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On March 15th the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction released the latest data on school performance across the state. Known as the Washington School Improvement Framework (WSIF), this index evaluates the performance of every school in the state by generating a score based on the percentage of their students passing the state Smarter Balance tests in English and math, making progress towards passing these tests, and other indicators, as described here.
Lawmakers are now deciding whether in the 2023-25 budget they will fund intensive tutoring for students hurt academically by the Inslee-ordered school shutdowns. I thought it would be helpful to use the state data to show how desperate the situation is for students attending the lowest-scoring 120 schools on the state’s performance metric, the WSIF.
The shutdown did deep and lasting harm to students. Additional tutoring resources will help, but in the long-term students need access to wider educational choices based on what parents think is best, especially for children whom local officials assign to these low-performing schools. That is what caring legislators in other states are doing, to the direct benefit of children living in their states.
| District Name | School Name | Percentage the school failed to teach adequately in English | Percentage the school failed to teach adequately in math |
| Aberdeen School District | Grays Harbor Academy | 90% | no data |
| Aberdeen School District | Miller Junior High | 63% | 72% |
| Auburn School District | Olympic Middle School | 62% | 74% |
| Auburn School District | West Auburn Senior High School | 85% | no data |
| Bellingham School District | Cordata Elementary School | 73% | 77% |
| Bremerton School District | Renaissance Alternative High School | 59% | no data |
| Bremerton School District | Mountain View Middle School | 58% | 72% |
| Burlington-Edison School District | Allen Elementary | 81% | 85% |
| Burlington-Edison School District | Lucille Umbarger Elementary | 72% | 78% |
| Central Valley School District | Broadway Elementary | 60% | 72% |
| Centralia School District | Jefferson Lincoln Elementary | 68% | 69% |
| Clover Park School District | Lochburn Middle School | 73% | 81% |
| Clover Park School District | Park Lodge Elementary School | 65% | 74% |
| Clover Park School District | Four Heroes Elementary | 67% | 76% |
| Clover Park School District | Tyee Park Elementary School | 73% | 73% |
| Concrete School District | Concrete Elementary | 63% | 75% |
| Cusick School District | Home Pride | 66% | 84% |
| East Valley School District (Spokane) | Trent School | 63% | 75% |
| Eatonville School District | Mt. Rainier Parent Partnership | 78% | 90% |
| Evergreen School District (Clark) | Cascade Middle School | 63% | 73% |
| Evergreen School District (Clark) | Orchards Elementary School | 65% | 73% |
| Evergreen School District (Clark) | Covington Middle School | 62% | 76% |
| Evergreen School District (Clark) | Marrion Elementary School | 66% | 70% |
| Federal Way School District | Evergreen Middle School | 68% | 82% |
| Federal Way School District | Wildwood Elementary School | 73% | 74% |
| Federal Way School District | Panther Lake Elementary School | 67% | 76% |
| Federal Way School District | Mark Twain Elementary School | 71% | 77% |
| Finley School District | Finley Middle School | 65% | 83% |
| Franklin Pierce School District | Perry G Keithley Middle School | 64% | 80% |
| Goldendale School District | Goldendale Primary School | 65% | 68% |
| Grand Coulee Dam School District | Lake Roosevelt Elementary | 72% | 77% |
| Granger School District | Roosevelt Elementary | 74% | 70% |
| Granite Falls School District | Granite Falls Middle School | 61% | 79% |
| Highline School District | Glacier Middle School | 74% | 85% |
| Highline School District | Madrona Elementary | 75% | 77% |
| Highline School District | Cascade Middle School | 64% | 78% |
| Highline School District | Mount View Elementary | 69% | 75% |
| Hoquiam School District | Hoquiam Middle School | 62% | 74% |
| Hoquiam School District | Lincoln Elementary | 66% | 61% |
| Inchelium School District | Inchelium Middle School | 78% | 85% |
| Inchelium School District | Inchelium Elementary School | 74% | 74% |
| Issaquah School District | Echo Glen School | 82% | no data |
| Keller School District | Keller Elementary School | 74% | 74% |
| Kennewick School District | Amistad Elementary School | 84% | 89% |
| Kennewick School District | Legacy High School | 71% | no data |
| Kennewick School District | Edison Elementary School | 72% | 79% |
| Kennewick School District | Eastgate Elementary School | 67% | 76% |
| Kent School District | Mill Creek Middle School | 62% | 77% |
