Brighton School is an independent Pre-K through 8 day school in Mountlake Terrace, with about 270 students enrolled. The school runs a traditional academic program with small class sizes (about 21 average), a faculty centered on STEAM, music, drama, and arts, plus after-school enrichment that includes athletics and clubs.
In the Snohomish County private-school landscape, Brighton's secular K-8 peer set is The Evergreen School (Shoreline, gifted-focused PK-8), Northshore Christian Academy (Everett evangelical K-12), Cedar Park Christian (Bothell K-12), and Holy Rosary (Edmonds Catholic K-8). Of the secular options, Brighton is positioned between The Evergreen School (smaller, gifted-focused, more progressive) and the larger Christian K-12s. Niche named Brighton a Grade-A school for 2026 and one of the top Snohomish County privates.
Reviews are bimodal: many parents praise the small classes, attentive faculty, and STEAM/arts breadth, while a smaller subset has raised concerns about staff credentialing and report-card depth. The school does not feed into a single high school — Brighton graduates go in roughly equal proportions to Edmonds-Woodward, Mountlake Terrace HS, and the regional independents (The Northwest School, Lakeside, Eastside Prep) for upper grades.
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