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In 2013, the state Legislature passed legislation which requires the State Auditor’s Offi ce to conduct biennial audits of school districts’ Alternative Learning Experience (ALE) programs. We examined districts’ compliance with state laws and regulations and with their own policies and procedures. School districts received about $276 million in ALE funding for the school fi scal years 2013 and 2014.Overall, audits of ALE programs have shown signifi cant improvement in this audit cycle (school fi scal years 2013 and 2014), with more districts following compliance requirements necessary to receive funding for ALE. In audits of one fi scal year – 2011 – we found issues at 52 of the 67 school districts we audited, and almost $27 million in possible overpayments. However, in audits of two most recent fi scal years – 2013 and 2014 – we found issues at 31 of the 124 districts audited, and questioned around $2 million in ALE funding. Th e primary causes of questioned funding in our recent audits included:

• Written student learning plans with missing elements required for funding of ALE• Not conducting and/or documenting required monthly evaluations of student progress• Not obtaining signed statements from parents certifying they understand the diff erence between

ALE and home-based instruction • Off ering high school programs that did not generate credits toward a high school diploma

In our ongoing commitment to fulfi ll the required ALE audits, we will continue to limit our selections to those programs with at least 10 Average Annual Full Time Equivalent (AAFTE), which will provide coverage of 99 percent of all ALE programs. We expect to perform onsite audits of 41 programs and desk audits of 48 programs for fi scal year 2015.

Accountability AuditAlternative Learning Experience (ALE) ProgramsFor school fi scal years 2013 and 2014

Issued March 3, 2016

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State Auditor’s Offi ce contactsState Auditor Troy Kelley

360-902-0370, [email protected]

Jan M. Jutte, CPA, CGFM – Deputy State Auditor


Kelly J. Collins, CPA – Director of Local Audit


Mark Rapozo, CPA – Deputy Director of Local Audit


Cheryl Thresher – School Program Manager


Adam Wilson – Deputy Director for Communications


To request public recordsPublic Records Offi cer


Alternative Learning Experience Programs Accountability Audits :: Introduction | 2

About This Audit 3

Audit Results and Recommendations 4

Appendix A: ALE Programs Alphabetically by District Name 10

Appendix B: ALE Programs by Average Annual FTE (AAFTE), Fiscal Year 2014 23

Appendix C: ALE Programs by Percent Nonresident, Fiscal Year 2014 29

Appendix D: ALE Programs by Percent ALE vs. Basic Enrollment, Fiscal Year 2014 35

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Alternative Learning Experience Programs Accountability Audits :: Introduction | 3

About Th is Audit

In 2013, the State Legislature passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5946, codifi ed in RCW 28A.232.010, requiring the State Auditor’s Offi ce to conduct fi nancial audits of Alternative Learning Experience (ALE) programs in the state. In the past two years, we have performed enrollment audits of every ALE program in the state that reported more than 10 Average Annual Full Time Equivalent (AAFTE) students. Th is resulted in audits of 99 percent of the students reported for ALE funding in 223 programs provided by 124 school districts. Many school districts operate multiple programs and a mix of program course types (remote, site-based, or online). In our most recent audits of school fi scal year 2014, OSPI identifi ed 307 programs statewide reporting approximately 27,660 students for funding. Programs vary in size from less than one average annual full time equivalent (AAFTE) student to programs with more than 3,300 AAFTE students. (See Appendix A for an alphabetical list of districts and Appendix B for a list of district programs ordered by size.)

Alternative Learning Experience Programs Accountability Audits :: Audit Results | 4

Audit Results and Recommendations

Overall, we saw improvements with compliance requirements necessary to claim funding for ALE programs. Th e primary causes of reporting errors have not changed signifi cantly but the number of districts out of compliance has decreased. For fi scal year 2011, we audited 67 districts for compliance and reported issues at 52 of them (78 percent), resulting in possible overpayments of almost $27 million. For the school fi scal years 2013 and 2014 (September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2014), we audited 223 ALE programs off ered in 124 school districts, and identifi ed issues in only 25 percent of them. We found possible overpayments of about $2 million – a reduction in questioned expendures of better than 90 percent.School districts are required by state law to maintain documentation to support the ALE program funding they receive. Th e requirements appear in statute, and in rules developed by the Offi ce of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), which also provides guidance for following these rules and regulations to districts. When documentation is missing, inadequate or unclear, we question ALE funding for lack of compliance with state requirements. Our audit work concentrated on the areas that support ALE funding at the state level. Th ey are important because they are required to qualify a student for ALE funding. In this report, the issues we found are organized by the number of times they appeared in our audits, from the most to the least frequent. Th e six areas where we most oft en identifi ed problems include:

1. Written student learning plans2. Monthly evaluations of student progress3. Signed parental statements of understanding4. Student releases between districts 5. Evidence of student-teacher contact 6. Requirements to be claimed for ALE funding

Th e recommendations in this report refl ect those we made directly to audited school districts.


1. Written Student Learning Plans:

Documentation that sets the expectation for student participation

is also used to allocate funding based on their Full-Time Equivalent

(FTE) hoursEvery ALE student is required to have a written student learning plan that has been approved by an instructor with a Washington state teaching certifi cate. Th is is especially important for ALE programs in which the parent helps design the plan, select the learning materials, and provide the daily instruction. Th e certifi cated instructor’s approval indicates the district has taken responsibility for the learning plan, ensuring that it meets all the ALE requirements, including one or more of the state’s essential academic learning requirements or grade-level expectations, as well as any other academic goals and requirements defi ned by the school district. In our audits, we examined plans for the dates of approval and question ALE funding for months claimed prior to the plan approval date.

• We found 19 programs in which a student was counted for one or more months before the plan was approved by the certifi cated instructor at the school district.

Beginning and ending dates of planWritten student learning plans must state the dates they are in eff ect: students may only be claimed for funding between the beginning and ending dates identifi ed in the plan.

• In 11 programs, we either could not identify the beginning and ending dates for learning plans or students were counted for funding outside the dates in their plans.

FTE funding hoursFunding for ALE students is based on the hours identifi ed in their written student learning plan. In school fi scal year 2014, an ALE student generated $5,297 in basic education allocation funding if they were enrolled for one FTE, for the full ten months of the school year (September through June). Districts may document hours in a learning plan either as a total number of hours for the plan, or by assigning hours for each course in the plan and adding them up to arrive at the plan’s total hours.

• In 18 programs, we found instances in which enrolled hours were not clearly identifi ed or students were claimed for more or fewer hours than identifi ed in their plans.

We recommended: Districts report only those students with a learning plan in place, including beginning and ending dates and estimated hours of learning activity per week, that has been approved by certifi cated instructional staff .


2. Monthly progress evaluations:

An important tool that is not always used with precision to

measure satisfactory or unsastifactory progress in ALETh e progress of students in ALE programs must be evaluated on a monthly basis. Under the current rules, progress for each month (including September) must be conducted by the fi ft h school day of the following month, and each student must be assessed as making either satisfactory or unsatisfactory progress. If progress is unsatisfactory, the certifi cated ALE instructor must devise and implement an intervention plan to help the student get back on track within fi ve additional school days. Our audits verify that evaluations, and intervention plans if required, are conducted on a timely basis. We identifi ed six common errors related to timely progress evaluations that resulted in questioned funding for ALE programs. Th ey are:

• Progress reviews did not clearly identify whether progress was satisfactory or unsatisfactory in 19 programs.

• No evidence that progress reviews were conducted every month a student was enrolled in 15 programs.

• Progress reviews or intervention plans were not conducted timely in seven programs.

