The Mercer Island School District (MISD) made its 16-page annual report for the 2013-14 school year available online, while the state-mandated print edition of the report will be delivered to all Mercer Island residents around the Thanksgiving holiday.

“On behalf of the Mercer Island School District Board of Directors, our teachers and staff, and our more than 4,300 students, I am pleased to present the Mercer Island community with the 2013-14 Annual Report,” said MISD Superintendent Dr. Gary Plano. “The 2013-14 school year was a year of building toward the future, both in the classroom and in our community.”

According to Dr. Plano, MISD achieved several important milestones during the year, including monitoring two of the six fundamentals of the Mercer Island School Board’s Vision 2020 against evidence, both quantitative and qualitative, for the first time, and launching the Diversity Advisory Committee to advise the superintendent on matters of diversity and equity.

The report includes stories of student learning like preparing elementary students for a digital economy through an introduction to coding, how Islander Middle School students are increasing personalized learning through independent science projects, and how Mercer Island High School students are working to put an end to bullying. Data in the report includes finances, enrollment, demographics, testing results, graduation rate and matriculation to institutions of higher education.

Key facts from the report:

·         4,318 student were enrolled as of June 1, 2014

·         MISD had a 95.4 percent graduation rate

·         MISD spent $10,337 per student – $6,112 from the state

·         Mercer Island Schools Foundation, PTAs and boosters contributions totaled nearly $1.9 million