Eastlake High School

Posted March 10, 2008

I completely agree with some of these reviews. This school is not all it's cracked up to be. I have never seen the principal. There is too much emphasis on money. Most of the kids drive fancier more expensive cars than I will ever own. If you're kids don't have the money they can't keep up or fit in. We have been here for 20 years, our kids have never gone to school anywhere else. My Junior at Eastlake wants to move before Senior year because she's sick of the attitudes and clics. This school concentrates on students that are interested in and can afford 4 yr college, the rest get lost in the shuffle. Agree that some of the teachers are gems, I wish good karma for those. I too am disappointed with the experiences we have suffered here.
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Posted February 23, 2008

I am a previous student from EHS... This school was a very good school to attend. Unfortunately, I found it a little too strict and they put a lot of pressure on students. The terms for the senior project were extremely rigid. I was failing in this school because I felt I could never measure up to the teacher's and principal's ideals for students. Every student is very excepting of each other, and if they aren't at first they are by senior year. A ton of great friends made there. When I graduated from another high school I went on to attend college and am using some of the skills I learned from EHS. I also have 2 siblings that attended and graduated.
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Posted July 26, 2007

Teachers: Many are gems. Some, unfortunately, judgmentally pigeon-hole students and keep them there and refuse to communicate w/parents. Principal/Administration: Awful! Principal refuses to get to know students.This school is not all that it is cracked-up to be. Rules are not enforced. We are very disappointed with our 6+ years of experiences at this school and wish we had never sent our children there. It makes a good 'show' on test scores, but schools - especially high schools - are so much more than the sum of its test scores!
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Posted September 30, 2006

According to the Seattle Times School Guide, 86% of 2005 Eastlake graduates enrolled in college, so it would be safe to say that Eastlake should concentrate on college prep. The National Center for Education Statistics indicates that business and social sciences are the two most popular undergraduate fields and further shows that there has been nearly a 20% increase in students selecting business and marketing degrees since the inception of the Eastlake business program. Today Skyline and Redmond High Schools, which serve a similar demographic, have kept up with this trend, offering 2 3 times more business and marketing curriculum than Eastlake. The school is turning a deaf ear to students and parents asking for entry and AP marketing and advanced business classes to have the same competitive advantage offered in other college prep high schools. Unless they change this soon, be prepared to be frustrated and short-changed.
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