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Six Years Later, 63% of Washington Districts Haven't Recovered
Washington's public schools enrolled 1,146,882 students in 2019-20. That was the peak. Six years and a pandemic later, only 37% of the state's school districts have climbed back to that waterline, and...
141,000 Fewer White Students in 16 Years
In 2010, nearly two out of three students in Washington's public schools were white. By 2026, fewer than half are. The state lost 140,996 white students over those 16 years, a 21.5% decline, and enrol...
1 in 7 Washington Students Is Now an English Learner
In Federal Way, one in three students is learning English. Sixteen years ago, it was one in eight. The district did not move. The district did not change its boundaries. The students changed.
Seattle Spent a Decade Building. Six Years Erased It.
Between 2010 and 2020, Seattle Public Schools did something almost no large urban district in the country managed: it grew. Not modestly. The district added 8,993 students over a decade, swelling from...
White Students Now 47% of Washington's Schools
In the fall of 2022, for the first time in recorded history, white students made up less than half of Washington's public school enrollment. The threshold was crossed quietly: 49.9%, a fraction of a p...