School Fit
Decide whether Lakeside fits your student
Look past selectivity to the daily life of a day school that serves grades 5 to 12.
Checked against Lakeside's published admissions pages on November 5, 2026.
School fit
Is Lakeside a fit?
- The school
- Lakeside is an independent, coeducational day school for grades 5 to 12 in North Seattle.
- Grades served
- Grades 5 to 12. New students apply to the Middle School (grades 6 to 8) or the Upper School (grades 9 to 11).
- What Lakeside looks for
- Lakeside looks for a joy for learning and a record of academic success in the context of the student's own experience, an open-minded and engaged approach to a diverse community, and the skills, potential and desire to progress in its program.
- Class size
- The average class size is 17 students.
- Getting to school
- Students walk, bike, drive, carpool or take the bus.
- Day school only
- Lakeside does not issue I-20 forms and cannot sponsor or support F-1 student visa applications. It does not provide housing or help find homestays.
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Ask your student what kind of classroom they want, and let them answer honestly.
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Visit or ask about a typical week, and think through the commute from your home.
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Remember that Lakeside is a day school. It does not provide housing or help find homestays.