Tuition and Aid
Tuition and financial aid, in plain numbers
Check the 2026-27 tuition, then see how the aid application and the February 4, 2027 deadline work.
Checked against Lakeside's published admissions pages on November 5, 2026.
Tuition and aid
Tuition and financial aid.
- Tuition 2026-27
- Tuition for 2026-27 is $52,000 for grades 5 to 12.
- What tuition includes
- Lunch is included in tuition. Middle School students get a school-owned Chromebook at no additional cost.
- Extra costs
- Costs beyond tuition include a Lenovo laptop at $1,705.79, an annual pass at $3,750, private lessons at $50 per lesson and dances at $8 to $35 per event.
- Books and materials
- Middle School books and e-learning materials total $100 to $400, and Upper School materials cost $350 to $1,000. For aid recipients at any level, these costs are fully covered.
- Need-based aid
- All financial assistance is need-based, and awards do not have to be paid back.
- Meeting need
- Lakeside commits to providing 100 percent of calculated need and does not offer loans as part of an aid package.
- Aid at Lakeside
- Lakeside awarded $10 million in need-based tuition aid, and will award $600,000+ for non-tuition costs, to 30 percent of the student population. The average tuition for an aid recipient is $11,722.
- Income range
- Lakeside supports qualifying families with incomes from $15,000 to over $500,000. The average family income of aid recipients is $192,374.
- Family contribution
- Families with income under $75,000 pay annual tuition no higher than $250. Families from $75,000 to $110,000 contribute about 6% of gross income toward all tuitions, and families from $110,000 to $200,000 about 7.5% of total income.
- What aid covers
- Financial aid includes assistance for tuition, books, course-related fees, Global Service Learning and a laptop.
- How to apply for aid
- Families apply for aid and upload tax documents in Clarity. It typically takes less than 30 minutes, and there is a $65 fee to submit, which is automatically waived for families who qualify by income.
- Aid opens
- The financial aid application opens in Clarity on September 1, 2026.
- Aid deadline
- The financial aid application, including supplemental documents, is due February 4, 2027.
- Documents
- Lakeside asks for the current tax return and W2s, and requires 2026 W2s or equivalent uploaded to Clarity.
- Timing
- Families must apply for financial aid before learning the admission decision, and aid decisions arrive with admission decisions.
- Admission and aid
- Aid applications and admission applications are considered separately, and the admission and aid committees decide independently.
- Renewal
- Aid recipients must reapply for financial aid every year.
- Multiple tuitions
- Lakeside factors in a family's ability to pay other tuitions.
- Non-U.S. citizens
- Financial aid is not available for non-U.S. citizens.
- Fee waivers
- Families can request a fee waiver for the application fee and required admission testing registration fees.
- Questions
- Admissions and financial aid questions go to 206-368-3605, admissions@lakesideschool.org or financialaid@lakesideschool.org.
- Information sessions
- Lakeside says financial aid information session dates will be posted in the fall.
- 01
Recheck the figures on the school website before you budget, since tuition changes each year.
- 02
Gather tax documents early so the aid application takes an evening, not a week.