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'''[[Education]] in [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]]''' is an important part of many Seattleites' lives, particularly due to the high concentration of technology, engineering, and other jobs that require advanced degrees.{{cn|date=January 2024}} Of the city's population over the age of 25, 53.8&nbsp;percent (vs. a national average of 27.4&nbsp;percent) hold a [[bachelor's degree]] or higher; 91.9&nbsp;percent (vs. 84.5&nbsp;percent nationally) have a high school diploma or [[GED|equivalent]].<ref name="S1501. Education Attainment: Seattle City, Washington">{{cite web | url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/STTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_S1501&-geo_id=16000US5363000&-context=st&-ds_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_&-tree_id=3308&-_lang=en&-format=&-CONTEXT=st | title=S1501. Education Attainment: Seattle City, Washington | author=US Census Bureau | year=2008 | access-date=2009-12-03 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212060514/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/STTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_S1501&-geo_id=16000US5363000&-context=st&-ds_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_&-tree_id=3308&-_lang=en&-format=&-CONTEXT=st | archive-date=2020-02-12 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In fact, the [[United States Census Bureau]] surveys indicate that Seattle has one of the highest rates of college graduates among major U.S. cities.<ref name="Most Educated City in US">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/001802.html |title=Seattle Residents Among Nation's Most Educated |publisher=United States Census Bureau |author=Stephen Buckner |date=2004-03-10 |access-date=2007-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005192642/http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/001802.html |archive-date=2007-10-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In addition to the obvious institutions of education, there are significant [[literacy|adult literacy program]]s and considerable [[homeschooling]]. Seattle is also the most literate city in the United States, based on a study done by Central Connecticut State University.<ref name="Most Literate Cities">{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2005-11-28-seattle-literate_x.htm | title=Seattle reaches literacy peak | publisher=USA Today | author=Mary Beth Marklein | date=2005-11-28 | access-date=2007-11-01}}</ref>

==Colleges and universities==
[[Image:MK03240 University of Washington Suzzallo Library.jpg|thumb|upright|Inside [[Suzzallo Library]], University of Washington campus]]

Seattle is home to one of the nation's most respected public universities, the [[University of Washington]]. With over 40,000 under-graduates and post-graduates, UW is the largest school in the Pacific Northwest<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9002113/University-of-Washington | title=University of Washington | publisher= Encyclopædia Britannica Online | access-date=2007-09-28}}</ref> and many of its departments are ranked in the top 10 for research universities in the United States according to the ''Chronicle of Higher Learning''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://chronicle.com/stats/productivity/page.php?institution=12&byinst=Go | title= Top Research Universities in the 2005 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index: University of Washington | publisher=Chronicle of Higher Education |year=2003 | access-date=2007-10-09}}</ref> A study by ''Newsweek International'' in 2006 cited UW as the twenty-second best university in the world.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14321230/ | title=The Complete List: The Top 100 Global Universities | publisher=Newsweek International Edition | date=2006-08-13 | access-date=2007-11-02 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315053646/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14321230/ | archive-date=2007-03-15}}</ref> Additionally, the University of Washington was ranked 16th internationally by the ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]'' in 2008.<ref name="Top 500">[http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/ARWU2008_A(EN).htm Top 500 World Universities (2008)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821124211/http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/ARWU2008_A(EN).htm |date=August 21, 2008 }} ''Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University''</ref>

The city's other prominent universities are [[Seattle University]], a [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] university, and [[Seattle Pacific University]], a [[Free Methodist Church|Free Methodist]] university. 

There are also a handful of smaller schools, such as the [[City University, Washington|City University of Seattle]], a private university. [[Antioch University Seattle]] provide undergraduate and graduate degrees for working adults. [[Cornish College of the Arts]], [[The Art Institute of Seattle]], [[Gage Academy of Art]] and the [[School of Visual Concepts]] offer bachelor's degrees in the fine arts as dance, music, and theatre. Seattle also has three colleges within the [[Seattle Colleges District]] system, comprising [[North Seattle College|North]], [[Seattle Central College|Central]], and [[South Seattle College|South]]. ''Time'' magazine chose Seattle Central College for best college of the year in 2001, stating the school "pushes diverse students to work together in small teams".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000725,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102054331/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000725,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 2, 2007 | publisher=Time magazine | title=Seattle Central | date=2001-09-10 | access-date=2007-09-28 | author=Andrew Goldstein}}</ref>

Since 2013, [[Northeastern University]] has a satellite graduate campus in the [[South Lake Union]] neighborhood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.northeastern.edu/news/2012/10/synergy-in-seattle/|title=Synergy in Seattle|date=19 October 2012}}</ref>

