Pasco School District
Three Districts, 10,000 New Students: The Tri-Cities Boom
For 16 years, the Tri-Cities defied the gravitational pull dragging down school enrollment across Washington. While 152 of the state's 294 districts lost students between 2010 and 2026, the three dist...
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.
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...