Seattle Country Day School

Seattle Country Day School is a secular, independent day school in Seattle, Washington, serving gifted students in kindergarten through grade 8. Enrollment falls between 300 and 500 students. The school keeps classes deliberately small, so teachers can build real relationships and move at the pace each student needs.

The school's identity centers on inquiry-based learning. Students ask questions and challenge answers across math, science, technology, humanities, and the arts. Social-emotional learning and a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion run through daily life — not as add-on programs, but as core practice. Teachers who know differentiated instruction will find the work a natural fit. Working with identified gifted learners means lessons can move fast and go deep.

Language instruction adds a distinct hiring track. Seattle Country Day School runs both Mandarin Chinese and Spanish programs, creating openings for teachers with those specializations alongside core subject roles at the elementary and middle school levels.

The school's finances point to stability. Net assets top $60 million against annual revenue near $19 million. Fundraising grew nearly 50 percent in the most recent reporting year. Strong donor engagement often translates into a budget that can support competitive teacher salaries and solid benefits — health coverage, retirement contributions, and professional development funds are common at well-capitalized independent day schools in this range.

Because this is a day school, faculty live and work across Seattle's broader neighborhoods. That separation between campus and home matters for candidates weighing daily life. Openings are infrequent, which means each hire shapes a tight-knit staff in visible ways.