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Mukilteo School District
District details
School board members: 5
Students: 15,131 (2022-2023)
Schools: 25 (2022-2023)
Website: Link

Mukilteo School District is a school district in Washington (Snohomish County). During the 2023 school year, 15,131 students attended one of the district's 25 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Elections

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• 2023
• 2017
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Mukilteo School District school board District 1

General election

General election for Mukilteo School District school board District 1

Simon H. Bai ran in the general election for Mukilteo School District school board District 1 on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate
		Simon H. Bai (Nonpartisan)

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Mukilteo School District school board District 3

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General election for Mukilteo School District school board District 3

Kyle Kennedy ran in the general election for Mukilteo School District school board District 3 on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate
		Kyle Kennedy (Nonpartisan)

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Mukilteo School District school board District 5

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General election for Mukilteo School District school board District 5

John Gahagan ran in the general election for Mukilteo School District school board District 5 on November 7, 2023.

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Mukilteo School District school board District 2

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General election for Mukilteo School District school board District 2

Incumbent Judy Schwab won election in the general election for Mukilteo School District school board District 2 on November 7, 2017.

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✔		Judy Schwab (Nonpartisan)

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Mukilteo School District school board District 4

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General election for Mukilteo School District school board District 4

Incumbent Shaun Olsen won election in the general election for Mukilteo School District school board District 4 on November 7, 2017.

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✔		Shaun Olsen (Nonpartisan)

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Mukilteo School District school board District 1

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General election for Mukilteo School District school board District 1

Incumbent Michael Simmons won election in the general election for Mukilteo School District school board District 1 on November 3, 2015.

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Mukilteo School District school board District 3

General election

General election for Mukilteo School District school board District 3

Incumbent Ron Johnson and incumbent Kyle Kennedy won election in the general election for Mukilteo School District school board District 3 on November 3, 2015.

		Candidate
✔		Ron Johnson (Nonpartisan)
✔		Kyle Kennedy (Nonpartisan)

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Election rules

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Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing

School board nonpartisan primary elections in Washington are held on the first Tuesday in August every two years in odd-numbered years. School board primary elections are only held if more than two candidates file to run for a school board member seat. If only two candidates run, the primary is canceled and both candidates advance to the general election.

School board general elections in Washington are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November every two years in odd-numbered years.

See law: Washington Statute RCW 29A.52.220 and RCW 29A.04.311 and Washington Statute RCW 29A.04.330

Recent or upcoming election dates for all public school districts in the state

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for all public school districts in the state. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

• Filing deadline date: May 23, 2025
• Primary election date: August 5, 2025
• General election date: November 4, 2025

Election system

School board members in Washington are elected through a system of a nonpartisan primary election and a nonpartisan general election. School board primary elections are only held if more than two candidates file to run for a school board member seat. If only two candidates run, the primary is canceled and both candidates advance to the general election.

See law: Washington Statute RCW 29A.52.220 and RCW 29A.52.210

Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Washington are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates. Washington statute specifies partisan and nonpartisan offices. Washington has a top-two primary system, which means all candidates appear on the same primary ballot regardless of party affiliation. The top-two candidates advance to the general. For partisan races, candidates can but do not have to express a preference for a political party. If they do, the ballot specifies their party preference. For nonpartisan races, candidates cannot express a party preference. RCW 28A.343.330 states that, "the positions of school directors and the candidates therefor shall appear separately on the nonpartisan ballot."

See law: Washington Statute RCW 29A.52.210 and RCW 28A.343.330

Winning an election

The school board candidate that receives the largest number of votes in the general election is elected to office.

The top two school board candidates with the most votes in the nonpartisan primary advance to the general election. If only two candidates file for the primary election, the primary will be canceled and they will automatically advance to the general election. School board primary elections are only held if more than two candidates file to run for a school board member seat.

See law: Washington Statute RCW 28A.343.010 and Washington Statute RCW 29A.04.127

Term length and staggering

Elected school board members in Washington have four-year terms, except for school districts classified as first-class school districts containing a city of the first-class in a county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more, can have their board of directors serving six-year terms. As of 2022, only Spokane, Tacoma, and Everett School Districts serve 6-year terms.

See law: Washington Statute RCW 28A.343.300 and RCW 29A.04.340

Washington school districts have staggered elections based on the rule that not more than a majority of board members can be elected at any election. This means that for all districts with four-year board member terms, as close to half of board members as possible are elected every two years. Four years is the default board member term length. As of 2022, Spokane, Tacoma, and Everett school district board members serve six-year terms with as close to one-third of board members up for election every two years.

See law: Washington Statute RCW 28A.343.300 and 28A.343.600

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

School board members are elected at large, by district, or through a combination of the two, depending on the classification of the school district. Any school district in the state that has a student enrollment in its public schools of two thousand pupils or more is a school district of the first class. Any other school district is a school district of the second class.

Most school districts classified as First Class Districts can elect their school board members either entirely at large or entirely by sub-districts.

School districts classified as Second Class Districts must elect their school board members either at large or by director districts (sub-district). Districts opting for a combination of board members elected by sub-district and at large generally must have three members elected from sub-districts and two members elected at large.

