Public schools in Everett, WA

Everett has 40 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 9 high, 6 middle, 22 elementary, 3 other, enrolling 23,101 students. They are run by 4 districts and agencies; Everett Public Schools runs 24 of them.

The 4 districts and agencies that run Everett's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in EverettDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Everett Public Schools2420,359$18,396
Mukilteo School District1415,131$20,374
Snohomish School District19,418$17,157
Northwest Educational Service District 189121not reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

9 high schools in Everett, 5,978 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

6 middle schools in Everett, 5,259 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

22 elementary schools in Everett, 11,636 students

The other 12 elementary schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 other schools in Everett, 228 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Special Services95not reported30.5%Everett Public Schools
Port Gardner8832.629.5%Everett Public Schools
Special Services4522.544.4%Mukilteo

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Everett's public schools compare with Washington's

The median Everett school has 16.3 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Washington median of 16.7. 33% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 37% across the state. Its median school enrolls 529 students (state 391).

Everett against Washington, schools open in 2024-25 with students
EverettWashington
Median students per teacher16.316.7
Median school size (students)529391
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)33%37%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)73%53%
Charter schools0%0.6%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 40 Everett schools and the 2,437 Washington schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Everett

  1. Everett Public SchoolsRuns 24 of Everett's 40 public schools and spent $18,396 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$18,396
  2. Mariner High School, the largest high school in Everett2,106 students in 2024-25, 20.9 per teacher.2,106
  3. Compare Everett Public Schools with Mukilteo School DistrictEverett's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in WashingtonWashington's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for an Everett addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Washington

  1. Seattle126 schools
  2. Spokane93 schools
  3. Tacoma92 schools
  4. Vancouver88 schools
  5. Yakima51 schools
  6. Puyallup36 schools
  7. Kennewick35 schools
  8. Spokane Valley35 schools

Questions about schools in Everett

  1. How many public schools are in Everett, WA?
    40 public schools with an address in Everett were open in 2024-25: 9 high, 6 middle, 22 elementary, 3 other, enrolling 23,101 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Everett?
    Mariner High School, with 2,106 students in 2024-25 (Mukilteo School District).
  3. Which districts run Everett's schools?
    Everett Public Schools (24 schools), Mukilteo School District (14 schools), Snohomish School District (1 school), Northwest Educational Service District 189 (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25