Lake Washington
1 in 20 Washington Students Now Has a 504 Plan
On Bainbridge Island, 17% of public school students have a Section 504 disability accommodation plan. In Federal Way, 30 miles to the southeast and serving a student body more than six times as large,...
Lake Washington Added 7,123 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 30,654, an increase of 7,123 students, or 30.3%. No other district in the s...
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...
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...
Washington Lost 9,099 Students and Three Years of Progress
For three years, Washington's public schools looked like they were healing. Between 2022 and 2025, K-12 enrollment climbed back by 14,041 students, a modest but steady recovery from the 55,539-student...
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...