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POPULATION
5,894,121

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVERVIEW

NUMBER OF STUDENTS	1,031,985
NUMBER OF Washington SCHOOLS	2,298
NUMBER OF Washington SCHOOL DISTRICTS	301
SPENDING PER STUDENT ($)	9,414

State Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)
READING/ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TESTS	PERCENTAGE

Grade 3 Reading Proficiency	68.3
Grade 4 Reading Proficiency	81.2
Grade 5 Reading Proficiency	76.3
Grade 6 Reading Proficiency	66.7
Grade 7 Reading Proficiency	61.5
Grade 8 Reading Proficiency	70.1
Grade 10 Reading Proficiency	82.0

School enrollment by group
ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS	THIS STATE	NATION

WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%)	69.8	57.0
BLACK (%)	5.7	17.2
HISPANIC (%)	13.6	19.9
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%)	8.1	4.6
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%)	2.7	1.2

SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS	THIS STATE	NATION

ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%)	36.5	41.4
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (%)	7.4	7.9
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (%)	12.2	12.2

Washington Educational Environment
POPULATION	STATE	NATION

POPULATION	6,369,486	299,458,655
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile)	94	84
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE	STATE	NATION
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW	6.3%	6.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD	18.6%	19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD	37.2%	36.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD	26.2%	24.9%
65 OR OLDER	11.7%	12.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS	STATE	NATION
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS	2,493,509	112,337,034
SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN	10.9%	11.6%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA	90.3%	85.4%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A BACHELOR'S DEGREE	32.8%	28.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION	STATE	NATION
$150,000 or more	6.1%	6.5%
$100,000 - $149,999	11.6%	10.7%
$75,000 - $99,999	13.1%	11.7%
$50,000 - $74,999	21.1%	19.6%
$30,000 - $49,999	21.1%	21.0%
$15,000 - $29,999	15.5%	16.7%
$15,000 or less	11.5%	13.8%

Educational Expenditures
FOR THE STATE	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$4,725	$4,876,294,206	50.2
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$509	$524,784,609	5.4
STAFF	$374	$385,837,799	4.0
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$167	$172,356,234	1.8
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$474	$489,461,905	5.0
OPERATION	$741	$764,612,902	7.9
TRANSPORTATION	$329	$339,971,393	3.5
OTHER	$278	$287,278,275	3.0
TOTAL SUPPORT	$2,872	$2,964,303,117	30.5
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$1,816	$1,874,521,057	19.3
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$9,414	$9,715,118,380	100.0

FOR THE NATION	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$5,582	$274,180,000,000	53.3
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$475	$23,356,970,935	4.5
STAFF	$446	$21,924,659,888	4.3
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$181	$8,920,041,056	1.7
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$514	$25,277,042,259	4.9
OPERATION	$902	$44,320,216,892	8.6
TRANSPORTATION	$384	$18,864,068,868	3.7
OTHER	$294	$14,465,936,592	2.8
TOTAL SUPPORT	$3,199	$157,129,000,000	30.6
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$1,687	$82,900,118,526	16.1
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$10,469	$514,209,000,000	100.0

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