WashingtonSchoolsShorecrest High School

Shorecrest High School

PublicRegular
Shoreline, Washington · Shoreline School District
Teachers59.0FTE
Ratio25.9:1students per teacher
Students1,527enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students1,527
Grade Span9–12
Student:Teacher25.9:1
Free/Reduced Lunch34%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
25.7:1
0.8%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
61
3.4%vs prior yr
Enrollment
1,565
2.5%vs prior yr
Avg Experience
15
years
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

14.6:117.0:119.4:121.9:124.3:126.7:12020202120222023202424.5:124.2:125.1:125.9:125.7:1Shorecrest High SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

1,4891,5061,5221,5381,5541,571595960616262202020212022202320241,4951,5011,5071,5271,5656162605961EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment1,4951,5011,5071,5271,565
Teacher FTE6162605961
Pupil : Teacher ratio24.5:124.2:125.1:125.9:125.7:115.4:1

Teacher Experience & Qualifications (2024)

Average years of experience14.9 yrs
Novice teachers (< 3 yrs)0%
Hold advanced degree79%
Source: State Department of Education teacher workforce reports.

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.