International Schools in Seattle, United States

Seattle’s international-school options span tuition-free district “International” and dual-language immersion pathways inside Seattle Public Schools as well as private bilingual and independent day schools, so families typically choose between a no-fee public route and fee-paying private programmes. Common offerings include Dual Language Immersion in Spanish, Mandarin and Japanese, International Baccalaureate classes at some secondary schools, and US-style curricula with added world-language strands; small independent schools sometimes run French or other bilingual programmes. Costs vary widely: district DLI places are part of the public system, while private bilingual schools commonly charge in the mid-teens to low-thirties of thousands per year and established independent day schools frequently sit in the high-tens to fifty-thousand-plus range, with additional application and activity fees. Admissions rhythms differ: district School Choice and open-enrolment windows with lotteries (usually in the winter months) control places in International/DLI pathways, while independent schools follow a separate application cycle through common portals such as Ravenna or the Puget Sound Independent Schools consortium and are best started 12 - 16 months before the year you want to begin.

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