• Intervention plans were not completed when required in fi ve programs.• Progress reviews were conducted, but not dated. When evaluations are

not dated, we cannot verify the district met the requirement to have an evaluation in place within fi ve school days of the end of the previous month. If evaluations are not completed within fi ve days, students cannot be counted for funding in the following month. We found this occurred in three programs.

• Progress was not communicated to the student and/or parent as required in three programs.

Progress reviews in programs where a parent of a student is the daily provider of instruction must clearly document and provide evidence that the certifi cated instructor took responsibility for supervising, monitoring, evaluating and documenting the student’s progress as required by statute. Without evidence of the instructor’s review of progress, we cannot assure proper accountability for student progress.

Assessment of students’ monthly progress varies widely

from district to districtSatisfactory progress must be based on the learning goals and performance objectives defi ned in the written student learning plan. How satisfactory progress is measured is defi ned by each school district and the professional judgment of the certifi cated teacher. Some stakeholders argue that it is appropriate to allow districts and individual programs to decide what to measure as evidence of student progress and what is considered acceptable progress, based on the program and the needs of the students within their school. However, this can lead to striking disparity from program to progam in what constitutes satisfactory progress, making it diffi cult to assess compliance with state requirements regarding progress.


OSPI’s Digital Learning Department created the standardized Choice Transfer form for districts to document when they release students for online courses or program enrollment.

• We noted a high degree of variation in how progress is measured between programs. In one program, students were considered successful only if they achieved a grade/score above 80 percent in all of their courses. In another program, students were considered successful if they obtained a passing score in either reading or math.

We recommended: Districts report students for ALE funding only aft er a progress review is conducted and documented by certifi cated instructional staff and, when necessary, an intervention plan has been implemented.

3. Statements of Understanding for ALE students Since 2005, state regulations have required that the parents of a prospective ALE student receive a description of the diff erence between home-based instruction (also called homeschooling) and ALE. Th e parents must sign a document – the Statement of Understanding, also called the Attestation Letter – confi rming that they understand the diff erence between ALE and homeschooling. In 2012, state regulations changed requiring the statement to be signed and dated by the parent within three days of their request for ALE enrollment, but the school may enroll the student conditionally for 30 calendar days. Th e district must dis-enroll the student from the ALE program if it has not received the statement before the end of the conditional enrollment period. Th is requirement applies to all ALE programs: online, remote and site-based.

• We found that 16 programs either were missing the form or counted a student for funding before receiving the form.

We recommended: Districts should obtain signed acknowledgements that parents understand the diff erence between ALE and home-based instruction (home schooling).

4. Student Releases From Resident DistrictAlmost half of the 27,660 students enrolled in ALE courses statewide are enrolled in courses that are delivered by a school outside the district they live in. Forty-eight programs reported more than half their ALE enrollment were nonresident students, and 23 of these programs reported that nonresident students made up more than 90 percent of their enrollment. (See Appendix C for a list of the nonresident programs by percentage of enrollment, and Appendix D for a list of the districts by ALE students as a percent of the district’s basic enrollment.)When students live in one district and attend school in another, either part-time or full-time, the resident and nonresident districts must coordinate how they report FTE to ensure that no student is counted for more than one FTE in the aggregate. As of March 31, 2014, OSPI required districts to use its Standard Choice Transfer System (SCTS) to record all students who are “choicing out” of their resident district to a nonresident district for the purpose of enrolling in an online school program. Districts must use the SCTS for transferring students into online school enrollment, but the system is also able to process requests for other nonresident enrollments and interdistrict agreements.

• We identifi ed eight programs that were missing a release form or counted a student as enrolled before the student was released by the resident school district.


Earlier problems with release forms in interdistrict cooperatives

have been correctedOur ALE audits of school fi scal year 2011 resulted in fi ndings at several ALE interdistrict cooperatives that did not follow the rules about student release forms. Audits conducted for the period September 1, 2012, through August 31, 2014 found this issue has been corrected: release forms in the cooperative districts clearly present releases from the resident districts to the serving districts. We recommended: Districts report nonresident students only aft er receiving release forms from the resident district.

5. Evidence of contact between student and certifi cated

instructor must be timely and substantiatedWe examined the documentation school districts retained to substantiate two-way contact between the certifi cated instructor and student. Students are required to participate in at least one course within the fi rst four days of September and must have two-way contact within 20 school days prior to count date for the months of October through June. If students have regularly scheduled onsite or online classes, contact may be established through attendance records or logs when the student participates in synchronous digital instruction. Electronic contact may be supported by the actual two-way email or notes of telephone or Skype discussions.

• We found 12 districts did not adequately document two-way contact within the fi rst four days of September or within 20 school days prior to one of the other monthly count dates.

We recommended: Districts report only students they can document have had student-instructor contact with certifi cated instructional staff within the fi rst four days of September and within 20 days prior to count dates for the months of October through June.

6. Requirements to be claimed for ALE funding

Course of study must lead to a high school diplomaHigh-school level ALE courses must satisfy OSPI’s requirements for courses of study and equivalencies as provided in Washington Administrative Code (WAC): they must be off ered for high school credit, lead to a high school diploma, and satisfy the State Board Of Education’s high school credit and graduation requirements.

• We found one program did not provide courses leading to a high school diploma.

Documentation to support ALE compliance requirementsALE students must have a written student learning plan in place containing all elements defi ned in statute to support the individualized learning as well as documentation to support weekly contact and monthly progress evaluations.

• We found one program failed to meet any of the documentation criteria necessary to report students for ALE enrollment funding.

We recommended: Districts report for ALE funding only those programs that maintain documentation required by state regulation and off er a course of study leading to a high school diploma.


ALE Substantially Similar Expenditure Analysis In 2012, the Legislature amended regulations regarding “substantially similar experiences and services” and redefi ned them to mean that

…”for each purchased or contracted instructional or cocurricular course, lesson, trip or other experience, service or activity identifi ed on an alternative learning experience written student learning plan, there is an identical or similar experience, service or activity made available to students enrolled in the district’s regular instructional program.”

Districts are required to report details of their substantially similar experience to OSPI on an annual basis, and include the number of students served and the cost of instruction, including fees paid to non-certifi cated community-based instructors. For the school fi scal year 2014, we did not audit substantially similar expenditures at school districts, but we did analyze costs charged to this area over the last three years. On a statewide basis, substantially similar expenditures decreased by almost 65 percent between the 2011-12 fi scal year and 2013-14, as shown in Exhibit 1.

What has prompted the reduction in “substantially similar”

reporting?Several districts that reported high spending in the fi rst year of required reporting did not report any spending in school fi scal year 2014. Some school districts have moved towards hiring community-based instructors as school district employees. ALE rules do not require districts to report expenditures made to district employees who provide services to ALE programs. Nor must districts report whether the services or experiences provided by these employees are also made available to students enrolled in the district’s regular instructional program.We performed a limited review at two districts that are still reporting signifi cant spending in this area and found both districts have established processes to monitor community-based instructors and to obtain input regarding student participation and progress on a periodic basis.

Next steps: Planned fi scal year 2015 ALE auditsOSPI has provided information about ALE enrollment reported for the 2014-2015 school year: it identifi es 327 programs with approximately 26,750 AAFTE in 158 districts. Based on data provided by OSPI, and ALE audit results from the prior two years, we expect to perform onsite audits of 41 programs and desk audits of 48 programs for fi scal year 2015. We will conduct onsite audits of smaller programs with identifi ed risk that were previously desk audits, and a selection of programs with annual average enrollment greater than 100. We will continue to limit our selections to those programs with at least 10 AAFTE, which will provide coverage of 99 percent of all ALE programs reported for funding. We also plan to collect information on programs that allow the use of “educational expense funds.” Th ese funds are allocated by the school district to individual students enrolled in their ALE programs. Th e school district allows parents to direct district spending through the selection of either learning materials or activities.

