Highline
Half of Washington's Students Who Are Homeless Are Chronically Absent, and the Rate Has Stalled
> Correction (September 30, 2026): An earlier version of this article, headlined "Quillayute Valley Keeps 96% of Its Students Who Are Homeless in Class. Statewide, Half Are Chronically Absent.," held ...
The Hispanic-White Attendance Gap Nearly Doubled After COVID in Washington
> Correction (October 11, 2026): Washington's state education agency republished its attendance data on September 30, 2026, with recalculated counts for every year, and the figures in this article now...
1 in 17 Washington Students Now Has a 504 Plan
> Correction (October 11, 2026): OSPI revised its published 2025-26 enrollment file after this article ran, and the revised file reverses one of its findings. Section 504 plans did not fall by 6,440 i...
1 in 25 Washington Students Was Homeless Last Year
> Correction (October 11, 2026): OSPI revised its published 2025-26 enrollment file after this article ran, and the revised file changes this story's central finding. Washington counted 39,978 student...
1 in 7 Washington Students Is Now an English Learner
> Correction (October 11, 2026): OSPI revised its published 2025-26 enrollment file after this article ran, and we have restated every figure from the revised data. Washington had 165,537 English lear...