Tacoma
All 14 Comparable Tacoma Subgroups Improved Since 2016
Washington's most recent published graduation results available for this analysis cover the Class of 2025, representing the 2024-25 school year. They are historical results, not current 2026-27 outcom...
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...
Tacoma's Attendance Recovery Reversed: Chronic Absenteeism Jumped Back to 36%
> Correction (October 11, 2026): Washington's Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction republished its attendance files on September 30, 2026, with recalculated counts. In the restated data, Tac...
Gender X Grew 6,300% in Washington Schools, Then the Count Reversed
> 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 counted 4,013 Gender X s...
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...
Six Years Later, 63% of Washington Districts Haven't Recovered
> 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...
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...
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%...