2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

$4.6M

$2.8M

$1.6M

Exhibit 1 – Spending on “substantially similar” experiences has dropped by almost 65% School fiscal years 2011-2014

Alternative Learning Experience Accountability Audit :: Appendix A | 10

Appendix A: ALE Programs Alphabetically by District Name

School District Name Program Name Program Type

Program Grades

Average Program ALE

Percent District ALE

Percent Nonresident

Anacortes Cap Sante High School Contract Based 09-12 42.25 1.6 3.6

Arlington Stillaguamish Valley School

Parent Partnership KK-12 133.93 3.0 37.0

Arlington Weston High School Contract Based 09-12 16.48 3.0 5.6

Auburn West Auburn ALE Contract Based 09-12 91.80 0.9 11.9

Auburn Auburn Will Graduate Digital/Online 09-12 33.60 0.9 5.4

Bainbridge Island Mosaic Home Education Partnership


Bainbridge Island Eagle Harbor High School

Contract Based 09-12 8.33 1.1 1.4

Bainbridge Island Independent Studies Classes

Contract Based - 0.00 1.1 0.0

Battle Ground River Parent Partnership KK-12 698.00 13.0 53.0

Battle Ground CAM Parent Partnership 03-12 519.03 13.0 17.8

Battle Ground Summit View High School

Contract Based 09-12 373.70 13.0 33.6

Bellingham Spokane Virtual Learning

Digital/Online 08-12 10.74 0.2 0.0

Bellingham American Academy Digital/Online 09-12 10.72 0.2 0.0

Bellingham Bellingham Virtual Learning

Digital/Online 11-12 0.74 0.2 0.0

Bethel ALE Parent Partnership 09-12 329.57 2.1 0.0

Bethel Online ALE Program Digital/Online KK-05 35.30 2.1 0.0

Bethel HS ALE Digital/Online 09-12 4.38 2.1 0.0

Bethel Pierce County Skill Center

Digital/Online 12-12 2.05 2.1 54.2

Blaine HomeConnection Parent Partnership 01-12 63.76 4.0 28.5

Blaine Blaine HS ALE program Contract Based 09-12 16.09 4.0 0.0

Bremerton Renaissance Alternative High School

Contract Based 08-12 179.72 4.6 20.2

Bremerton Drawbridge Contract Based 11-12 22.63 4.6 0.0

Bremerton Home Link Digital/Online 01-08 10.97 4.6 6.6

Bremerton American Academy Digital/Online 10-12 7.76 4.6 1.3

Bremerton On-line Options Digital/Online 09-12 5.73 4.6 0.0

Brewster Brewster ALE Program Digital/Online 09-12 13.96 1.6 0.0

ALE programs alphabetically by school district name, fi scal year 2014

Average Program ALE – The annual average full-time equivalent reported for ALE program.Percent District ALE – The ALE enrollment reported as a percentage of basic enrollment reported for the same grades.Percent Nonresident – The percentage of ALE enrolled students who live outside the provider district’s boundaries.



Program Grades

Average Program ALE


Percent Nonresident

Burlington-Edison Burlington-Edison Alternative School

Contract Based 11-12 5.00 0.1 0.0

Burlington-Edison Burlington-Edison Parent Partnership (BEPP)

Parent Partnership - 0.00 0.1 0.0

Cape Flattery Neah Bay Alternative Program

Contract Based 08-12 13.24 3.0 0.0

Central Kitsap Off Campus Parent Partnership KK-12 163.69 4.2 21.4

Central Kitsap Alternative High School

Contract Based 10-12 146.04 4.2 9.5

Central Kitsap East Side Alt Contract Based 10-12 54.48 4.2 10.9

Central Kitsap New Frontiers Jr High Contract Based 07-09 48.37 4.2 12.4

Central Kitsap CK Online Academy Digital/Online 09-12 23.54 4.2 4.2

Central Valley I-TRACC Digital/Online 08-12 83.45 1.5 8.9

Central Valley Spokane Valley Learning Academy


Central Valley Barker High School Contract Based 09-12 16.68 1.5 5.3

Central Valley University High School Digital/Online 09-10 2.40 1.5 0.0

Chehalis Twin Cities Virtual Academy

Digital/Online 07-12 0.86 0.0 0.0

Cheney HomeWorks! Parent Partnership KK-08 56.33 2.6 29.0

Cheney Three Springs Contract Based 09-12 50.00 2.6 6.6

Cheney Cheney Virtual Learning

Digital/Online - 0.00 2.6 0.0

Chewelah Chewelah HomeLink Parent Partnership KK-12 43.17 6.6 2.8

Chewelah Chewelah Alternative High School

Contract Based 10-12 11.20 6.6 0.0

Chimacum PI Program Parent Partnership 01-12 83.14 7.9 23.5

Chimacum FOCUS Contract Based - 0.00 7.9 0.0

Clarkston The Educational Opportunity Center

Contract Based 09-12 149.80 5.8 1.6

Clarkston American Academy Contract Based 12-12 0.10 5.8 0.0

Cle Elum-Roslyn Swiftwater Alternative High School

Contract Based 09-12 24.79 2.9 5.7

Cle Elum-Roslyn Swiftlink Parent Partnership Program


Clover Park Clover Park On-line Program

Digital/Online 01-12 19.45 0.2 0.0

Columbia (Stevens) Columbia HS Alternative Program


Colville Panorama Contract Based KK-12 82.08 4.6 15.7

ALE programs alphabetically by school district name, fi scal year 2014, continued



Program Grades

Average Program ALE


Percent Nonresident

Concrete Skagit River School House

Parent Partnership 01-12 5.00 1.8 0.0

Concrete Twin Cedars High School

Contract Based 09-12 4.16 1.8 0.0

Crescent Olympic Peninsula HomeConnection


Curlew Contract Studies Contract Based 07-12 4.76 2.3 0.0

Darrington Parent Partnership Parent Partnership KK-10 1.95 0.6 0.0

Darrington ALE Contract Based 09-12 0.69 0.6 0.0

Davenport Davenport Alternative Learning

Contract Based 10-12 4.36 0.8 0.0

Deer Park Deer Park Home Link Parent Partnership KK-12 448.22 20.2 64.1

Deer Park Deer Park Alternative High School

Contract Based 09-12 43.90 20.2 3.9

East Valley (Spokane)

Keys Digital/Online KK-08 188.75 11.6 100.0


EV Online Learning Digital/Online KK-12 135.97 11.6 62.5


Parent Partnership Parent Partnership KK-12 132.75 11.6 58.5


Kennewick Center Digital/Online 03-12 30.30 11.6 100.0


Tribal Digital/Online 07-12 5.60 11.6 98.2

East Valley (Yakima)

