INDICATORS

EARLY LEARNING

•3.1.1 Early Education Enrollment •3.1.2 Kindergarten Readiness

K-12

•3.2.1 Number of FTE Students per FTE Teachers •3.2.2 Students with Poor Academic Performance •3.2.3 Student Attendance •3.2.4 Special Education Students •3.2.5 English Language Learners: Total & Share •3.2.6 Dropout Rate: 9th & 10th Grades •3.2.7 Public HS On-Time Graduation Rate •3.2.8 Public HS Extended Graduation Rate •3.2.9 Expenditures per Full-Time Student •3.2.10 Share of Youth Ages 16-19 Employed •3.2.11 K-12 Free/Reduced Price Lunch Program •3.2.12 Students Not Feeling Safe at School

K-12 STATE TESTING

•3.3.1 State Testing: Math

HIGHER EDUCATION

•3.4.1 Population 18+ Enrolled •3.4.2 1st-Year Post High School Enrollment

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

•3.5.1 Population with a High School Diploma •3.5.2 Population with an Associate's Degree •3.5.3 Population with a BA or Graduate Degree

EDUCATION

Increasingly, the quality of community life is equated with the quality of its educational institutions. In a knowledge economy, education is the primary means of producing goods and services, consequently incomes, and ultimately wealth.

This section considers a gamut of outcome indicators, from pre-K to higher education. It briefly examines the community's financial support for public education. The trends cover both Skagit County as a whole, as well as the individual school districts via downloadable data. A full definition of each indicator, as well as its relevance to Skagit County, can be found in the More Information section. The data are available in a spreadsheet via the Download Data tab.