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The West > Washington > Education

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Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math 6% [13th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Reading 8% [9th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Writing 3% [8th of 40]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 8 Math 9% [4th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 8 Reading 3% [16th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 8 Writing 3% [4th of 39]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Math 84% [20th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading 70% [12th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Writing 89% [7th of 44]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 8 Math 75% [12th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 8 Reading 75% [21st of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 8 Writing 86% [13th of 42]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Math 42% [10th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Reading 36% [9th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 4 Writing 30% [9th of 44]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Math 36% [6th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Reading 34% [18th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Writing 34% [8th of 42]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math 242 [9th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading 223 [13th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Writing 158 [9th of 44]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math 285 [9th of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Reading 265 [21st of 51]
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Writing 155 [11th of 42]
Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage 29.9% [15th of 51]
Best Educated Index -2.17 [30th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Eighth Grade Students 82,274 [13th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Eighth Grade Students (per capita) 0.131 per 10 people [17th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Eleventh Grade Students 76,774 [13th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Eleventh Grade Students (per capita) 0.122 per 10 people [13th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Fifth Grade Students 77,856 [14th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Fifth Grade Students (per capita) 0.124 per 10 people [19th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > First Grade Students 73,989 [15th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > First Grade Students (per capita) 0.118 per 10 people [26th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Fourth Grade Students 75,108 [15th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Fourth Grade Students (per capita) 0.119 per 10 people [26th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible 273,300 [18th of 46]
    Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible (per capita) 0.435 per 10 people [25th of 46]
Elementary & Secondary > Individualized Education Program 110,659 [19th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Individualized Education Program (per capita) 0.176 per 10 people [49th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Kindergarten Students 70,663 [16th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Kindergarten Students (per capita) 0.112 per 10 people [34th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > LEP/ELL Students 58,523 [12th of 47]
    Elementary & Secondary > LEP/ELL Students (per capita) 0.931 per 100 people [16th of 47]
Elementary & Secondary > Ninth Grade Students 88,869 [13th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Ninth Grade Students (per capita) 0.141 per 10 people [14th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Prekindergarten Students 11,352 [22nd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Prekindergarten Students (per capita) 1.805 per 1,000 people [34th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio 19.3 students per teacher [5th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Reduced-price Lunch Eligible 88,956 [10th of 46]
    Elementary & Secondary > Reduced-price Lunch Eligible (per capita) 0.141 per 10 people [12th of 46]
Elementary & Secondary > Second Grade Students 72,558 [15th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Second Grade Students (per capita) 0.115 per 10 people [28th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Seventh Grade Students 81,000 [14th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Seventh Grade Students (per capita) 0.129 per 10 people [23rd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Sixth Grade Students 80,054 [14th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Sixth Grade Students (per capita) 0.127 per 10 people [23rd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Tenth Grade Students 82,120 [13th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Tenth Grade Students (per capita) 0.131 per 10 people [14th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Third Grade Students 74,394 [15th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Third Grade Students (per capita) 0.118 per 10 people [25th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Number of Schools 2,251 [14th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Number of Schools (per capita) 0.358 per 1,000 people [25th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Staff 104,332 [17th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Staff (per capita) 0.166 per 10 people [38th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students 1,021,349 [13th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students (per capita) 0.162 per capita [23rd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- American Indian/Alaskan 27,306 [6th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- American Indian/Alaskan (per capita) 4.343 per 1,000 people [9th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Asian/Pacific Islander 80,253 [6th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Asian/Pacific Islander (per capita) 1.276 per 100 people [4th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic 58,182 [28th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic (per capita) 0.925 per 100 people [35th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Hispanic 125,396 [10th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Hispanic (per capita) 1.994 per 100 people [16th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- White, non-Hispanic 730,212 [14th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- White, non-Hispanic (per capita) 1.161 per 10 people [22nd of 50]
