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Kirkland, Washington - 2 schools
577
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
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Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lake Washington Institute of Technology operates 2 public schools serving 577 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Washington. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in King County.
and 0.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 35.4% White, 32.1% Asian, 28.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Lake Washington Technical Academy, enrolling 138 students (97% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Open Doors at Lwit, at 5 students, a 28x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Lake Washington Technical Academy accounts for 23.9% of all Lake Washington Institute of Technology student enrollment
That concentration means Lake Washington Institute of Technology-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Lake Washington Institute of Technology chronic absenteeism rate is 0.7% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Lake Washington Institute of Technology's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Lake Washington Institute of Technology?
Lake Washington Institute of Technology has 2 schools, including 2 high. Total enrollment is 577 students.
What is the demographic composition of Lake Washington Institute of Technology?
Lake Washington Institute of Technology students are 35.4% White, 32.1% Asian, 28.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.