2013 High School County Maps

The MELL project is providing the following county maps for Washington based on data from the Spring 2013 world language enrollments reported in the OSPI CEDARS database. For more information about CEDARS, visit https://www.k12.wa.us/CEDARS/default.aspx.

For specific data about world language enrollments by school, district, county, and language, download: CEDARS World Language Enrollments Spring 2013 (Excel).

Note: In the descriptions of the maps below ''Added'' means that in 2013 the county had districts that reported enrollments in this language, but in 2012 did not. ''Dropped'' means that in 2012 the county had districts that reported enrollments in this language, but in 2013 did not.

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In the 2013 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 39 out of 39 counties reported offering at least two years of a world language. (2012: 39, 2009: 39)




In the 2013 OSPI CEDARS data, 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). (2012: 32, 2009: 29 | Dropped: Ferry, Pend Oreille, Stevens)



In the 2013 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 37 out of 39 counties reported offering 2 or more world languages at their schools. (2012: 33, 2009: 33 | Added: Asotin, Douglas, Klickitat, Lincoln)




In the 2013 OSPI CEDARS survey, high schools in 39 out of 39 counties reported offering Spanish. (2012: 39, 2009: 39)




In the 2013 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 34 out of 39 counties reported offering French. (2012: 34, 2009: 29 | Added: Kittitas | Dropped: Columbia)

In the 2013 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 30 out of 39 counties reported offering German. (2012: 30 , 2009: 21)




In the 2013 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 25 out of 39 counties reported offering ASL. (2012: 28 , 2009: 17 | Added: Lewis, Whitman | Dropped: Ferry, Island, Kittitas, Okanogan, San Juan)




In the 2013 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 24 out of 39 counties reported offering Japanese. (2012: 25 , 2009: 21 | Added: Grant, Mason, Pacific, Skamania | Dropped: Columbia, Douglas, Franklin, San Juan, Skagit)




In the 2013 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 22 out of 39 counties reported offering Chinese. (2012: 16, 2009: 5 | Added: Chelan, Cowlitz, Grant, Grays Harbor, Lewis, San Juan, Wahkiakum | Dropped: Whatcom)




In the 2013 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 13 out of 39 counties reported offering Latin. (2012: 17, 2009: 4 | Added: Klickitat, Okanogan, Whatcom | Dropped: Clallam, Island, Jefferson, Lincoln, Mason, Skamania)




In the 2013 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 9 out of 39 counties reported offering Native American Languages. (2012: 9, 2009: 7 | Added: King, Kitsap | Dropped: San Juan, Snohomish)




In the 2013 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 11 out of 39 counties reported offering Russian. (2012: 9, 2009: 5 | Added: Grays Harbor, King, Skagit, Yakima | Dropped: Snohomish, Whitman)




In the 2013 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 5 out of 39 counties reported offering Arabic. (2012: 6, 2009: 1 | Added: San Juan, Spokane | Dropped: Island, Pierce, Stevens)




In the 2013 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 5 out of 39 counties reported offering Italian. (2012: 5, 2009: Not listed | Added: King, Kitsap, Stevens, Yakima | Dropped: Island, Lewis, Skamania, Spokane)




In the 2013 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 4 out of 39 counties reported offering Korean. (2012: 6, 2009: Not Listed | Added: King, Pacific, Whatcom | Dropped: Clark, Island, Kitsap, Skamania, Stevens)




In the 2013 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 3 out of 39 counties reported offering Tagalog. (2012: Not listed, 2009: Not listed)




In the 2013 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 2 out of 39 counties reported offering Vietnamese. (2012: 1, 2009: Not listed | Added: Whatcom)




In the 2013 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 1 out of 39 counties reported offering Somali. (2012: Not listed, 2009: Not listed)





2013 - High Schools

County 2013 # High Schools CEDARS Data
Adams 4
Asotin 2
Benton 13
Chelan 9
Clallam 10
Clark 24
Columbia 1
Cowlitz 10
Douglas 5
Ferry 3
Franklin 5
Garfield 1
Grant 12
Grays Harbor 12
Island 5
Jefferson 4
King 95
Kitsap 19
Kittitas 6
Klickitat 10
Lewis 12
Lincoln 7
Mason 4
Okanogan 9
Pacific 8
Pend Oreille 4
Pierce 42
San Juan 4
Skagit 6
Skamania 2
Snohomish 41
Spokane 28
Stevens 13
Thurston 19
Wahkiakum 1
Walla Walla 7
Whatcom 13
Whitman 10
Yakima 22
Total 502

*Note: # of High Schools in County counts all schools that were reported in the OSPI CEDARS data report of schools with world language enrollments in Spring 2013. Some were actually middle schools, but the students were able to earn high school credits so the schools were listed in the query.

Impact of Competency-Based Credits

Since 2011, students in Washington State have had the opportunity to take nationally available language proficiency tests to demonstrate their ability to read, write, listen, and speak in a language other than English. They can potentially earn from 1 to 4 high school competency-based credits in a world language. We are now seeing the impact of this change in at least two ways. First, languages such as Vietnamese, which were not taught in Washington schools, now have students who count as enrollments in the OSPI CEDARS database by having demonstrated proficiency and earning competency-based credits. Second, students in various places in the state may be tested in languages that are not taught in their schools and in this way, those languages now “appear” or “disappear” in the county maps, depending on the number of students taking these tests in any given year. For more information about Competency-Based Credits, visit: https://www.k12.wa.us/WorldLanguages/CompetencyBasedCredits.aspx.