==Primary and secondary education==
[[Seattle Public Schools]] is the school district for the vast majority of the city.<ref name=KingCoSDMap>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st53_wa/schooldistrict_maps/c53033_king/DC20SD_C53033.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: King County, WA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|page=1 (PDF p. 2/5)|accessdate=2022-08-03}}</ref> It [[desegregation|desegregated]] without a court order<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/06pdf/05-908.pdf | title=Parents involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 Et Al. | publisher=Supreme Court of the United States | date=2007-06-28 | access-date=2007-10-03 }}</ref> but continue to struggle to achieve racial balance in a somewhat ethnically divided city (the south part of town having more ethnic minorities than the north).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=3939 | title=Busing in Seattle: A Well-Intentioned Failure |last=Tate |first=Cassandra |publisher=HistoryLink.org |date=2002-09-07 |access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref> In 2006, a challenge to Seattle's racial tie-breaking system made it to the United States Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna16023204 | title=Supreme Court takes on K-12 schools racial mix | publisher=Associated Press via NBC News|date=2006-12-04 | access-date=2007-09-28}}</ref> Where the Supreme Court decided that race was not a legal criterion for desegregation, but left the door open for desegregation formulas based on other indicators (e.g., income or socio-economic class).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003766015_webrace28m.html | title=High court rejects school integration plans | publisher=The Seattle Times | date=2007-06-28 | access-date=2007-10-03 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001163558/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003766015_webrace28m.html | archive-date=2007-10-01 }}</ref> And in 2002, [[West Seattle]]'s West Seattle High School made headlines in the midst of protests of the school's "Indian" mascot. Despite bitter battles between SPS and Alumni Association President and Attorney Robert Zoffel, the school would later change its mascot to the "Wildcats".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/111992_indians11.shtml | title=School ban on tribal nicknames upheld | publisher=Seattle Post-Intelligencer | author=Deborah Bach | date=2003-03-11 | access-date=2007-10-03}}</ref>

A small section of the city is in the [[Highline School District]].<ref name=KingCoSDMap/>

===Public Schools===
Most public schools in Seattle are part of the [[Seattle School District]], but a few in the southern portion of the city are part of the [[Renton School District]].
* [[List of schools of the Seattle School District#High schools|Seattle Public Schools: High Schools]]
* [[List of schools of the Seattle School District#K-12 schools|Seattle Public Schools: K-12]]
* [[List of schools of the Seattle School District#Middle schools|Seattle Public Schools: Middle Schools]]
* [[List of schools of the Seattle School District#K-8 schools|Seattle Public Schools: K-8]]
* [[List of schools of the Seattle School District#Elementary Schools|Seattle Public School: Elementary Schools]]

===Private Secondary Schools===
[[File:Teacher Rally for Education Funding (17724080948).jpg|thumb|Rally for Education Funding IN Seattle in 2017]]
The public school system is supplemented by a moderate number of private schools: five of the high schools are [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]], one is [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]], and seven are secular.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/schoolguide/search.php?search=criteria&grade_low=9&grade_high=12&school_city=Seattle&district_id=&school_zip=ZIP+code&pl_code%5B%5D=P | title=School Guide | publisher=The Seattle Times | access-date=2007-10-03 | archive-date=2011-05-13 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513162735/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/schoolguide/search.php?search=criteria&grade_low=9&grade_high=12&school_city=Seattle&district_id=&school_zip=ZIP+code&pl_code%5B%5D=P | url-status=dead }}</ref>

*[[Bishop Blanchet High School]]
*[[Holy Names Academy]]
*[[O'Dea High School]]
*[[Seattle Preparatory School]]
*[[Seattle Lutheran High School]]
*[[Bush School (Washington)|The Bush School]]
*[[Lakeside School (Seattle, Washington)|Lakeside School]]
*[[Seattle Waldorf School]]
*[[Northwest School, Seattle|Northwest School]]
*[[Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences]]
*[[University Prep]]
*[[Dartmoor School]]
*[[Puget Sound Community School]]

==Weekend education==
The [[Seattle Japanese School]], a [[Hoshuko|Japanese weekend supplementary school]], holds its classes in nearby [[Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue]].<ref>[http://www.seajschool.org Home page]. Seattle Japanese School. Retrieved on March 30, 2014. "住所 919 124th Ave.NE #207 Bellevue, WA 98005"</ref>

==References==
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==Archives==
*[http://digital.lib.washington.edu/findingaids/view?docId=SeattleEducationAssociation4217.xml Seattle Education Association records]. 1958-1985 2.00 cubic feet. At the [http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/ University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.]
*[http://digital.lib.washington.edu/findingaids/view?docId=SeattleTeachersAssociationSeattleWash1402.xml Seattle Teachers' Association records]. 1958-1969. 16 boxes. At the [http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/ University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.]

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