Now you know . . .

I decided that I will share some additional information on the current reality of our student housing situation in a series of posts with a Did You Know theme. Though I have a small readership, if people begin to share this information it may lead to conversations in our school community that accurately reflect current reality and the difficult situation we find ourselves in today. The information in this post and additional information can be found in the citizen committee’s report and recommendations to the board.


I will begin this series of posts with enrollment information since it is enrollment that is driving the need for the system to add capacity. The chart below shows enrollment growth in King County school districts from 1985 to 2010. Though we are not one of the larger districts this chart shows that we have experienced significant growth over that period of time.

The chart below shows the rate of growth for each district over the same period of time. From the chart we can see that our system has experienced on a percentage basis more growth than any district except Issaquah, 139% to 141%. The others are far below this. Our enrollment has more than doubled since 1985.

In the next post I will share enrollment projections through 2021 and housing capacities to provide a context for our current reality.