Truancy Report

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1 REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE Report December 2011 Randy I. Dorn State Superintendent of Public Instruction

2 Randy I. Dorn Superintendent of Public Instruction Ken Kanikeberg Chief of Staff Bob Harmon Assistant Superintendent Special Programs, Secondary Education, School Improvement, and Federal Accountability Report to the Legislature Report Prepared by: Sue Furth, Graduation Specialist, Secondary Education Secondary Education & School Improvement Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Dan Newell, Assistant Superintendent OSPI provides equal access to all programs and services without discrimination based on sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. Questions and complaints of alleged discrimination should be directed to the Equity and Civil Rights Director at (360) or P.O. Box Olympia, WA Page 2

3 Table of Contents I. Executive Summary... 5 II. Directions Given to s for Reporting Page 3

4 List of Tables Table 1: Statewide Report s: Grades Table 2: Statewide Report s: Grades Table 3: Report by : Grades Table 4: Report by : Grades Page 4

5 I. Executive Summary This report is submitted in response to RCW 28A , which requires the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to report to the Legislature each year the number of unexcused absences, the number of students with ten or more unexcused absences in a school year or five or more unexcused absences in a month, and the number of truancy petitions filed with the courts. The statute requires school buildings to report truancy information to school districts, and school districts to compile, verify, and transmit the reports to OSPI at the end of each school year. This report provides the data requested by the Legislature and aggregates the data by school district and by county. It does not attempt to interpret the data or provide additional narrative. Included in this report are tables for Grades 1 8 and Grades 9 12 that include information on enrollment, students with unexcused absences, and truancy petitions for the school year. Questions regarding a particular district s data should be directed to the district that compiled and verified the data. Similar truancy reports for past years are available at: Page 5

6 II. Directions Given to s for Reporting numbers were populated using the Comprehensive Education Data and Research System (CEDARS) data from October Schools are required to report unexcused absence data to their district, and districts were required to verify the data and submit it to OSPI. Schools are provided the following definition of an unexcused absence: According to RCW 28A , an unexcused absence means a student has not attended a majority of hours or periods in a school day, or has not complied with a more restrictive district policy, and has not met the conditions for an excused absence. Required Information to Report: Each student with an unexcused absence during the reporting period may only be counted once. Schools are required to report the following information: Number of students with five or more unexcused absences in any one month during the reporting period. Number of students with ten or more unexcused absences during the school year. Number of truancy petitions filed with juvenile court from June 1, 2010, to August 31, Number of truancy petitions filed with juvenile court from September 1, 2010, to May 31, Page 6

7 Table 1: Statewide Report s: Grades 1 8 October Five or in a Month Ten or in a School 607, ,139 7,633 7,993 3, Forward from Prior Table 2: Statewide Report s: Grades 9 12 October Five or in a Month Ten or in a School 325, ,427 35,012 40,254 7, Forward from Prior Page 7

8 Table 3: Report: Grades Report by (Grades 1 8) School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Adams County 2, Benge School Lind School Othello School 2, Ritzville School Washtucna School Asotin County 1, Asotin-Anatone School Clarkston School 1, Benton County 19,752 3, Finley School Kennewick School 9,691 1, Kiona-Benton City School Paterson School Prosser School 1, Richland School 6,748 1, Page 8

9 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Chelan County 7, Cascade School Cashmere School Entiat School Lake Chelan School Manson School Stehekin School Wenatchee School 4, Clallam County 5,184 1, Cape Flattery School Crescent School Port Angeles School 2, Quillayute Valley School Sequim School 1, Clark County 46,581 7, Battle Ground School 7,991 1, Camas School 3, Evergreen School (Clark) 15,823 3, Green Mountain School Hockinson School 1, La Center School Page 9

10 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Ridgefield School 1, Vancouver School 13,688 1, Washougal School 1, Columbia County Dayton School Cowlitz County 10,092 3, Castle Rock School Kalama School Kelso School 2, Longview School 4,135 1, Toutle Lake School Woodland School 1, Douglas County 4, Bridgeport School Eastmont School 3, Mansfield School Orondo School Palisades School Waterville School Page 10