Elementary & Secondary > Total Teachers 52,824 [20th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total Teachers (per capita) 0.084 per 10 people [47th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- female 494,394 [12th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- female (per capita) 0.079 per capita [18th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- male 526,955 [12th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- male (per capita) 0.084 per capita [16th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- unknown 0 [15th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Total, All Grades- unknown (per capita) 0 per 1 million people [28th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary > Twelfth Grade Students 74,338 [13th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary > Twelfth Grade Students (per capita) 0.118 per 10 people [14th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures $7,359,565,561.00 [17th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.28 per $10 of GDP [43rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures (per capita) $1,170.46 per capita [33rd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal $779,563,826.00 [13th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.30 per $100 of GDP [32nd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Federal Revenue- Subtotal (per capita) $123.98 per capita [26th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal $4,381,186,149.00 [18th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.17 per $10 of GDP [44th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Instruct. Expend.- Subtotal (per capita) $696.78 per capita [31st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues $0.00 [36th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues (per $ GDP) $0.00 per $10 million of GDP [46th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Intermediate Revenues (per capita) $0.00 per 100 people [46th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal $2,543,056,228.00 [21st of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.98 per $100 of GDP [46th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Local Revenue- Subtotal (per capita) $404.45 per capita [38th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal $357,911,055.00 [14th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $1.38 per $1,000 of GDP [28th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Non-Instructional Expend.- Subtotal (per capita) $56.92 per capita [22nd of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues $5,373,852,368.00 [13th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues (per $ GDP) $0.21 per $10 of GDP [17th of 50]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > State Revenues (per capita) $854.65 per capita [13th of 50]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal $2,620,468,357.00 [17th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal (per $ GDP) $0.10 per $10 of GDP [40th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Support Services Expenditure- Subtotal (per capita) $416.76 per capita [29th of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education $8,603,650,969.00 [17th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education (per $ GDP) $0.33 per $10 of GDP [43rd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Expenditures for Education (per capita) $1,368.32 per capita [31st of 51]
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources $8,696,472,422.00 [15th of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources (per $ GDP) $0.34 per $10 of GDP [42nd of 51]
    Elementary & Secondary Finance > Total Revenue from All Sources (per capita) $1,383.08 per capita [29th of 51]
High school diploma or higher, by percentage 89.7% [10th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree 31.3 % [10th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree 10.9 % [13th of 51]
Percent of People Who Have Completed High School (Including Equivalency) 89.4 % [6th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > American Indian / Alaska Native 1,012 [5th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > American Indian / Alaska Native (per capita) 1.609 per 10,000 people [10th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Asian / Pacific Islander 6,787 [6th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Asian / Pacific Islander (per capita) 1.079 per 1,000 people [4th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors 27,240 [18th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors (per capita) 0.433 per 100 people [35th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Black, Non-Hispanic 2,334 [30th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Black, Non-Hispanic (per capita) 3.712 per 10,000 people [36th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors 729 [22nd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Doctors (per capita) 1.159 per 10,000 people [36th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Hispanic 3,053 [12th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Hispanic (per capita) 0.486 per 1,000 people [15th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters 8,481 [22nd of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters (per capita) 0.135 per 100 people [38th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Nonresident Alien 2,670 [17th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Nonresident Alien (per capita) 0.425 per 1,000 people [27th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Race / Ethnicity Unknown 9,257 [5th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Race / Ethnicity Unknown (per capita) 14.722 per 10,000 people [7th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Total 74,333 [13th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Total (per capita) 1.182 per 100 people [20th of 51]
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > White 49,220 [17th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > White (per capita) 0.783 per 100 people [24th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Four Year 43 [20th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Four Year (per capita) 0.684 per 100,000 people [41st of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, For Profit 15 [18th of 49]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, For Profit (per capita) 2.386 per 1 million people [25th of 49]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, Not For Profit 20 [25th of 50]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Private, Not For Profit (per capita) 3.181 per 1 million people [39th of 50]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Public 46 [10th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Public (per capita) 0.732 per 100,000 people [23rd of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Total Degree Granting Title IV Eligible 81 [18th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Total Degree Granting Title IV Eligible (per capita) 0.129 per 10,000 people [39th of 51]
Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Two Year 38 [15th of 50]
    Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Two Year (per capita) 0.604 per 100,000 people [26th of 50]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > American Indian / Alaska Native 5,563 [7th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > American Indian / Alaska Native (per capita) 0.885 per 1,000 people [10th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Asian / Pacific Islander 28,499 [7th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Asian / Pacific Islander (per capita) 4.532 per 1,000 people [4th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Black, Non-Hispanic 12,597 [30th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Black, Non-Hispanic (per capita) 2.003 per 1,000 people [38th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Female 193,221 [18th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Female (per capita) 0.307 per 10 people [35th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > First-Professional 4,867 [21st of 50]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > First-Professional (per capita) 0.774 per 1,000 people [37th of 50]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Graduate 27,713 [26th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Graduate (per capita) 0.441 per 100 people [47th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Hispanic 16,301 [12th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Hispanic (per capita) 2.592 per 1,000 people [18th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Male 150,303 [17th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Male (per capita) 0.239 per 10 people [29th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Nonresident Alien 9,587 [19th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Nonresident Alien (per capita) 0.152 per 100 people [30th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Race / Ethnicity Unknown 40,325 [7th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Race / Ethnicity Unknown (per capita) 6.413 per 1,000 people [10th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Undergraduate 310,944 [15th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Undergraduate (per capita) 0.495 per 10 people [24th of 51]
Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > White 230,652 [18th of 51]
    Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > White (per capita) 0.367 per 10 people [33rd of 51]
Public Libraries > ALA-MLS Librarians(FTE) 762.9 [13th of 51]
    Public Libraries > ALA-MLS Librarians(FTE) (per capita) 1.213 per 10,000 people [12th of 51]
Public Libraries > Audio Materials per 1,000 Population 156.1 [16th of 51]
Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures $101,646,298.00 [3rd of 51]
    Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures (per $ GDP) $391.30 per $1 million of GDP [2nd of 51]
    Public Libraries > Capital Expenditures (per capita) $161.66 per 10 people [2nd of 51]
Public Libraries > Children's Program Attendance 1,129,495 [16th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Children's Program Attendance (per capita) 0.18 per capita [27th of 51]
Public Libraries > Circulation of Children's Materials 13,761,538 [19th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Circulation of Children's Materials (per capita) 2.189 per capita [24th of 51]
Public Libraries > Current Print Serial Subscriptions per 1,000 Population 7.2 [23rd of 51]
Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures $3,556,255.00 [7th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures (per $ GDP) $1.37 per $100,000 of GDP [2nd of 50]
    Public Libraries > Electronic Materials Expenditures (per capita) $5.66 per 10 people [2nd of 50]
Public Libraries > Federal Revenue $967,566.00 [19th of 49]
    Public Libraries > Federal Revenue (per $ GDP) $3.73 per $1 million of GDP [26th of 49]
    Public Libraries > Federal Revenue (per capita) $15.39 per 100 people [26th of 49]
Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita 4.4 [25th of 51]
Public Libraries > Local Revenue $242,898,723.00 [8th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Local Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.94 per $1,000 of GDP [1st of 50]
    Public Libraries > Local Revenue (per capita) $38.63 per capita [2nd of 50]
Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles 20 [15th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles (per capita) 3.181 per 1 million people [19th of 50]
Public Libraries > Number of Branch Libraries 270 [9th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Branch Libraries (per capita) 0.429 per 10,000 people [8th of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Central Libraries 55 [39th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Central Libraries (per capita) 0.875 per 100,000 people [43rd of 51]
Public Libraries > Number of Public Internet Terminals 3,525 [16th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Number of Public Internet Terminals (per capita) 0.561 per 1,000 people [20th of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures $48,571,388.00 [11th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.19 per $1,000 of GDP [9th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Operating Expenditures (per capita) $7.73 per capita [8th of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Revenue $8,467,920.00 [25th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.33 per $10,000 of GDP [42nd of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Revenue (per capita) $1.35 per capita [36th of 51]
Public Libraries > Other Staff(FTE) 2,441 [12th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Other Staff(FTE) (per capita) 0.388 per 1,000 people [8th of 51]
Public Libraries > Public Service Hours 716,213 [19th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Public Service Hours (per capita) 0.114 per capita [38th of 51]
Public Libraries > Reference Transactions per Capita 1 [22nd of 51]
Public Libraries > State Revenue $1,646,197.00 [31st of 50]
    Public Libraries > State Revenue (per $ GDP) $63.37 per $10 million of GDP [37th of 50]
    Public Libraries > State Revenue (per capita) $26.18 per 100 people [38th of 50]
Public Libraries > Total Circulation per Capita 10.4 [5th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures $34,593,324.00 [12th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures (per $ GDP) $1.33 per $10,000 of GDP [5th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Collection Expenditures (per capita) $5.50 per capita [4th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Librarians(FTE) 810.4 [20th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Librarians(FTE) (per capita) 0.129 per 1,000 people [34th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures $243,871,583.00 [11th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.94 per $1,000 of GDP [5th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Operating Expenditures (per capita) $38.79 per capita [7th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Revenue $253,980,406.00 [10th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Revenue (per $ GDP) $0.98 per $1,000 of GDP [7th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Revenue (per capita) $40.39 per capita [7th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures $160,706,871.00 [10th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures (per $ GDP) $0.62 per $1,000 of GDP [6th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff Expenditures (per capita) $25.56 per capita [6th of 51]
Public Libraries > Total Staff(FTE) 3,251.4 [13th of 51]
    Public Libraries > Total Staff(FTE) (per capita) 0.517 per 1,000 people [18th of 51]
Public Libraries > Users of Electronic Resources 4,626,774 [20th of 50]
    Public Libraries > Users of Electronic Resources (per capita) 0.736 per capita [32nd of 50]
Public Libraries > Video Materials per 1,000 Population 132.5 [21st of 51]

SOURCES: National Center for Educational Statistics; National Center for Educational Statistics ; US Census Bureau, 2004.; Morgan Quitno Press, 2005; American Community Survey 2004

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