American Academy Digital/Online 09-12 7.80 0.3 2.6

Eastmont Eastside Alternative Program

Contract Based 07-12 105.89 2.0 5.0

Eatonville Eatonville Independent Study Center

Contract Based 10-12 22.50 2.3 4.4

Eatonville Mt. Rainier Parent Partnership


Eatonville No Drop Outs Digital/Online 09-12 1.30 2.3 0.0

Edmonds Edmonds Heights K-12 Parent Partnership KK-12 454.64 3.2 36.9

Edmonds Edmonds e-learning Digital/Online 09-12 134.10 3.2 3.1

Edmonds Will Graduate Digital/Online 09-12 19.40 3.2 0.0

Ellensburg Parent Partner Program Parent Partnership KK-12 18.55 0.6 0.0

Elma East Grays Harbor HS Contract Based Learning

Contract Based 09-12 44.89 3.2 8.7

Elma East Grays Harbor High School Digital/Online

Digital/Online 09-12 2.05 3.2 10.2

Enumclaw American Academy Digital/Online 11-12 3.62 0.1 0.0




Program Grades

Average Program ALE


Percent Nonresident

Ephrata Sage Hills High School Contract Based 09-12 0.79 0.0 0.0

Everett Sequoia High School Contract Based 09-12 246.17 2.2 6.6

Everett Port Gardner K-12 Parent Partnership KK-12 111.20 2.2 16.2

Everett Sequoia OnlineHS Digital/Online 09-12 38.28 2.2 6.0

Evergreen (Clark) iQ Academy Digital/Online 06-12 427.39 3.1 73.5

Evergreen (Clark) Legacy High School Contract Based 09-12 235.40 3.1 0.0

Evergreen (Clark) Evergreen Flex Academy


Evergreen (Clark) Clark County Vocational Skills Center

Contract Based 11-12 17.96 3.1 50.8

Evergreen (Clark) 49th Street Academy Digital/Online 06-12 15.60 3.1 0.0

Evergreen (Clark) Union's Liberal Arts Academy

Contract Based 10-12 0.88 3.1 0.0

Evergreen (Clark) Evergreen Ignite Academy


Evergreen (Clark) No Thunder Left Behind


Evergreen (Clark) T-Wolf Academy Contract Based - 0.00 3.1 0.0

Federal Way Internet Academy Digital/Online KK-12 293.69 1.4 62.8

Ferndale Windward Independent Student

Contract Based 09-12 2.33 0.1 0.0

Ferndale Graduation Alliance Digital/Online 09-12 1.21 0.1 0.0

Fife Learning Opportunity Center


Finley FINLEY Contract Based 07-12 3.83 0.4 8.1

Franklin Pierce Gates High School Contract Based 08-12 122.50 2.6 2.9

Franklin Pierce New Pathways School Contract Based 09-12 65.57 2.6 0.0

Franklin Pierce iSchool@FP Digital/Online - 0.00 2.6 0.0

Freeman S.O.A.R.S. Alternative School

Contract Based 09-12 5.42 0.6 0.0

Goldendale AMERICAN ACADEMY Contract Based 09-12 4.40 0.5 0.0

Grand Coulee Dam Alternative Learning Experience

Contract Based 11-12 0.89 0.1 0.0

Grandview Contract Learning Center

Contract Based 09-12 58.82 1.8 9.2

Grandview The American Academy - Compass

Digital/Online 10-12 1.70 1.8 0.0

Grandview The American Academy GHS

Digital/Online 09-10 0.90 1.8 0.0

Granite Falls Crossroads Alternative High School

Contract Based 07-12 177.59 9.1 40.3




Program Grades

Average Program ALE


Percent Nonresident

Highline Highline Interim Placement Program

Digital/Online 08-12 35.96 0.5 2.2

Highline CHOICE Electives Program

Contract Based 07-12 26.49 0.5 0.0

Highline New Start Contract Program

Contract Based 09-12 15.91 0.5 0.6

Highline PE Contract Program Contract Based 09-12 3.91 0.5 35.0

Highline Programs Off -Site Contract Based - 0.00 0.5 0.0

Highline PSHS Contract Based - 0.00 0.5 0.0

Hoquiam Homelink Digital/Online 01-12 79.16 4.9 42.2

Issaquah Issaquah HS Online Learning

Digital/Online 09-12 2.54 0.0 0.0

Issaquah Skyline HS Online Learning

Digital/Online 09-12 1.66 0.0 0.0

Issaquah Liberty HS Online Learning

Digital/Online 12-12 0.82 0.0 0.0

Issaquah Maywood MS Online Learning

Digital/Online 08-08 0.66 0.0 0.0

Issaquah Tiger Mountain HS Online Learning

Digital/Online 12-12 0.16 0.0 0.0

Issaquah Issaquah MS Online Learning

Digital/Online 08-08 0.08 0.0 0.0

Issaquah Pine Lake MS Online Learning

Digital/Online 08-08 0.06 0.0 0.0

Issaquah Beaver Lake Online Learning


Kelso Kelso Virtual Academy Digital/Online 08-12 18.18 0.4 0.0

Kennewick Mid-Columbia Parent Partnership


Kennewick Off Campus Learning Digital/Online 09-12 41.86 1.6 0.0

Kennewick ALE - CP CTE Contract Based 11-12 5.34 1.6 0.0

Kennewick ALE - District CP Contract Based - 0.00 1.6 0.0

Kent Kent Phoenix Academy Virtual High School Program

Digital/Online 09-12 87.36 0.8 0.0

Kent Kent Mountain View Academy Transition Program

Contract Based 09-12 60.60 0.8 0.0

Kent Kent SD CTE Online ALE Programs

Digital/Online 09-12 46.62 0.8 0.0

Kent Regional Justice Center Contract Based 09-12 1.80 0.8 0.0




Program Grades

Average Program ALE


Percent Nonresident

Kettle Falls Columbia Virtual Academy - Kettle Falls


Kettle Falls Contracted Based Education

Contract Based 12-12 9.90 18.2 0.0

Kettle Falls Kettle Falls Homelink Parent Partnership - 0.00 18.2 0.0

Kiona-Benton City Kiona-Benton City Online Program

Digital/Online 01-12 11.90 0.8 0.0

La Center La Center Home School Academy

Digital/Online KK-12 12.78 0.9 0.0

Lake Chelan Glacier Valley High School

Contract Based 10-12 18.90 2.2 30.7

Lake Chelan Chelan Prepatory High School

Contract Based 09-12 11.14 2.2 77.8

Lake Stevens HomeLink Parent Partnership KK-12 122.08 1.6 38.7

Lake Washington Emerson K-12 Parent Partnership KK-12 117.53 0.5 7.3

Lake Washington ONLINE Digital/Online 09-12 1.46 0.5 0.0

Lake Washington Grad Seminar Contract Based - 0.00 0.5 0.0

Liberty S.O.A.R.S. Alternative School

Contract Based 10-12 2.88 0.7 0.0

Longview On Track Virtual Program

Digital/Online 09-12 48.84 0.8 0.0

Loon Lake Loon Lake School Parent Partnership Program


Lopez CVA-Lopez Island Online Learning

Digital/Online 01-12 11.66 9.7 97.3

Lopez PPP Parent Partnership 01-12 9.43 9.7 16.1

Lyle The American Academy

Digital/Online 10-11 2.00 0.9 0.0

Lynden Lynden Academy Parent Partnership KK-12 172.31 6.6 42.4

Lynden LHS Contract Learners Contract Based 10-12 2.12 6.6 22.6

Mary Walker Mary Walker Parent Partnership Program


Mary Walker Digital EC MWPPP Parent Partnership 01-12 24.98 13.1 92.3

Mary Walker Springdale Academy Contract Based KK-09 10.50 13.1 61.9

Marysville SHOPP Parent Partnership 01-12 111.06 2.5 16.5

Marysville MOVE UP Program Digital/Online 09-12 90.86 2.5 77.1

Marysville SOAR Contract Based 09-12 62.41 2.5 8.9