11 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Ferry County Curlew School Inchelium School Keller School Orient School Republic School Franklin County 11,019 1, Kahlotus School North Franklin School 1, Pasco School 9,730 1, Garfield County Pomeroy School Grant County 11,689 2, Coulee-Hartline School Ephrata School 1, Grand Coulee Dam School Moses Lake School 4,948 1, Quincy School 1, Royal School Soap Lake School Page 11

12 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Wahluke School 1, Warden School Wilson Creek School Grays Harbor County 6,362 1, Aberdeen School 1, Cosmopolis School Elma School Hoquiam School 1, Lake Quinault School McCleary School Montesano School North Beach School Oakville School Ocosta School Satsop School Taholah School Wishkah Valley School Island County 5,038 1, Coupeville School Oak Harbor School 3, South Whidbey School Page 12

13 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Jefferson County 1, Brinnon School Chimacum School Port Townsend School Queets-Clearwater School Quilcene School King County 139,605 28,213 1,786 1, Auburn School 8,402 1, Bellevue School 10,654 1, Enumclaw School 2, Federal Way School 13,117 1, Highline School 10,602 3, Issaquah School 10,777 1, Kent School 16,262 3, Lake Washington School 15, Mercer Island School 2, Northshore School 11,666 1, Renton School 8,796 2, Riverview School 1, Seattle Public Schools 10,131 7, Shoreline School 5, Page 13

14 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Skykomish School Snoqualmie Valley School 3, Tahoma School 4, Tukwila School 1,780 1, Vashon Island School Kitsap County 21,711 2, Bainbridge Island School 2, Bremerton School 2, Central Kitsap School 6, North Kitsap School 3, South Kitsap School 5, Kittitas County 2, Cle Elum-Roslyn School Easton School Ellensburg School 1, Kittitas School Thorp School Klickitat County 1, Bickleton School Centerville School Glenwood School Page 14

15 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Klickitat School Lyle School Roosevelt School Trout Lake School White Salmon Valley School Wishram School Lewis County 7,077 1, Adna School Boistfort School Centralia School 2, Chehalis School 1, Evaline School Morton School Mossyrock School Napavine School Onalaska School Pe Ell School Toledo School White Pass School Winlock School Page 15

16 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Lincoln County 1, Almira School Creston School Davenport School Harrington School Odessa School Reardan-Edwall School Sprague School Wilbur School Mason County 4, Grapeview School Hood Canal School Mary M Knight School North Mason School 1, Pioneer School Shelton School 2, Southside School Okanogan County 4,633 1, Brewster School Methow Valley School Nespelem School Page 16

17 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Okanogan School Omak School 1, Oroville School Pateros School Tonasket School Pacific County 1, Naselle-Grays River Valley School North River School Ocean Beach School Raymond School South Bend School Willapa Valley School Pend Oreille County 1, Cusick School Newport School Selkirk School Pierce County 78,643 15, , Bethel School 10,353 1, Carbonado School Clover Park School 7,893 2, Page 17

18 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Dieringer School 1, Eatonville School 1, Fife School 2, Franklin Pierce School 4, Orting School 1, Peninsula School 5,410 1, Puyallup School 13,121 2, Steilacoom Hist. School 3, Sumner School 4,834 1, Tacoma School 17,462 3, University Place School 3, White River School 2, San Juan Island County 1, Lopez School Orcas Island School San Juan Island School Shaw Island School Skagit County 11,330 2, Anacortes School 1, Burlington-Edison School 2, Concrete School Page 18

19 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Conway School La Conner School Mount Vernon School 3, Sedro-Woolley School 2, Skamania County Mill A School Mount Pleasant School Skamania School Stevenson-Carson School Snohomish County 64,903 14, Arlington School 3, Darrington School Edmonds School 12,017 3, Everett School 11,575 2, Granite Falls School 1, Index School Lake Stevens School 4, Lakewood School 1, Marysville School 6,924 2, Monroe School 3, Mukilteo School 8,937 1, Page 19

20 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Snohomish School 5,776 1, Stanwood-Camano School 2, Sultan School 1, Spokane County 43,536 6, Central Valley School 7, Cheney School 2, Deer Park School 1, East Valley School (Spokane) 2, Freeman School Great Northern School Liberty School Mead School 5, Medical Lake School 1, Nine Mile Falls School Orchard Prairie School Riverside School Spokane School 17,889 3, West Valley School (Spokane) 2, Stevens County 5, Chewelah School Columbia (Stevens) School Page 20