| Kiona-Benton City School District | Kiona-Benton City Middle School | 70% | 83% |
| Kiona-Benton City School District | Kiona-Benton Intermediate School | 73% | 72% |
| Longview School District | Kessler Elementary School | 75% | 83% |
| Longview School District | Saint Helens Elementary | 64% | 75% |
| Lyle School District | Lyle Middle School | 64% | 76% |
| Mabton School District | Artz Fox Elementary | 77% | 83% |
| Mary Walker School District | Springdale Elementary | 71% | 72% |
| Marysville School District | Totem Middle School | 67% | 79% |
| Marysville School District | Quil Ceda Tulalip Elementary | 76% | 80% |
| Marysville School District | Marysville Middle School | 61% | 74% |
| Monroe School District | Frank Wagner Elementary | 75% | 86% |
| Moses Lake School District | Endeavor Middle School | 77% | 88% |
| Moses Lake School District | Larson Heights Elementary | 73% | 78% |
| Mount Adams School District | Mount Adams Middle School | 84% | 90% |
| Mount Adams School District | Harrah Elementary School | 87% | 90% |
| Mount Baker School District | Mount Baker Academy | 63% | 86% |
| Nespelem School District | Nespelem Elementary | 91% | 93% |
| North Beach School District No. 64 | Pacific Beach Elementary School | 73% | 75% |
| North Beach School District No. 64 | North Beach Junior High School | 63% | 78% |
| Oakville School District | Oakville Elementary | 65% | 76% |
| Omak School District | Omak Middle School | 71% | 85% |
| Othello School District | McFarland Middle School | 67% | 74% |
| Pasco School District | Captain Gray STEM Elementary | 88% | 92% |
| Pasco School District | Three Rivers Elementary | 71% | 80% |
| Pasco School District | Robert Frost Elementary | 73% | 76% |
| Peninsula School District | Henderson Bay Alt High School | no data | |
| Queets-Clearwater School District | Queets-Clearwater Elementary | no data | no data |
| Quincy School District | Ancient Lakes Elementary | 77% | 79% |
| Quincy School District | Pioneer Elementary | 70% | 67% |
| Quincy School District | Mountain View Elementary | 71% | 75% |
| Seattle School District No. 1 | Emerson Elementary School | 73% | 76% |
| Seattle School District No. 1 | Bailey Gatzert Elementary School | 72% | 67% |
| Seattle School District No. 1 | Concord International School | 68% | 80% |
| Selah School District | Selah Academy Online | 50% | 85% |
| Shelton School District | Evergreen Elementary School | 82% | 87% |
| Soap Lake School District | Soap Lake Elementary | 78% | 76% |
| Spokane School District | Stevens Elementary | 73% | 81% |
| Spokane School District | Shaw Middle School | 65% | 74% |
| Spokane School District | Garry Middle School | 64% | 75% |
| Spokane School District | Pratt Academy | 93% | no data |
| Stanwood-Camano School District | Lincoln Academy | 67% | 90% |
| Tacoma School District | McCarver Elementary School | 70% | 85% |
| Tacoma School District | Roosevelt Elementary School | 74% | 85% |
| Tacoma School District | Arlington Elementary School | 68% | 75% |
| Tacoma School District | First Creek Middle School | 66% | 80% |
| Tacoma School District | Special Services | 92% | no data |
| Tacoma School District | Stewart Middle School | 61% | 72% |
| Tacoma School District | Gray Middle School | 65% | 77% |
| Tacoma School District | Angelo Giaudrone Middle School | 59% | 77% |
| Taholah School District | Taholah Elementary & Middle School | 94% | 96% |
| Toppenish School District | Kirkwood Elementary School | 80% | 79% |
| Tukwila School District | Thorndyke Elementary | 74% | 75% |
| Tukwila School District | Showalter Middle School | 64% | 74% |
| Vancouver School District | Discovery Middle School | 68% | 81% |
| Vancouver School District | Washington Elementary | 67% | 74% |
| Vancouver School District | Mcloughlin Middle School | 72% | 78% |
| Vancouver School District | Fruit Valley Elementary School | 76% | 82% |
| Vancouver School District | Peter S Ogden Elementary | 66% | 74% |
| Wahluke School District | Mattawa Elementary | 75% | 75% |
| Waitsburg School District | Preston Hall Middle School | 58% | 69% |
| Wapato School District | Wapato Middle School | 75% | 82% |
| Wellpinit School District #49 | Wellpinit Elementary School | 80% | 88% |
| Wellpinit School District #49 | Wellpinit Middle School | 79% | 86% |
| Wenatchee School District | Abraham Lincoln Elementary | 70% | 71% |
| Wenatchee School District | Wenatchee Internet Academy | 67% | 86% |
| West Valley School District (Yakima) | WEST VALLEY VIRTUAL ACADEMY 9-12 | 81% | 89% |
| Yakima School District | Washington Middle School | 73% | 77% |
| Yakima School District | Mckinley Elementary School | 67% | 73% |
| Yakima School District | Lewis & Clark Middle School | 71% | 80% |
| Yakima School District | Yakima Online | 73% | 93% |
| Yakima School District | Stanton Academy | 83% | no data |