Lake Washington
Fifty-Seven Washington Districts Cut Chronic Absence Every Year Since the 2022 Peak
> Correction (October 11, 2026): Washington's state education agency republished its attendance data on September 30, 2026, with recalculated counts for every year, and this article now reflects that ...
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...
Lake Washington Added 7,125 Students. No Other District Came Close.
The sixth-largest school district in Washington in 2010, Lake Washington enrolled 23,531 students that year. By 2026, it had 30,656, an increase of 7,125 students, or 30.3%. No other district in the s...
141,000 Fewer White Students in 16 Years
> 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 lost 140,743 white stude...
Seattle Spent a Decade Building. Six Years Erased It.
> 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. Seattle enrolled 50,948 students in...
Washington Lost 7,165 Students and Half Its Three-Year Recovery
> 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 lost 7,165 students in 2...
White Students Now 47% of Washington's Schools
> 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. The white share in 2025-26 is 47.0%...