21 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Colville School 1, Evergreen School (Stevens) Kettle Falls School Loon Lake School Mary Walker School Northport School Onion Creek School Summit Valley School Valley School 1, Wellpinit School Thurston County 23,925 5, Griffin School North Thurston Public Schools 8,562 2, Olympia School 5, Rainier School Rochester School 1, Tenino School Tumwater School 3, Yelm School 3, Wahkiakum County Wahkiakum School Page 21

22 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Walla Walla County 5, College Place School Columbia (Walla Walla) School Dixie School Prescott School Touchet School Waitsburg School Walla Walla Public Schools 3, Whatcom County 15,995 2, Bellingham School 6,047 1, Blaine School 1, Ferndale School 3, Lynden School 1, Meridian School 1, Mount Baker School 1, Nooksack Valley School Whitman County 2, Colfax School Colton School Endicott School Page 22

23 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Garfield School LaCrosse School Lamont School Oakesdale School Palouse School Pullman School 1, Rosalia School St. John School Steptoe School Tekoa School Yakima County 31,793 11, East Valley School (Yakima) 1, Grandview School 2, Granger School Highland School Mabton School Mount Adams School Naches Valley School Selah School 2, Sunnyside School 3,939 1, Toppenish School 2, Union Gap School Page 23

24 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Wapato School 2, West Valley School (Yakima) 3, Yakima School 8,975 5, Zillah School s 607, ,139 7,633 7,993 3, Page 24

25 Table 4: Report: Grades 9 12 School Report by (Grades 9 12) October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Adams County 1, Lind School Othello School 1, Ritzville School Washtucna School Asotin County 1, Asotin-Anatone School Clarkston School Benton County 10,814 4, Finley School Kennewick School 5,372 2, Kiona-Benton City School Prosser School Richland School 3,697 1, Page 25

26 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Chelan County 3,964 1, Cascade School Cashmere School Entiat School Lake Chelan School Manson School Wenatchee School 2,381 1, Clallam County 5,931 2, Cape Flattery School Crescent School Port Angeles School 1,334 1, Quillayute Valley School 3, Sequim School 1, Clark County 24,135 15,778 3,076 3, Battle Ground School 4,295 2, Camas School 1, Evergreen School (Clark) 8,123 5, , Hockinson School La Center School Ridgefield School Page 26

27 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Vancouver School 7,039 5,881 1,820 2, Washougal School Columbia County Dayton School Cowlitz County 5,642 3, Castle Rock School Kalama School Kelso School 1, Longview School 2,215 1, Toutle Lake School Woodland School Douglas County 2, Bridgeport School Eastmont School 1, Mansfield School Waterville School Ferry County Curlew School Inchelium School Republic School Page 27

28 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Franklin County 4,609 3, Kahlotus School North Franklin School Pasco School 4,024 3, Garfield County Pomeroy School Grant County 5,386 3, Coulee-Hartline School Ephrata School Grand Coulee Dam School Moses Lake School 2,200 1, Quincy School Royal School Soap Lake School Wahluke School Warden School Wilson Creek School Grays Harbor County 3,345 2, Aberdeen School 1, Elma School Page 28

29 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Hoquiam School Lake Quinault School Montesano School North Beach School Oakville School Ocosta School Taholah School Wishkah Valley School Island County 2,648 1, Coupeville School Oak Harbor School 1,683 1, South Whidbey School Jefferson County Chimacum School Port Townsend School Queets-Clearwater School Page 29

30 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior King County 78,881 42,565 9,743 11, Auburn School 5,051 2, Bellevue School 6,197 1, Enumclaw School 1, Federal Way School 7,272 5, , Highline School 5,749 5,597 1,875 2, Issaquah School 5,157 1, Kent School 8,697 5,607 1,333 1, Lake Washington School 6,889 2, Mercer Island School 1, Northshore School 6,466 1, Renton School 4,316 2, Riverview School Seattle Public Schools 10,535 8,724 2,551 2, Shoreline School 3,053 1, Skykomish School Snoqualmie Valley School 1, Tahoma School 2, Tukwila School Vashon Island School Page 30

