About Highline College

Highline College is a public community instructor in Des Moines, Washington. Highline was founded in 1961 as the first community speculative in King County, Washington. The main campus covers 80 acres (320,000 m2). As of 2015, there were approximately 17,000 students and 350,000 alumni of the college.

Des Moines (/dəˈmɔɪnz/ də-MOYNZ) is a city in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 29,673 as of the 2010 census.

Des Moines is located on the east shore of Puget Sound, near the middle of the Seattle metropolitan area. The city is bordered by the suburbs of Federal Way to the south, Kent to the east, SeaTac to the northeast, Burien to the north, and Normandy Park to the northwest. It is one of the few points along this shoreline where the topography facilitates access to the water, and a recreational dock operated by the city, with moorage, boat launching and pier fishing facilities, is located there. Forested Saltwater State Park on a steep ravine amid the Zenith and Woodmont neighborhoods is the most-used acknowledge park on the Sound. Near the be adjacent to of Federal Way, Redondo has a board-walk unqualified with a Salty’s restaurant and a pay parking lot.

Property within the city has been the subject of home buyouts because of noise from plane landing or taking off from the Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, which is located 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Des Moines.