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.

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




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).




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




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




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




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




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

Adams Asotin Benton Clark Columbia Cowlitz Douglas Ferry Franklin Garfield Grant Gray's Harbor Island Jefferson Kickitat King Kitsap Kittitas Lewis Lincoln Mason Okanogan Pacific Pierce Pend Orriele San Juan Skagit Skamania Snohomish Spokane Stevens Thurston Walla Walla Wahkiakum Whatcom Whitman Yakima


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




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




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




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




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




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.