Mead Mead Education Partnership Prog


Mead Mead Alternative High School

Contract Based 09-12 98.51 4.7 13.3




Program Grades

Average Program ALE


Percent Nonresident

Medical Lake Medical Lake Alternative High School

Contract Based 09-12 38.24 2.2 24.7

Mercer Island Crest Learning Center Digital/Online 09-12 6.27 0.2 0.0

Meridian MP3 ALE Parent Partnership KK-08 405.30 25.1 91.9

Meridian Independent Learning Center

Contract Based 09-12 5.11 25.1 39.1

Methow Valley Independent Learning Center

Contract Based 08-12 19.82 6.4 0.0

Methow Valley Alernative Learning Experience - Home School


Monroe Sky Valley Education Center


Monroe Washington Virtual Academies

Digital/Online 09-12 329.25 17.4 97.7

Monroe Leaders In Learning Contract Based 09-12 114.85 17.4 12.1

Montesano Montesano Learning Academy

Digital/Online 12-12 0.20 0.0 0.0

Moses Lake MLSD Digital ALE Digital/Online 06-12 91.24 1.3 0.0

Moses Lake THE AMERICAN ACADEMY

Digital/Online 09-12 7.60 1.3 0.0

Moses Lake Phoenix Academy Digital/Online 08-12 5.02 1.3 0.0

Mossyrock Mossyrock Academy Digital/Online 09-12 7.11 1.4 14.1

Mount Baker Mount Baker Academy Parent Partnership KK-06 21.34 2.7 17.7

Mount Baker The American Academy

Digital/Online 09-12 18.88 2.7 11.7

Mount Baker Mount Baker Virtual Learning

Digital/Online 07-12 6.42 2.7 0.0

Mount Baker Contract Learning Contract Based 11-11 0.40 2.7 0.0

Mount Vernon Skagit Family Learning Center


Mount Vernon American Academy Digital/Online 09-12 27.39 4.3 0.0

Naches Valley Naches Valley Alternative Program


Naselle-Grays River Valley

Naselle Homelink Parent Partnership KK-12 226.87 45.3 98.4

Newport Newport Parent Partnership


Nine Mile Falls Lakeside Academy Digital/Online 09-12 2.89 0.2 0.0

North Franklin North Franklin Virtual Academy

Digital/Online 01-06 11.42 0.6 0.0

North Kitsap Parent Alternative Learning





Program Grades

Average Program ALE


Percent Nonresident

North Mason PACE ACADEMY Contract Based 09-12 47.95 3.6 0.0

North Mason North Mason HomeLink Program


Northport Homelink Parent Partnership KK-12 60.13 26.6 83.8

Northport Classlink Digital/Online - 0.00 26.6 0.0

Northshore Northshore Networks Contract Based 01-12 114.07 0.7 2.3

Northshore Secondary Academy for Success Contract Learning

Contract Based 11-12 10.16 0.7 0.0

Northshore Graduation Alliance Contract Based 09-12 6.04 0.7 0.0

Oak Harbor Homeconnection Parent Partnership KK-12 202.42 3.9 18.7

Oak Harbor Midway Contract Based 09-12 1.98 3.9 0.0

Ocean Beach Learning Options Center

Contract Based 08-12 0.38 0.0 0.0

Okanogan Okanogan Outreach Alternative School

Contract Based 06-12 56.16 7.6 43.1

Okanogan Okanogan Alternative High School

Contract Based 01-12 26.40 7.6 59.9

Olympia ORLA Parent Partnership KK-12 179.70 3.8 62.0

Olympia Avanti High School Contract Based 09-12 151.71 3.8 36.5

Omak Washington Virtual Academies Omak High School

Digital/Online KK-12 3,351.01 68.8 99.6

Omak Omak Alternative HS Contract Base

Contract Based 09-12 25.87 68.8 0.0

Omak The American Academy

Digital/Online 10-12 1.63 68.8 0.0

Omak Outreach K-8 Parent Partnership - 0.00 68.8 0.0

Onalaska Carlisle Lake Alt School On-Line


Orcas Island OASIS Parent Partnership KK-12 424.63 52.8 89.3

Orient Columbia Virtual Academy-Orient


Orting OASIS Contract Based 02-12 66.72 3.0 13.5

Othello On-Line Othello Digital/Online 09-12 2.45 0.1 0.0

Pasco Pasco Academy of Learning

Digital/Online 06-12 42.16 0.3 0.0

Peninsula Peninsula Internet Academy

Digital/Online 09-12 45.72 0.6 4.6




Program Grades

Average Program ALE


Percent Nonresident

Port Angeles Digital Learning Department

Digital/Online 09-12 24.70 1.5 0.0

Port Angeles Parents as Partners Parent Partnership KK-08 10.93 1.5 0.0

Port Angeles Natural Resources Distance

Contract Based 09-12 10.07 1.5 61.0

Port Angeles Information Technology

Digital/Online 10-12 8.10 1.5 25.2

Port Angeles Port Angeles DLD Digital/Online 09-12 0.64 1.5 0.0

Port Angeles Lincoln High School Contract Base

Contract Based 09-12 0.22 1.5 0.0

Port Townsend OCEAN Contract Based KK-12 67.16 5.8 5.7

Pullman ALE/Flex Ed Digital/Online 09-12 5.66 0.2 4.2

Puyallup Puyallup Online Academy

Digital/Online 07-12 84.34 0.4 1.5

Puyallup P4 Digital/Online KK-08 5.95 0.4 30.3

Quilcene P.E.A.R.L. Parent Partnership KK-08 349.48 64.8 100.0

Quilcene Crossroads Community School

Contract Based 09-12 8.91 64.8 2.2

Quillayute Valley Insight School of Washington

Digital/Online 09-12 1,986.48 64.6 99.2

Quillayute Valley Home School Plus Contract Based 02-12 17.07 64.6 0.0

Quincy High Tech High Digital/Online 10-12 5.20 0.2 0.0

Raymond Raymond Home Link School


Reardan-Edwall Reardan On-Line Academy

Contract Based 08-12 1.14 0.2 0.0

Renton Home Program Parent Partnership KK-12 97.39 1.1 33.5

Renton Virtual Academy Digital/Online 08-12 55.83 1.1 2.1

Renton American Academy Digital/Online 12-12 0.10 1.1 0.0

Republic Alternative Learning Contract Based 09-12 4.83 2.3 20.7

Republic PPP Parent Partnership KK-07 2.60 2.3 0.0

Richland Three Rivers Home Link Parent Partnership KK-12 298.50 3.4 37.0

Richland Contract Learning Contract Based 09-12 77.75 3.4 8.2

Richland American Academy Digital/Online 09-12 7.58 3.4 0.0

Ritzville American Academy Contract Based 09-12 6.19 2.0 0.0

Riverside Independent Scholar Program


Riverside Riverside Achievement Center

Contract Based 08-12 26.21 7.5 10.8

Riverview PARADE Parent Partnership KK-12 112.51 4.8 12.4

Riverview CLIP Contract Based 09-12 34.42 4.8 10.4

Rochester H.e.a.r.t. High School Contract Based 09-12 24.30 1.1 2.1

Rosalia S.O.A.R.S. Alternative School

Contract Based 10-12 2.90 1.5 0.0




Program Grades

Average Program ALE


Percent Nonresident

San Juan Island Griffi n Bay Learning Center

Contract Based 08-12 13.11 1.7 0.0

Seattle Public Schools

Interagency Programs Contract Based 02-12 481.13 1.3 2.0


Home School Resource Center



Nova High School Contract Based - 0.00 1.3 0.0

Sedro-Woolley Home Centered Learning

Contract Based 09-12 45.00 1.1 6.0

Sedro-Woolley American Academy Digital/Online 10-12 0.70 1.1 0.0

