines
Parkside Elementary ² 2104 S. 247th, Des Moines 98198	1959	Des Moines
Riverton Heights Elementary ² 3011 S. 148th, Seattle 98168	1952	Unincorporated K.C.
Salmon Creek Elementary ² 18650 42nd S., SeaTac	1955	SeaTac
Satellite Alternative High (T) 440 S. 186th, Seattle 98148	1960	Unincorporated K.C.
Seahurst Elementary ² 14603 14th S.W., Burien 98166	1992	Burien
SeaTac Occupational Skills Center ² 18010 8th S., SeaTac 98148	1966	SeaTac
Shorewood Elementary ² 2725 S.W. 116th, Burien 98146	1951	Burien
Southern Heights Elementary ¹ 11249 14th S., Seattle 98168	1955	Unincorporated K.C.
Sunnydale Elementary ¹ 15631 8th S., Burien 98148	1904	Burien
Sylvester Middle ² 1622 Sylvester Rd. S.W., Burien 98166	1953	Burien
Tyee High ² 4424 S. 188th, SeaTac 98188	1962	SeaTac
Valley View Elementary ² 17622 46th S., SeaTac 98188	1968	SeaTac
White Center Heights Elementary ² 712 S.W. 102nd, Seattle 98146	1943	Unincorporated K.C.

¹ = Candidate for closure if third runway is built, per HOK Study
² = Candidate for insulation & other sound-remediation work, if third runway is built, per HOK study
³ = Previously received noise-remediation work
(T) = Temporarily not in use

Other Facilities

Not included in the foregoing list are: 12 schools that are not in use at this time; the Performing Arts Center (Burien); the Highline Child Care Center (unincorporated K.C.); the Indian Education facility, district offices, and central administrative facilities (all at the same Burien location); other administrative facilities in various locations.

School Reconstruction

The Highline District is entirely within the 65dnl for Sea-Tac Airport. After years of negotiations, the District reached an agreement in 2002 with the Port of Seattle which operates the Airport to noise insulate and rebuild district schools using a combination of money from King County, a local bond issue, and the FAA.

prepared by RCAA, last revised Jan, 2004

FACTS ABOUT HIGHLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT