2008 Elementary and Middle School County Maps

The MELL project has created the following county maps to help illustrate the distribution of world languages offered across the state in public elementary and middle schools. If you click on a county, you can view a PDF file of the profiles of the elementary and middle schools in that county that submitted surveys in 2008.
Note: Garfield and Pend Oreille counties did not have any elementary or middle schools reporting in 2008. They are represented as black in all the maps that follow.

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In the 2008 MELL survey, elementary and middle schools in 37 out of 39 counties submitted surveys. (Note: Garfield and Pend Oreille counties did not have any elementary or middle schools reporting in 2008.)




In the 2008 MELL survey, elementary and middle schools in 25 out of 39 counties reported offering a world language. Many of the elementary programs were offered before or after school. (Note: Garfield and Pend Oreille counties did not have any elementary or middle schools reporting in 2008.)





About the MELL County Data

The 2008 Elementary and Middle School County Maps reflect data submitted by public elementary and middle schools on the 2008 MELL Survey. It's important to note that some counties had a higher percentage of schools reporting than did others, as shown in the table below. (Two counties, Garfield and Pend Oreille, did not have any MELL Surveys submitted in 2008.)

Download a full report of the County Summary 2008 (PDF).

2008 - Elementary and Middle Schools
County # of Elementary and Middle Schools in County* # Submitted MELL Survey % Submitted MELL Survey # Offer World Languages % Offer World Languages
Adams 8 1 12.5% 0 0.0%
Asotin 7 1 14.3% 0 0.0%
Benton 38 4 10.5% 2 5.3%
Chelan 24 6 25.0% 6 25.0%
Clallam 19 4 12.1% 1 5.3%
Clark 88 10 11.4% 3 3.4%
Columbia 3 1 33.3% 0 0.0%
Cowlitz 30 2 6.7% 0 0.0%
Douglas 13 4 30.8% 1 7.7%
Ferry 4 1 25.0% 1 25.0%
Franklin 18 3 16.7% 0 0.0%
Garfield 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Grant 30 7 23.3% 0 0.0%
Grays Harbor 29 4 13.8% 0 0.0%
Island 15 4 26.7% 2 13.3%
Jefferson 10 2 20.0% 1 10.0%
King 374 97 25.9% 36 9.6%
Kitsap 60 14 23.3% 6 10.0%
Kittitas 10 1 10.0% 0 0.0%
Klickitat 11 5 45.5% 2 18.2%
Lewis 24 4 16.7% 2 8.3%
Lincoln 8 3 37.5% 3 37.5%
Mason 15 3 20.0% 3 20.0%
Okanogan 10 1 10.0% 1 10.0%
Pacific 11 1 9.1% 1 9.1%
Pend Oreille 5 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Pierce 194 33 17.0% 8 4.1%
San Juan 9 2 22.2% 0 0.0%
Skagit 36 10 27.8% 5 13.9%
Skamania 6 2 33.3% 0 0.0%
Snohomish 145 36 24.8% 7 4.8%
Spokane 116 20 17.2% 1 0.9%
Stevens 18 3 16.7% 1 5.6%
Thurston 57 12 21.1% 4 7.0%
Wahkiakum 1 1 100% 0 0.0%
Walla Walla 21 5 23.8% 3 14.3%
Whatcom 46 13 28.3% 6 13.0%
Whitman 16 2 12.5% 0 0.0%
Yakima 69 17 24.6% 5 7.2%
Total 1599 339 21.2% 111 6.9%
*Note: # of Elementary and Middle Schools in County counts all schools that were not designated as High Schools in the 2007 OSPI demographics file by district. These include a combination of PK-5, K-5, K-8, etc. You can download the Excel file from the OSPI website: https://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/Download/2007/DemographicInformationByDistrict.xls or view a formatted report of OSPI Elementary and Middle Schools by County (PDF).