OSPI Dashboard for Seattle Schools, January 2026

 


SPS seems to be at steady-state on these measures in 2025. There are some changes, though:

- Kindergarten readiness dropped by a lot, from 73.6% to 67.9%. As someone who tutors kindergarteners, this readiness is so important to students getting their best start in learning. Even kids who come in with modest readiness can move much faster than students who come in with pretty much a blank slate. 

I might ask the City what they think (given they have a large preschool program embedded in SPS).


- 8th grade Reading is dropping slightly while 8th grade Math is mostly the same.


- On high school Math, I am perplexed. In 2023, it was 52.3%, 2024, it was 58.3% (a notable climb), but in 2025, it dropped to 49.7%. 


- Dual Credit participation (with CTE) is really climbing and again, I'd love to know why that might be. Ditto for without CTE.

Parents, thoughts? 


- I always smile at the 4-year graduation rate at over 80%, mainly because I don't believe in that stat, given how SPS keeps fooling around with grades. 

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