Selah Selah Online Digital/Online 09-12 22.06 1.4 4.5

Selah HomeLink Parent Partnership KK-08 20.16 1.4 11.4

Selah The American Academy

Digital/Online 10-12 4.50 1.4 0.0

Sequim Olympic Peninsula Academy


Sequim Sequim Alternative High School


Shelton Home Partnership Academy


Shelton Contract Based Education

Contract Based 11-12 26.64 2.2 0.0

Shoreline Home Education Exchange


Snohomish AIM High School Contract Based 07-12 154.07 2.6 6.7

Snohomish Snohomish Parent Partnership


Snohomish Credit Retrieval Contract Based 09-12 26.18 2.6 4.6

Snohomish APEX Online Digital/Online - 0.00 2.6 0.0

Snoqualmie Valley Contract Students Contract Based 09-12 87.46 2.0 0.0

Snoqualmie Valley Contract Students Parent Partnership KK-08 22.73 2.0 0.0

Snoqualmie Valley Snoqualmie Valley Virtual Academy

Digital/Online 07-12 8.74 2.0 0.0

Soap Lake Smokiam Alternative High School

Contract Based 09-12 38.64 8.2 43.7

South Bend South Bend Homelink Parent Partnership 10-11 1.50 0.3 0.0

South Kitsap Explorer Academy Parent Partnership KK-12 193.28 4.3 0.7

South Kitsap Discovery Alternative High School

Contract Based 09-12 189.06 4.3 1.6




Program Grades

Average Program ALE


Percent Nonresident

Spokane The Enrichment Cooperative (TEC)


Spokane On-Track Contract Based 09-12 274.69 2.9 10.7

Spokane Community School Contract Based 09-12 112.48 2.9 0.0

Spokane Spokane Virtual Learning

Digital/Online 06-12 48.08 2.9 0.0

Spokane CHOICE Contract Based 09-12 25.45 2.9 0.0

Spokane Rogers Education Center


Stanwood-Camano

Saratoga School Parent Partnership KK-11 76.22 2.7 16.8

Stanwood-Camano

Lincoln Hill - Independent Study

Contract Based 09-12 37.65 2.7 9.3

Stanwood-Camano

Lincoln Academy Contract Based - 0.00 2.7 0.0

Stanwood-Camano

Lincoln Hill - Contract Learning


Stanwood-Camano

Lincoln Hill Online Learning


Stevenson-Carson Columbia Gorge School

Digital/Online 02-12 25.48 2.9 10.4

Sultan Sultan Alternative Education School


Sultan Sky Valley Options Contract Based 09-12 32.36 9.0 0.3

Sultan American Academy Sultan

Digital/Online 10-12 1.10 9.0 0.0

Sumner District-wide On-Line Learning Program

Digital/Online 06-12 81.03 1.0 8.2

Sunnyside The American Academy

Contract Based 09-12 25.50 0.5 0.0

Sunnyside contract learning Contract Based 09-12 4.00 0.5 0.0

Tacoma Tacoma Virtual Learning

Digital/Online 06-12 48.80 0.2 6.0

Tahoma Russell Ridge Center Parent Partnership KK-08 62.19 1.1 43.5

Tahoma American Academy Digital/Online 09-12 18.46 1.1 0.0

Tekoa S.O.A.R.S. Alternative School

Contract Based 11-12 0.78 0.4 0.0

Toledo Cowlitz Prairie Academy

Contract Based 06-12 50.59 7.0 7.7

Toledo Toledo Alternative Options - Parent Partnership





Program Grades

Average Program ALE


Percent Nonresident

Tonasket Tonasket Alternative High School

Contract Based 09-12 24.87 7.1 0.0

Tonasket Tonasket High School Parent Partnership 09-12 20.98 7.1 0.0

Tonasket Tonasket Elementary School


Tonasket Tonasket Middle School


Toppenish NW Allprep Digital/Online 03-12 212.97 14.0 100.0

Toppenish SKYLAR ACADEMY Digital/Online 01-12 147.40 14.0 98.3

Toppenish EAGLE JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL

Contract Based 06-12 95.88 14.0 6.1

Toppenish COMPUTER ACADEMY TOPPENISH (CAT)

Contract Based 05-12 88.68 14.0 22.0

Toppenish RED COMET Digital/Online 09-12 9.46 14.0 100.0

Trout Lake Trout Lake Homelink Parent Partnership KK-06 9.50 4.9 0.0

Tumwater Secondary Options Contract Based 09-12 84.09 1.4 24.2

Tumwater NMHS Learning Lab Contract Based - 0.00 1.4 0.0

University Place Curtis High School Alternative Program

Digital/Online 10-12 1.30 0.0 7.7

Valley Columbia Virtual Academy


Vancouver Vancouver Home Connection


Vancouver Vancouver Virtual Learning Academy

Digital/Online 06-12 162.40 2.6 7.3

Vancouver Lewis and Clark High School

Contract Based 09-12 127.51 2.6 7.6

Vancouver Vancouver Alternative Programs

Contract Based 06-12 28.30 2.6 0.0

Vashon Island Family Link Parent Partnership KK-12 53.38 5.0 0.0

Vashon Island Student Link Contract Based 09-12 18.70 5.0 0.0

Wahkiakum Wendt/Thomas Parent Partnership


Wahkiakum Parent Partnership Parent Partnership 09-11 2.24 1.8 0.0

Wahkiakum Online Learning Distant


Walla Walla Public Schools

Contract Program Contract Based 09-12 97.93 3.7 0.0


Walla Walla Homelink Parent Partnership KK-08 71.89 3.7 30.1


Digital Learning Program

Digital/Online 07-12 53.66 3.7 55.0

Washougal Excelsior High School Contract Based 09-12 14.84 0.5 6.7




Program Grades

Average Program ALE


Percent Nonresident

Wellpinit Wellpinit Alliance - Columbia Basin J.C.

Contract Based 09-12 57.20 25.4 100.0

Wellpinit Wellpinit-Fort Semco High School

Contract Based 10-12 34.70 25.4 100.0

Wellpinit Wellpinit Alliance - Yakama Nation

Contract Based 08-12 21.80 25.4 100.0

Wellpinit Wellpinit Alliance High School

Contract Based 09-12 14.50 25.4 37.9

Wenatchee Valley Academy Contract Based KK-10 185.16 4.0 53.9

Wenatchee Westside High School Alternative Learning Programs

Contract Based 09-12 105.53 4.0 21.7

Wenatchee Skills Source Contract Based 09-12 8.60 4.0 31.4

Wenatchee Wenatchee High School Online Learning

Digital/Online 10-12 2.32 4.0 6.9

West Valley (Spokane)

Contract Based Education

Contract Based 09-12 294.13 12.7 87.3


Spokane Valley Transition School

Contract Based 09-12 169.84 12.7 58.6

White River White River American Academy

Digital/Online 10-12 10.36 0.3 0.0

White River Choice Parent Partnership


White River Collins Alternative High School


Winlock APOLO HIGH SCHOOL Contract Based 06-12 43.20 6.5 18.3

Woodland TEAM High School Contract Based 09-12 84.00 6.1 19.5

Woodland Lewis River Academy - K-12


Woodland Lewis River Academy - 9-12


Yakima Yakima Online! Digital/Online 06-12 101.49 0.9 3.5

Yakima CLC Contract Program Contract Based 07-12 32.10 0.9 0.0

Yakima ALE Contracts at YV-Tech

Contract Based 10-12 12.30 0.9 31.9

Yelm YEC Contract Based Learning

Contract Based 06-12 131.81 2.5 13.1


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Appendix B: ALE Programs by Average Annual FTE (AAFTE), Fiscal Year 2014

