Washington State Teacher Certification Data by School, 2017-18 to 2024-25

Data.wa.gov provides teacher certificate type counts for Washington State public schools from the 2017-18 through 2024-25 school years. The dataset is disaggregated by School, LEA, Educational Service District, and State levels, with columns for TeacherCount, TeacherTotal, and Percentage. The data was last updated on 2026-01-27.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of CertificateType across different SchoolName and County using TeacherCount and Percentage.
• Compare teacher certification metrics between LEAName and ESDName over multiple SchoolYear periods.
• Calculate the proportion of certified teachers (IsEEValidated) at the OrganizationLevel (School, LEA, ESD, State).

Strengths

• Data covers eight consecutive school years from 2017-18 to 2024-25.
• Includes granular breakdowns by School, LEA, ESD, and State levels via OrganizationLevel and related ID columns.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• License and author information are not specified in the provided metadata.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.wa.gov

Collection Method

Likely administrative reporting from Washington State's K-12 education system.

Time Range

2017-18 through 2024-25 school years

Freshness

Last updated 2026-01-27 21:55:48; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Washington State, USA, disaggregated by County, Educational Service District (ESD), and Local Education Agency (LEA).