Best Washington Private High Schools with Special Program Emphasis (2026)

For the 2026 school year, there are 13 private high schools with special program emphasis serving 2,985 students in Washington.

The top-ranked with special program emphasis private high schools in Washington include New Life Christian School, Seattle Chinese School, and Seattle Academy.

The average acceptance rate is 77%, which is lower than the Washington private high school average acceptance rate of 83%.

23% of private high schools with special program emphasis in Washington are religiously affiliated (most commonly Catholic and Christian).

Special education schools primarily serve specific student groups such as those that may be hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, health impaired, orthopedically impaired, cognitive delays/impairments, seriously emotionally disturbed, multi-handicapped, visually handicapped, or deaf and blind.