31 School Five or October in Forward in a School from Prior a Month Kitsap County 12,393 4, Bainbridge Island School 1, Bremerton School 1, Central Kitsap School 3, North Kitsap School 2,281 1, South Kitsap School 3,232 1, Kittitas County 1, Cle Elum-Roslyn School Easton School Ellensburg School Kittitas School Thorp School Klickitat County 1, Bickleton School Glenwood School Goldendale School Klickitat School Lyle School Trout Lake School Page 31

32 School White Salmon Valley School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Wishram School Lewis County 3,748 1, Adna School Centralia School 1, Chehalis School Morton School Mossyrock School Napavine School Onalaska School Pe Ell School Toledo School White Pass School Winlock School Lincoln County Creston School Davenport School Harrington School Odessa School Reardan-Edwall School Page 32

33 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Sprague School Wilbur School Mason County 2,587 1, Mary M Knight School North Mason School Shelton School 1, Okanogan County 2, Brewster School Methow Valley School Okanogan School Omak School Oroville School Pateros School Tonasket School Pacific County Naselle-Grays River Valley School North River School Ocean Beach School Raymond School Page 33

34 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior South Bend School Willapa Valley School Pend Oreille County Cusick School Newport School Selkirk School Pierce County 38,796 22,302 4,043 4, Bethel School 5,654 2, Clover Park School 2,768 2, Eatonville School Fife School 1, Franklin Pierce School 2,424 1, Orting School Peninsula School 3,170 1, Puyallup School 6,852 2, Steilacoom Hist. School Sumner School 2,770 1, Tacoma School 8,335 6,301 1,573 1, University Place School 1, Page 34

35 Five or October School in Forward in a School from Prior a Month White River School 1, San Juan Island County Lopez School Orcas Island School San Juan Island School Skagit County 5,923 2, Anacortes School Burlington-Edison School 1, Concrete School La Conner School Mount Vernon School 1,896 1, Sedro-Woolley School 1, Skamania County Stevenson-Carson School Snohomish County 36,176 17,254 2,978 3, Arlington School 1,865 1, Darrington School Page 35

36 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Edmonds School 7,045 3, Everett School 5,631 2, Granite Falls School Lake Stevens School 2,396 1, Lakewood School Marysville School 3,538 2, Monroe School 3,556 1, Mukilteo School 4,447 1, Snohomish School 3,498 1, Stanwood-Camano School 1,751 1, Sultan School Spokane County 23,034 11,006 1,986 2,735 1,118 0 Central Valley School 3,781 1, Cheney School 1, Deer Park School East Valley School (Spokane) 1, Freeman School Liberty School Mead School 3, Medical Lake School Page 36

37 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Nine Mile Falls School Riverside School Spokane School 8,660 6,086 1,246 1, West Valley School (Spokane) 1, Stevens County 2,472 1, Chewelah School Columbia (Stevens) School Colville School 1, Kettle Falls School Mary Walker School Northport School Valley School Wellpinit School Thurston County 13,119 6, , North Thurston Public 4,421 2, Schools Olympia School 3, Rainier School Rochester School Page 37

38 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Tenino School Tumwater School 2, Yelm School 1,804 1, Wahkiakum County Wahkiakum School Walla Walla County 2,887 1, Columbia (Walla Walla) School Prescott School Touchet School Waitsburg School Walla Walla Public Schools 2,272 1, Whatcom County 8,744 4, Bellingham School 3,641 2, Blaine School Ferndale School 1, Lynden School Meridian School Mount Baker School Nooksack Valley School Page 38

39 School October Five or in a Month in a School Forward from Prior Whitman County 1, Colfax School Colton School Garfield School LaCrosse School Oakesdale School Palouse School Pullman School Rosalia School St. John School Tekoa School Yakima County 14,701 10,778 3,841 3, East Valley School (Yakima) Grandview School Granger School Highland School Mabton School Mount Adams School Naches Valley School Selah School 1, Sunnyside School 1,637 1, Page 39

40 School Five or October in Forward in a School from Prior a Month Toppenish School Wapato School West Valley School (Yakima) 1, Yakima School 4,512 5,622 2,462 2, Zillah School s 325, ,427 35,012 40,254 7, Page 40

41 For more information about the contents of this document, please contact: Sue Furth, OSPI Phone: (360) Download this material in PDF at or use a smartphone to scan this QR code for instant download. This material is available in alternative format upon request. Contact the Resource Center at (888) , TTY (360) Please refer to the document number below for quicker service: Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Old Capitol Building P.O. Box Olympia, WA