Academic Performance

Every spring, Washington’s public charter school students take the same state assessments as their peers in traditional public schools. The chart below shows how they’re performing, both this year and over the past six years, broken out by student group.

%

Percent of public charter school students who met the Science standard in 2025-26, 2.2 percentage points above the Washington state average.

years in a row

Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, English language learners, and low-income students in public charter schools have outperformed their statewide peers in ELA, Math, and Science

Public charter schools operate under performance contracts that hold them to rigorous academic, fiscal, and operational standards, and these results are one of the clearest ways to see that accountability in action. Consistent outperformance across student groups, not just in a single year, but sustained over time, reflects schools that are working, not just for some students, but for the students who have historically been underserved by the broader system.