SPS Data Available for Research

SPS Data for Conducting Research

Any custom request (e.g., additional data elements, specific student population, etc.) will require an extra few weeks of processing time. All data is student-level and student confidentiality is protected via proxy identifiers.

Seattle Public Schools will not provide Free & Reduced Lunch (FRL) status information – the district may only disclose students’ FRL eligibility information to individuals that are specifically authorized access under the National School Lunch Act for nutritional program purposes.

Please review the tabs below for a list of data elements available.

Gender
Race/Ethnicity
ELL Status
Advanced Learning Status
Special Education Status
McKinney-Vento Status
Primary Language
Home Language
Living With
Projected Grad Year

Enrollment Start and End Date
Enrollment Status Description and Code
Current School
Current Grade
Graduation

Attendance Date
Attendance Days Possible
Absence Count
Excused Absence Count
Unexcused Absence Count
Tardy Count

Total Disciplinary Actions
Short Term Suspensions
Long Term Suspensions
Expulsions

Course Term
Course Code
Course Title
Course Subject Group
Course Subject Period
Course Start Date
Course End Date
Coursework Status
Mark Type
Mark Term
Mark
Credits Attempted
Credits Earned

Term
Cumulative GPA
Cumulative Credits Earned
Term Start and End Date

Test Season
Test Grade
Subject Area
Test Name
RIT Score
RIT Standard Error
Percentile Rank

Test Window
Test Grade
Subject Area
State Test Name
Test Attempt
Level
Met Standard

Dates regarding school closure/reopening

March 13, 2020: Statewide closure of all public K-12
April 5, 2021: State Mandate for all K-6 students to have some offering of online & in-person
April 19, 2021: State Mandate for all K-12 students to have some offering of online & in-person
April 19, 2021: Return to In-Person for 6th-12th Graders
September 1, 2021: Return to In-Person for K-12 in the 2021-22 school year

Attendance

2019-20: Attendance data wasn’t collected after 3/11/2020
2020-21: Majority of school year took place in a remote learning environment, with some students returning in the Spring.
2021-22: Tardies were not tracked consistently with prior years until Mid-October

Discipline

2019-20: Shift to remote learning in the middle of March
2020-21: Majority of school year took place in a remote learning environment, with some students returning in the Spring.

Assessments

2019-20: Assessments were not conducted in the Spring 2020 window
2020-21: Limited numbers of assessments were administered, and SBA was not administered in the Spring 2021 window.
2021-22: SBA was administered in the Fall and Spring. OSPI has provided guidance to avoid making comparisons of the Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 administrations of the SBA with prior Spring SBA scores. With the most recent guidance being:
- “Finally, we want to encourage you to consider these spring 2022 results as a new baseline of student performance, and do not compare these results with student performance in fall 2021, spring 2019, or earlier. We encourage you to focus on the physical, social, and emotional support needs of students and staff related to the close of another very challenging school year. Thank you for all the hard work and support you have provided to students during this time.”

Grading Policy

2019-20: Second semester grading policy was A’s or incompletes
2020-21: Grading policy for full year was A, B or C’s or incompletes