School District Name Program Name

Average Program FTE


3,351.01


1,986.48


710.75

Battle Ground River 698.00


628.16

Battle Ground CAM 519.03


Interagency Programs 481.13

Edmonds Edmonds Heights K-12 454.64

Deer Park Deer Park Home Link 448.22

Evergreen (Clark) iQ Academy 427.39

Orcas Island OASIS 424.63

Meridian MP3 ALE 405.30


373.70


367.41

Quilcene P.E.A.R.L. 349.48


331.06

Bethel ALE 329.57


329.25

Richland Three Rivers Home Link 298.50



294.13

Federal Way Internet Academy 293.69

Spokane On-Track 274.69


263.14


246.19

Everett Sequoia High School 246.17

Evergreen (Clark) Legacy High School 235.40


Naselle Homelink 226.87


Average Program FTE


221.46

Toppenish NW Allprep 212.97

Oak Harbor Homeconnection 202.42

South Kitsap Explorer Academy 193.28


189.06


Keys 188.75

Wenatchee Valley Academy 185.16


179.72

Olympia ORLA 179.70


177.59

Lynden Lynden Academy 172.31



169.84

Central Kitsap Off Campus 163.69


162.40

Snohomish AIM High School 154.07

Olympia Avanti High School 151.71


149.80

Toppenish SKYLAR ACADEMY 147.40

Central Kitsap Alternative High School 146.04


145.26


EV Online Learning 135.97

Edmonds Edmonds e-learning 134.10


133.93


133.40


Parent Partnership 132.75


131.81


ALE programs by average annual FTE (AAFTE), fi scal year 2014, continued


Average Program FTE



130.39


127.51

Franklin Pierce Gates High School 122.50

Lake Stevens HomeLink 122.08

Lake Washington Emerson K-12 117.53


115.57

Monroe Leaders In Learning 114.85

Northshore Northshore Networks 114.07

Riverview PARADE 112.51

Spokane Community School 112.48

Everett Port Gardner K-12 111.20

Marysville SHOPP 111.06


108.41


105.89


105.53

Evergreen (Clark) Evergreen Flex Academy 104.88

Yakima Yakima Online! 101.49


98.51


Contract Program 97.93

Renton Home Program 97.39


97.16


95.88

Auburn West Auburn ALE 91.80

Moses Lake MLSD Digital ALE 91.24

Marysville MOVE UP Program 90.86


88.68

Snoqualmie Valley Contract Students 87.46


87.36


87.11


Average Program FTE


84.34

Tumwater Secondary Options 84.09

Woodland TEAM High School 84.00


83.63

Central Valley I-TRACC 83.45


83.19

Chimacum PI Program 83.14

Colville Panorama 82.08


81.03

Hoquiam Homelink 79.16

Richland Contract Learning 77.75

Stanwood-Camano

Saratoga School 76.22


74.60


Walla Walla Homelink 71.89


70.12


68.84

Port Townsend OCEAN 67.16

Orting OASIS 66.72

Franklin Pierce New Pathways School 65.57

Blaine HomeConnection 63.76

Marysville SOAR 62.41

Tahoma Russell Ridge Center 62.19


61.18


61.03


60.60


60.56

Northport Homelink 60.13


58.82




Average Program FTE


57.20

Cheney HomeWorks! 56.33


56.16

Renton Virtual Academy 55.83

Central Kitsap East Side Alt 54.48



53.66

Vashon Island Family Link 53.38

Toledo Cowlitz Prairie Academy 50.59

Cheney Three Springs 50.00

Longview On Track Virtual Program 48.84

Tacoma Tacoma Virtual Learning 48.80

Central Kitsap New Frontiers Jr High 48.37


48.08

North Mason PACE ACADEMY 47.95


46.62


45.72


45.00


44.89


43.90

Winlock APOLO HIGH SCHOOL 43.20

Chewelah Chewelah HomeLink 43.17

Anacortes Cap Sante High School 42.25


42.16


41.95

Kennewick Off Campus Learning 41.86


38.64

Everett Sequoia OnlineHS 38.28


38.24

Stanwood-Camano


37.65


Average Program FTE


35.96


35.48

Bethel Online ALE Program 35.30


34.70

Riverview CLIP 34.42

Auburn Auburn Will Graduate 33.60

Sultan Sky Valley Options 32.36

Yakima CLC Contract Program 32.10


31.54


Kennewick Center 30.30


28.30


28.08

Mount Vernon American Academy 27.39


26.64


26.49


26.40


26.21

Snohomish Credit Retrieval 26.18


25.87


25.73

Sunnyside The American Academy 25.50

Stevenson-Carson Columbia Gorge School 25.48

Spokane CHOICE 25.45

Mary Walker Digital EC MWPPP 24.98


24.87


24.79


24.70




Average Program FTE

Rochester H.e.a.r.t. High School 24.30

Central Kitsap CK Online Academy 23.54


Bremerton Drawbridge 22.63


22.50


22.33

Selah Selah Online 22.06


21.80

Mount Baker Mount Baker Academy 21.34

Tonasket Tonasket High School 20.98

Selah HomeLink 20.16


19.82


19.45

Edmonds Will Graduate 19.40


18.90

Mount Baker The American Academy 18.88

Vashon Island Student Link 18.70

Ellensburg Parent Partner Program 18.55

Tahoma American Academy 18.46

Kelso Kelso Virtual Academy 18.18


17.96

Quillayute Valley Home School Plus 17.07


17.04


17.00

Central Valley Barker High School 16.68

Arlington Weston High School 16.48


16.40

Blaine Blaine HS ALE program 16.09


15.91

Evergreen (Clark) 49th Street Academy 15.60

Washougal Excelsior High School 14.84


Average Program FTE


14.50


14.16

Brewster Brewster ALE Program 13.96


13.24


13.11


12.78

Tonasket Tonasket Middle School 12.39

Yakima ALE Contracts at YV-Tech 12.30


11.90


11.66


11.42


11.20


11.14

Bremerton Home Link 10.97

Port Angeles Parents as Partners 10.93


10.74

Bellingham American Academy 10.72

Mary Walker Springdale Academy 10.50


10.36


10.16


10.07


9.90

Trout Lake Trout Lake Homelink 9.50

Toppenish RED COMET 9.46

Lopez PPP 9.43


8.91




Average Program FTE


8.74

Wenatchee Skills Source 8.60


8.33

Port Angeles Information Technology 8.10


American Academy 7.80

Bremerton American Academy 7.76


7.60

Richland American Academy 7.58

Mossyrock Mossyrock Academy 7.11


6.42

Mercer Island Crest Learning Center 6.27

Ritzville American Academy 6.19

Northshore Graduation Alliance 6.04

Puyallup P4 5.95

Bremerton On-line Options 5.73

Pullman ALE/Flex Ed 5.66


Tribal 5.60


5.42

Kennewick ALE - CP CTE 5.34

Quincy High Tech High 5.20


5.11

Moses Lake Phoenix Academy 5.02


5.00


5.00

Republic Alternative Learning 4.83


4.78

Curlew Contract Studies 4.76

Selah The American Academy 4.50

Goldendale AMERICAN ACADEMY 4.40

Bethel HS ALE 4.38


4.36


Average Program FTE

Concrete Twin Cedars High School 4.16

Sunnyside contract learning 4.00

Highline PE Contract Program 3.91

Finley FINLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT

3.83

Enumclaw American Academy 3.62


2.90

Nine Mile Falls Lakeside Academy 2.89


2.88

Republic PPP 2.60


2.54

Othello On-Line Othello 2.45

Central Valley University High School 2.40


2.33


2.32

Wahkiakum Parent Partnership 2.24

Lynden LHS Contract Learners 2.12


2.05


2.05

Lyle The American Academy 2.00

Oak Harbor Midway 1.98

Darrington Parent Partnership 1.95

Kent Regional Justice Center 1.80


1.70


1.66

Omak The American Academy 1.63

South Bend South Bend Homelink 1.50

Lake Washington ONLINE 1.46

Eatonville No Drop Outs 1.30


1.30

Ferndale Graduation Alliance 1.21


1.14




Average Program FTE


1.10


0.90


0.89


0.88


0.86


0.82

Ephrata Sage Hills High School 0.79


0.78


0.74

Sedro-Woolley American Academy 0.70

Darrington ALE 0.69


0.66

Port Angeles Port Angeles School District DLD

0.64

Mount Baker Contract Learning 0.40

Ocean Beach Learning Options Center 0.38


0.22


0.20


0.16

Clarkston American Academy 0.10

Renton American Academy 0.10


0.08


0.06


0.00


0.00

Cheney Cheney Virtual Learning 0.00


Average Program FTE

Chimacum FOCUS 0.00


0.00

Columbia (Stevens)

