Summary:
The Mary M Knight School District in Washington contains a single, unique elementary school: Washington Connections Academy - Mary M. Knight, a fully online public charter school serving 600 students in grades K-8.
This school operates within the broader context of the Mary M Knight School District, which faces significant academic challenges, ranking in the bottom 15% of state districts. However, the Connections Academy consistently outperforms the district average in all standardized test subjects, most notably in Science where its proficiency rate is nearly double the district's. Despite this relative strength, the school's statewide ranking has declined over recent years, placing it in the bottom quarter of all Washington schools, and it generally performs below state averages, particularly in mathematics.
Key considerations for families include the school's fully online instructional model and some concerning historical data, such as a previously very high dropout rate from the 2019-2020 school year. The school shows academic strengths in middle school Science and English Language Arts, where 8th-grade performance meets or exceeds state averages. As the only elementary option in the district, it provides an alternative that exceeds local benchmarks but indicates there is room for growth to reach state-level performance in most areas.
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