Twenty Lake Washington School District schools earn Washington School Recognitions

Recognition from State Board of Education, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Educational Opportunity Gap Oversight and Accountability Committee

Redmond, Wash. – The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) has announced that 20 different LWSD schools have been recognized through the Washington School Recognition Program for the 2023-24 school year.

Statewide, 406 public K-12 schools received state recognition for outstanding achievement in 155 school districts. Only 16% of schools statewide received recognition this year.

Recognized schools will receive a banner to display in their buildings. The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) partners with the State Board of Education (SBE) and Educational Opportunity Gap Oversight and Accountability Committee (EOGOAC) to identify and recognize schools for the program.

There are three routes for schools to be honored by the Washington School Recognition Program:

• Closing Gaps: recognizes schools previously identified for ESSA Comprehensive or Targeted Supports demonstrating substantial improvements for the school or student groups for which the school was identified and meeting other requirements.
• Growth: recognizes schools where the “All Students” group or other student groups are making the largest annual gains on multiple Washington School Improvement Framework (WSIF) measures and meeting other eligibility requirements including the High/Low Gap measure for the “All Students” group.
• Achievement: recognizes the highest achieving schools on ELA and math proficiency, high school graduation rate, and the School Quality and Student Success (SQSS) measures, while also meeting the winter 2025 WSIF performance requirement (all students performing at 6.0 or higher on the winter 2025 WISF).

Congratulations to the following LWSD schools for being recognized for the 2023-24 school year:

• Benjamin Franklin Elementary - Achievement
• Carl Sandburg Elementary - Growth
• Christa McAuliffe Elementary - Achievement
• Community School - Achievement
• Discovery Community School - Achievement
• Environmental & Adventure School - Achievement
• Explorer Community School - Achievement & Growth
• Helen Keller Elementary - Growth
• Horace Mann Elementary - Growth
• International Community School - Achievement
• John Muir Elementary - Growth
• Juanita Elementary - Growth
• Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary - Achievement
• Nikola Tesla STEM High School - Achievement
• Northstar Middle School - Achievement
• Peter Kirk Elementary - Achievement & Growth
• Rachel Carson Elementary - Achievement
• Rosa Parks Elementary - Achievement
• Samantha Smith Elementary - Achievement
• Stella Schola Middle School - Achievement

The Washington School Recognition Program was previously known as the Washington Achievement Awards. The program was on pause during the 2019–20 and 2020–21 school years as schools navigated the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
More information about the methodology of the award can be found on the State Board of Education website at: School Recognition | SBE (wa.gov).

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About Lake Washington: Lake Washington School District is a high-performing public school district serving Kirkland, Redmond, and Sammamish, Washington. It is the second largest district in the state of Washington, with over 30,000 students in 55 schools.