Columbia HS Alternative Program

0.00


0.00

Evergreen (Clark) No Thunder Left Behind 0.00

Evergreen (Clark) T-Wolf Academy 0.00


0.00

Franklin Pierce iSchool@FP 0.00

Highline Programs Off -Site 0.00

Highline PSHS 0.00


0.00

Kennewick ALE - District CP 0.00

Kettle Falls Kettle Falls Homelink 0.00

Lake Washington Grad Seminar 0.00

Northport Classlink 0.00

Omak Outreach K-8 0.00


Nova High School 0.00


0.00

Snohomish APEX Online 0.00

Spokane Rogers Education Center 0.00

Stanwood-Camano

Lincoln Academy 0.00

Stanwood-Camano


0.00

Stanwood-Camano


0.00


0.00

Tumwater NMHS Learning Lab 0.00

Wahkiakum Online Learning Distant 0.00


0.00


0.00

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Appendix C: ALE Programs by Percent Nonresident, Fiscal Year 2014


Percent Nonresident



Keys 100.00


100.00


100.00




100.00


Quilcene P.E.A.R.L. 99.97


99.55


99.41


99.22


99.14





98.26


Tribal 98.21


97.66


97.26


96.43


96.02


95.24



Percent Nonresident

Meridian MP3 ALE 91.93

Orcas Island OASIS 89.32



87.26


86.51

Northport Homelink 83.82


80.45


77.83




64.28

Deer Park Deer Park Home Link 64.13




Olympia ORLA 61.97



60.97


59.85



58.64





55.01


54.15




51.78


51.17


50.78



Percent Nonresident


49.42


48.39


43.66



43.09




40.33


39.14



37.93


37.01






33.61



31.87



30.69

Puyallup P4 30.25







24.99


24.74




Percent Nonresident


23.26



22.04


21.82


21.67



20.99



20.27


20.22







16.98

Stanwood-Camano




Lopez PPP 16.06


15.86



Orting OASIS 13.49


13.25


13.05


12.55




ALE programs by percent nonresident, fi scal year 2014, continued



Percent Nonresident


12.02

Evergreen (Clark) Evergreen Flex Academy

11.99



Selah HomeLink 11.43



10.84


10.76



10.73


Riverview CLIP 10.35


10.24


Stanwood-Camano


9.30


9.18




8.69


8.18



8.09


7.72



7.61


7.30



6.90


Percent Nonresident







6.12




5.96



5.73



5.65





4.98


4.62




4.44




4.06


3.87










2.24




Percent Nonresident


2.16






1.60


1.59


1.48


1.44



1.14



0.63


Bethel ALE 0.00








0.00



0.00


0.00



0.00


0.00



Percent Nonresident


0.00


0.00





0.00



0.00


0.00


0.00


0.00


Spokane CHOICE 0.00


0.00


0.00





0.00


0.00






Quillayute Valley Home School Plus 0.00


0.00


0.00


0.00




Percent Nonresident





0.00


0.00


0.00



0.00


0.00


0.00



0.00



0.00


0.00


0.00



0.00


0.00



0.00






0.00





Percent Nonresident


0.00


0.00


0.00




Bethel HS ALE 0.00


0.00


0.00




0.00



0.00

Republic PPP 0.00


0.00




0.00







0.00


0.00

Omak The American Academy 0.00








Percent Nonresident


0.00


0.00


0.00


0.00


0.00


0.00


0.00



0.00


0.00


Darrington ALE 0.00


0.00


0.00




0.00


0.00


0.00




0.00


0.00

Bainbridge Island Independen Studies Classes

0.00


0.00


Percent Nonresident


Chimacum FOCUS 0.00


0.00


0.00


0.00




0.00



Highline PSHS 0.00


0.00




Northport Classlink 0.00

Omak Outreach K-8 0.00




0.00



0.00

Stanwood-Camano


Stanwood-Camano


0.00

Stanwood-Camano


0.00


0.00




0.00


0.00


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Appendix D: ALE Programs by Percent ALE vs. Basic Enrollment, Fiscal Year 2014




72.90


68.75


68.75

Omak The American Academy 68.75Omak Outreach K-8 68.75Orient Columbia Virtual

Academy-Orient68.25

Quilcene P.E.A.R.L. 64.82Quilcene Crossroads Community

School64.82


64.62

Quillayute Valley Home School Plus 64.62Orcas Island OASIS 52.79Loon Lake Loon Lake School Parent

Partnership Program51.14




28.49

Northport Homelink 26.63Northport Classlink 26.63Wellpinit Wellpinit Alliance -

Columbia Basin J.C.25.40


25.40


25.40


25.40

Meridian MP3 ALE 25.08Meridian Independent Learning

Center25.08

Deer Park Deer Park Home Link 20.23Deer Park Deer Park Alternative

High School20.23


18.24




18.24



17.88


17.41


17.41





14.03


14.03



13.07






13.00



12.69



12.69


Keys 11.55








Tribal 11.55


9.65




Lopez PPP 9.65


9.14


8.97



8.97


8.20


Chimacum FOCUS 7.88


7.57


7.57


7.53


7.53


7.06



7.06




6.96





6.55



6.36


6.36



6.12




6.12


5.80




5.78






Riverview CLIP 4.77


4.74


4.74


4.71



4.59







4.31


4.30











4.00

ALE programs by percent ALE vs. basic enrollment, fi scal year 2014, continued






4.00



Olympia ORLA 3.79








3.73



3.56





3.33


3.33





3.19


3.19



Evergreen (Clark) Evergreen Flex Academy 3.09


3.09



3.09


3.09



Orting OASIS 3.04




3.00


2.95



2.90




2.90

Spokane CHOICE 2.90


2.90


2.89


2.89





2.74


Stanwood-Camano


Stanwood-Camano


2.71

Stanwood-Camano


Stanwood-Camano


2.71

Stanwood-Camano


2.71


2.64


2.64


2.64


2.64










2.61



2.61






2.51





2.29


2.29




Republic PPP 2.26


2.21


2.21


2.21


2.21





2.18

Bethel ALE 2.14


Bethel HS ALE 2.14


2.14






1.99


1.97



1.79


1.79


1.76




1.75


1.75


1.75


1.68



1.63







1.49



1.49



1.49


1.49


1.49







1.45




Selah HomeLink 1.41








1.34






1.26




1.15



1.12





1.08


1.08


1.08





1.06


0.99






0.94





0.86


0.84


0.80


0.77


0.77


0.77


0.77



0.74



0.68




0.64


Darrington ALE 0.62


0.57


0.55













0.45


0.45


0.45



Highline PSHS 0.45


0.44

Puyallup P4 0.44


0.43


0.43



0.31


0.31


0.31



0.27





0.21



0.21


0.21







0.17



0.14


0.14


0.13



0.07





0.03


0.03


0.03


0.03



0.03


0.03


0.03


0.03


0.03


0.02


0.02


0.00


0.00


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