Table of contents
•	Title page
•	Introduction
•	Acknowledgments
•	National Summary
	State Profiles
	-	Alabama
	-	Alaska
	-	Arizona
	-	Arkansas
	-	California
	-	Colorado
	-	Connecticut
	-	Delaware
	-	District of Columbia
	-	Florida
	-	Georgia
	-	Hawaii
	-	Idaho
	-	Illinois
	-	Indiana
	-	Iowa
	-	Kansas
	-	Kentucky
	-	Louisiana
	-	Maine
	-	Maryland
	-	Massachusetts
	-	Michigan
	-	Minnesota
	-	Mississippi
	-	Missouri
	-	Montana
	-	Nebraska
	-	Nevada
	-	New Hampshire
	-	New Jersey
	-	New Mexico
	-	New York
	-	North Carolina
	-	North Dakota
	-	Ohio
	-	Oklahoma
	-	Oregon
	-	Pennsylvania
	-	Puerto Rico
	-	Rhode Island
	-	South Carolina
	-	South Dakota
	-	Tennessee
	-	Texas
	-	Utah
	-	Vermont
	-	Virginia
	-	Washington
	-	West Virginia
	-	Wisconsin
	-	Wyoming
•	Sources
•	Appendix A
•	Appendix B
•	Appendix C
•	Full report in PDF format (956K)

State Education Indicators With a Focus on Title I

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Washington
http://www.k12.wa.us/

School and Teacher Demographics
Student Demographics
Statewide Accountability Information
Title I Schools
Assessment Information
Student Achievement 1998-1999
NAEP State Results
Printable version of this profile (PDF format)

School and Teacher Demographics

Number of districts
(CCD, 1998-99)

296

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
1,153	342	421	121	29

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
20:1	21:1	22:1

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
24,133	9,705	12,799	1,114	293

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	585,818	690,049
9-12 (CCD)	224,414	302,103
Pre-K (by state definition)	n/a	5,901

Sources of funding
District average
(CCD, 1996-97)

State 66.0%, Local 27.6%, Federal 6.4%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	2.4%	2.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander	5.3	7.1
Black	4.1	5.1
Hispanic	5.2	9.1
White	82.9	76.1

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
8.5%	9.8%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
24,279	55,773

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
31,025	34,574

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
n/a	n/a

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
57%	58%

All schools by percent of students eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program
(CCD, 1998-99)

Data not available

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
Long term > 80 percent meeting standards=level 3

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
Increase performance to meet 3-year goals and 10-year goal of students meeting standard

Indicators for School Accountability
Assessment scores, attendance, dropout rate, mobility and poverty rates

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
Increase % of students meeting standard (gr. 4, 7 in R, M) level3, Decrease % at level 1 (transition: 1999-00).

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
801(93.9%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	173,370
9-12	12,830
Pre-K	n/a

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	6,709	1,903
Asian/Pacific Islander	10,719	2,228
Black	14,627	2,531
Hispanic	36,956	7,393
White	70,158	34,704

Title I allocation
(Includes Basic, Concentration, and LEA grants, Capital Expenditures, Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected & Delinquent, USED, 1998-99)

$122,990,675

Number of schools with Title I programs
Schoolwide vs. targeted assistance (USED)

In 1996, 17 schools with schoolwide programs and 1,083 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 272 schoolwide, 661 targeted assistance; in 1999, 297 schoolwide, 556 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Washington Assessment of Student Learning, first year in use

Progress Toward Assessment Aligned with Standards
Performance standards for one grade met review criteria of the U.S. Department of Education.

State Definition of "Proficient"
Reduction in the percent of students scoring in the bottom quarter over time

Exclusion from Assessment
IEP, LEP.

Other Assessments
CTBS, ITBS

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 4

Reading/ Language Arts
		Well Below Standard	Below Standard	Meets Standard	Above Standard
All Students		7.3%	31.2%	41.4%	17.7%
Title I Schoolwide		13.3	40.9	33.4	9.6
Title I Targeted		6.7	31.6	42.9	16.7
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	4.4	26.0	45.5	22.5
	75-100	17.2	43.4	28.6	7.3
LEP Students		30.8	51.6	13.5	1.3
Migrant students		33.1	46.5	16.4	1.2

Student achievement trend
Reading 4th grade meets or exceeds Standard

For 1998-99, 59.1% of all students, 68.0% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 35.9% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Standard.

Mathematics
		Well Below Standard	Below Standard	Meets Standard	Above Standard
All Students		33.6%	27.4%	23.3%	13.9%
Title I Schoolwide		50.2	25.6	15.7	6.6
Title I Targeted		32.9	28.8	24.0	13.2
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	25.0	28.1	27.5	18.4
	75-100	57.1	23.5	12.3	4.9
LEP Students		73.0	17.4	5.7	2.4
Migrant students		71.9	18.2	7.2	1.1

Grade 7

Reading/Language Arts
		Well Below Standard	Below Standard	Meets Standard	Above Standard
All Students		16.3%	39.1%	27.1%	13.7%
Title I Schoolwide		30.0	41.5	17.2	6.6
Title I Targeted		18.8	39.8	25.5	11.9
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	12.7	38.6	29.9	16.0
	75-100	38.0	40.2	12.8	3.3
LEP Students		60.2	29.7	4.5	0.5
Migrant students		52.4	34.9	6.9	2.3

Mathematics
		Well Below Standard	Below Standard	Meets Standard	Above Standard
All Students		55.8%	17.4%	13.8%	10.4%
Title I Schoolwide		73.0	12.4	7.1	3.9
Title I Targeted		59.6	16.2	12.5	9.0
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	50.9	18.9	15.8	12.5
	75-100	83.5	7.9	3.9	1.4
LEP Students		89.1	4.4	2.5	1.3
Migrant students		89.2	6.9	2.2	0.2

Student achievement trend
Math 7th grade meets or exceeds Standard

For 1998-99, 33.2% of all students, 45.9% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 16.3% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Standard.

Grade

Reading
	Well Below Standard	Below Standard	Meets Standard	Above Standard
All Students
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

Mathematics
	Well Below Standard	Below Standard	Meets Standard	Above Standard
All Students
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

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NAEP State Results
	Grade 4	Grade 8
Reading, 1998:
Proficient level and above	29%	27%
Basic level and above	62%	74%
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	n/a	n/a
Basic level and above	n/a	n/a