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A. Need for Program
The White Salmon Valley School District (WSVSD) evaluated objective data and metrics to determine the
need for comprehensive after-school and summer programming provided by the 21
st
Century Community
Learning Center (21
st
CCLC) program.
Table 1: District and School Demographics – All are Title I with risk indicators affecting academics.
Source: OSPI Washington State Report Card, 2021-2022
A.1: When these demographic factors are disaggregated for our 21
st
CCLC program participants, the
percentages in each metric increase sharply. Our intended students are marginalized by income, language,
academic success and ethnicity—close to 100% are Free/Reduced Lunch; many are in an ELL program; all
score low on state tests for literacy and math; and the majority identify as Hispanic or Latin(x). Our CLC
program aims to overcome these risk factors to improve academic achievement and overall student
success.
iReady Reading and Math scores for 1
st
-3
rd
and Smarter Balance Assessment (SBA) data in English
Language Arts (ELA) and Math for grades 4
th
-8
th
were also examined for each school.
Table 2: Whitson Elementary School
Source: District iReady diagnostic results, data not disaggregated for demographics, Fall 2021-2022
Table 3: Wallace and Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School
[Measured by ELA and Math SBA]
% Below proficiency in Reading
% Below proficiency in Math
4
th
-6
th
grade
51.0%
67.7%
4th-6
th
Hispanic/ Latin(x)
74.7%
86.1%
4th-6th Grade ELL
> 91%
> 91%
Source: OSPI Washington State Report Card, 2021-2022
Enrollment
# and % F/RL
ELL
Special Ed.
Students of Color
WSVSD
1,132
531/ 46.9%
17.2%
14.7%
39.7%
Whitson ES (g. K-3)
318
159/ 50%
25.2%
19.8%
41.1 %
Wallace & Priscilla IS (g.4-6)
256
113/ 44.1%
13.7%
14.1%
37.1%
Henkle MS (g. 6-8)
189
98/ 51.9%
16.9%
7.4%
41.6%
[Measured by iReady diagnostic]
% Below proficiency in Reading
% Below proficiency in Math
Districtwide 1
st
-3
rd
Grade
68%
91%