2017 High School County Maps
The MELL project is providing the following county maps for Washington based on data from the Spring 2017 world language enrollments reported in the OSPI CEDARS database. For more information about CEDARS, visit https://www.k12.wa.us/data-reporting/reporting/cedars.
For specific data about world language enrollments by school, district, county, and language, download: CEDARS World Language Enrollments Spring 2017 (Excel).
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 any number of world languages. Competency-based credits allow for an alternative path for students to fulfill revised state graduation requirements that necessitate students to graduate with at least 2 world language credits.
In MELL, we have seen the impact of this change in at least three 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. Third, district reporting of competency-based credits has not been consistent, so variations from year to year may reflect the data reporting, but not the actual testing in the districts.
For more information about Competency-Based Credits, visit: https://www.k12.wa.us/WorldLanguages/CompetencyBasedCredits.aspx.
Note: In the descriptions of the maps below ''Added'' means that in 2017 the county had districts that reported enrollments in this language, but in 2014 did not. ''Dropped'' means that in 2014 the county had districts that reported enrollments in this language, but in 2017 did not.
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4 or more years |
2 or more languages |
Arabic |
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Chinese |
French |
German |
Italian |
Japanese |
Korean |
Latin |
Native American |
Russian |
Somali |
Spanish |
Tagalog |
Vietnamese
| At least 2 years 2017 - High Schools |
In the 2017 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 39 out of 39 counties reported offering at least two years of a world language. (2013: 39, 2012: 39, 2009: 39)
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| 4 or more years 2017 - High Schools |
In the 2017 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 28 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). (2014: 28, 2013: 29, 2012: 32, 2009: 29 | Added: Grays Harbor, Mason, Pend Oreille, Stevens | Dropped: Grant, Klickitat, Pacific, Whitman)
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| 2 or more languages 2017 - High Schools |
In the 2017 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 37 out of 39 counties reported offering 2 or more world languages at their schools. (2014: 37, 2013: 37, 2012: 33, 2009: 33 | Added: Columbia | Dropped: Skamania)
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| Spanish 2017 - High Schools |
In the 2017 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 39 out of 39 counties reported offering Spanish. (2014: 39, 2013: 39, 2012: 39, 2009: 39)
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| French 2017 - High Schools |
In the 2017 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 32 out of 39 counties reported offering French. (2014: 32, 2013: 34, 2012: 34, 2009: 29 | Added: Lincoln | Dropped: Wahkiakum)
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| German 2017 - High Schools |
In the 2017 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 27 out of 39 counties reported offering German. (2014: 30, 2013: 30, 2012: 30, 2009: 21 | Added: Kittitas, Okanogan | Dropped: Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Skagit, Skamania, Whitman)
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| ASL - American Sign Language 2017 - High Schools |
In the 2017 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 25 out of 39 counties reported offering ASL. (2014: 24, 2013: 27, 2012: 28, 2009: 17 | Added: Columbia, Cowlitz, Island, Lewis, Wahkiakum | Dropped: Klickitat, Pacific, Walla Walla, Whitman)
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| Japanese 2017 - High Schools |
In the 2017 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 19 out of 39 counties reported offering Japanese. (2014: 20, 2013: 24, 2012: 25 , 2009: 21 | Added: Klickitat, Okanogan, Skagit, Wahkiakum | Dropped: Douglas, Lincoln, Pacific, San Juan, Skamania)
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| Chinese 2017 - High Schools |
In the 2017 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 13 out of 39 counties reported offering Chinese. (2014: 17, 2013: 22, 2012: 16, 2009: 5 | Added: Adams, Clallam, Island, Kitsap, Whatcom | Dropped: Douglas, Grays Harbor, Klickitat, Pacific, San Juan, Skagit, Stevens, Thurston, Wahkiakum)
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| Latin 2017 - High Schools |
In the 2017 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 8 out of 39 counties reported offering Latin. (2014: 16, 2013: 13, 2012: 17, 2009: 4 | Added: Grays Harbor, Island | Dropped: Clark, Klickitat, Lewis, Okanogan, Pacific, Skagit, Spokane, Wahkiakum, Whatcom, Yakima)
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| Native American Languages 2017 - High Schools |
In the 2017 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 11 out of 39 counties reported offering Native American Languages. (2014: 9, 2013: 9, 2012: 9, 2009: 7 | Added: King, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens | Dropped: Pierce, San Juan)
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| Russian 2017 - High Schools |
In the 2017 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 10 out of 39 counties reported offering Russian. (2014: 9, 2013: 11, 2012: 9, 2009: 5 | Added: Grant, Kitsap, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom, Yakima | Dropped: Benton, Chelan, Lewis, Pacific, Stevens)
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| Arabic 2017 - High Schools |
In the 2017 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 4 out of 39 counties reported offering Arabic. (2014: 3, 2013: 5, 2012: 6, 2009: 1 | Added: Benton)
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| Italian 2017 - High Schools |
In the 2017 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 5 out of 39 counties reported offering Italian. (2014: 5, 2013: 5, 2012: 5, 2009: Not listed | Added: Okanogan, Snohomish | Dropped: Kitsap, Pierce)
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| Korean 2017 - High Schools |
In the 2017 OSPI CEDARS data, high schools in 6 out of 39 counties reported offering Korean. (2014: 3, 2013: 5, 2012: 6, 2009: Not Listed | Added: Grant, Jefferson, King, Okanogan, Snohomish | Dropped: Clark, Whatcom)
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