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2009 High School County Maps

In keeping with the theme of mapping and enhancing language learning, the MELL project has created the following county maps to help illustrate the distribution of world languages offered across the state. If you click on a county, you can view a PDF file of the profiles of the high schools in that county that submitted surveys in 2009.

Jump to: At least 2 years | 4 or more years | 2 or more languages
Spanish | French | German | ASL | Japanese | Russian | Chinese | Latin | Native American | Arabic
About the MELL County Data

At least 2 years 2009 - High Schools

In the 2009 MELL survey, high schools in 39 out of 39 counties reported offering at least two years of a world language.

4 or more years 2009 - High Schools

In the 2009 MELL survey, high schools in 29 out of 39 counties reported offering four or more years of the same world language (for example, students may have begun language study in middle school and continued through the AP level in high school).

2 or more languages 2009 - High Schools

In the 2009 MELL survey, high schools in 33 out of 39 counties reported offering 2 or more world languages at their schools.

Spanish 2009 - High Schools

In the 2009 MELL survey, high schools in 39 out of 39 counties reported offering Spanish.

French 2009 - High Schools

In the 2009 MELL survey, high schools in 29 out of 39 counties reported offering French.

German 2009 - High Schools

In the 2009 MELL survey, high schools in 21 out of 39 counties reported offering German.

ASL - American Sign Language 2009 - High Schools

In the 2009 MELL survey, high schools in 17 out of 39 counties reported offering ASL.

Japanese 2009 - High Schools

In the 2009 MELL survey, high schools in 19 out of 39 counties reported offering Japanese.

Russian 2009 - High Schools

In the 2009 MELL survey, high schools in 5 out of 39 counties reported offering Russian.

Chinese 2009 - High Schools

In the 2009 MELL survey, high schools in 5 out of 39 counties reported offering Chinese.

Latin 2009 - High Schools

In the 2009 MELL survey, high schools in 4 out of 39 counties reported offering Latin.

Native American Languages 2009 - High Schools

In the 2009 MELL survey, high schools in 7 out of 39 counties reported offering Native American Languages.

Arabic 2009 - High Schools

In the 2009 MELL survey, high schools in 1 out of 39 counties reported offering Arabic.

About the MELL County Data

The 2009 High School County Maps reflect data submitted by high schools on the 2009 MELL Survey. Note that some schools on the master list of high schools obtained from OSPI did not respond to email or phone requests to complete the survey. Schools that could not be reached were excluded from the dataset (hence 100% of high schools on our list submitted the survey).

2009 - High Schools

County # of High Schools Submitted MELL Survey

Adams 3

Asotin 3

Benton 9

Chelan 8

Clallam 7

Clark 19

Columbia 1

Cowlitz 8

Douglas 3

Ferry 2

Franklin 3

Garfield 1

Grant 12

Grays Harbor 9

Island 4

Jefferson 4

King 76

Kitsap 14

Kittitas 3

Klickitat 4

Lewis 10

Lincoln 7

Mason 3

Okanogan 9

Pacific 5

Pend Oreille 3

Pierce 32

San Juan 3

Skagit 9

Skamania 1

Snohomish 31

Spokane 23

Stevens 6

Thurston 14

Wahkiakum 1

Walla Walla 6

Whatcom 12

Whitman 7

Yakima 21

Total 396

*Note: # of High Schools in County counts all schools that encompassed grades 9-12 or some subset based on the OSPI 2005-6 Demographics File. This includes a number of alternative programs and schools that only go up to grade 9, 10, or 11.

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