25 public K-12 schools in Bothell from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Bothell has more public-school enrollment than 90% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Bothell sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.
15 of Bothell's 25 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.
Bothell's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 81st percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 38th percentile. The 43-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.
Bothell school enrollment ranges from 5 students (lowest) to 1,910 students (highest), a spread of 1,905 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Bothell is typically wider than the Bothell-aggregate figure suggests.
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Northshore Special Services | 70 |
| 2. | Innovation Lab High School | 61 |
| 3. | Northshore Middle School | 57 |
| 4. | Woodinville Community Center | 55 |
| 5. | Maywood Hills Elementary | 53 |
| 6. | Fernwood Elementary | 52 |
| 7. | Canyon Park Middle School | 51 |
| 8. | Canyon Creek Elementary | 51 |
| 9. | Lockwood Elementary | 51 |
| 10. | Frank Love Elementary | 51 |
| 11. | Woodin Elementary | 51 |
| 12. | Westhill Elementary | 51 |
| 13. | Bothell High School | 50 |
| 14. | Skyview Middle School | 49 |
| 15. | Woodmoor Elementary | 49 |
| 16. | Cedar Wood Elementary | 47 |
| 17. | Shelton View Elementary | 47 |
| 18. | Crystal Springs Elementary | 47 |
| 19. | North Creek High School | 46 |
| 20. | Tambark Creek Elementary School | 46 |
| 21. | Woodside Elementary | 43 |
| 22. | Lynnwood High School | 37 |
| 23. | Secondary Academy for Success | 31 |
| 24. | Northshore Online Reengagement Program | 30 |
| 25. | C O Sorenson | 22 |
Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.
Northshore Special Services has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Bothell schools in this federal-data comparison at 70/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Bothell has 25 public schools with a total enrollment of 16,107 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.5:1.
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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.