See law: Washington Statute 28A.343.020, 28A.343.680, and 28A.300.065 and Washington Statute 28A.343.020 and 28A.343.680 and Washington Statute 28A.343.680

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

The school board candidate filing deadline is on the Friday following the Monday that is two weeks before Memorial Day. This means the filing deadline is 74 days before the August primary and 172 days before the November general election.

See law: Washington Statute RCW 29A.24.050

School board candidates cannot submit declarations of candidacy until the filling window opens on Monday two weeks before Memorial Day. This means the filing window opens 78 days before the August primary and 176 days before the November general election.

See law: Washington Statute RCW 29A.24.050

Newly elected school board members officially take office at the first board of directors meeting taking place after the results of the election have been certified.

See law: Washington Statute RCW 28A.343.360

 

About the district

School board

The Mukilteo School District consists of five members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members

Name	Seat	Year assumed office	Year term ends
Simon Bai	District 1	2023	2027
Kyle Kennedy	District 3	2015	2027
John Gahagan	District 5	2011	2027
Charles Hauck	District 4	2021	2025
Judy Schwab	District 2	1997	2025

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Overlapping state house districts

Mukilteo School District

Office Name	Current Officeholder	Party	% School District Covered	% Other District Covered
Washington House of Representatives District 21-Position 1	Strom Peterson	Democratic Party	61%	53%
Washington House of Representatives District 21-Position 2	Lillian Ortiz-Self	Democratic Party	61%	53%
Washington House of Representatives District 38-Position 1	Julio Cortes	Democratic Party	39%	16%
Washington House of Representatives District 38-Position 2	Mary Fosse	Democratic Party	39%	16%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2020-2021

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$21,046,000	$1,379	7%
Local:	$66,283,000	$4,344	23%
State:	$200,739,000	$13,155	70%
Total:	$288,068,000	$18,877

Expenditures, 2020-2021

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$302,699,000	$19,836
Total Current Expenditures:	$265,729,000	$17,413
Instructional Expenditures:	$175,282,000	$11,486	58%
Student and Staff Support:	$35,719,000	$2,340	12%
Administration:	$27,387,000	$1,794	9%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$27,341,000	$1,791	9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$25,876,000	$1,695
Construction:	$3,580,000	$234
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$7,496,000	$491

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements.

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2018-2019	47	68	34	26	<=20	51	55
2017-2018	49	70	36	29	21-39	51	57
2016-2017	51	72	35	29	21-39	51	61
2015-2016	52	73	34	32	21-39	52	61
2014-2015	51	72	33	31	21-39	54	59
2013-2014	77	88	60-64	58	>=80	75-79	82
2012-2013	69	84	56	52	50-59	67	74
2011-2012	68	83	53	49	50-59	69	74
2010-2011	64	79	50	45	55-59	65	70

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2018-2019	59	74	50	41	<=20	64	66
2017-2018	59	75	50	43	40-59	62	66
2016-2017	61	78	51	41	21-39	62	70
2015-2016	63	79	50	44	40-59	65	72
2014-2015	55	72	40	36	40-49	58	64
2013-2014	80	87	65-69	65	>=80	75-79	85
2012-2013	76	85	72	59	60-69	76	83
2011-2012	76	84	68	60	50-59	80	82
2010-2011	72	80	65	54	60-64	77	79

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2019-2020	85	>=95	80-84	76	>=50	90-94	87
2018-2019	85	90-94	75-79	75-79	>=50	85-89	88
2017-2018	87	90-94	85-89	80-84	PS	90-94	86
2016-2017	83	85-89	85-89	70-74	PS	80-84	83
2015-2016	83	90-94	70-74	70-74	60-79	75-79	85
2014-2015	84	85-89	85-89	70-74	PS	80-89	86
2013-2014	79	90-94	65-69	65-69	>=50	75-79	82
2012-2013	82	90-94	70-79	70-74	>=50	90-94	82
2011-2012	83	90-94	70-79	65-69	<50	80-89	86
2010-2011	82	90-94	80-89	60-64	60-79	>=90	84

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023	15,131	0.8
2021-2022	15,006	-1.7
2020-2021	15,260	-5.3
2019-2020	16,070	0.9
2018-2019	15,931	2.7
2017-2018	15,498	-0.3
2016-2017	15,544	1.2
2015-2016	15,358	1.5
2014-2015	15,128	0.0
2013-2014	15,121	1.4
2012-2013	14,906	0.2
2011-2012	14,881	1.1
2010-2011	14,723	1.9
2009-2010	14,443	-0.1
2008-2009	14,454	0.2
2007-2008	14,423	-0.4
2006-2007	14,484	1.0
2005-2006	14,332	-1.0
2004-2005	14,482	2.0
2003-2004	14,197	2.3
2002-2003	13,865	0.8
2001-2002	13,761	1.6
2000-2001	13,544	1.8
1999-2000	13,294	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2022-2023

RACE	Mukilteo School District (%)	Washington K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.3	1.1
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	14.6	8.7
Black	9.1	4.8
Hispanic	29.2	25.6
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	1.7	1.4
Two or More Races	9.7	8.8
White	35.0	49.1

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Mukilteo School District had 910.67 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 16.62.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	11.08
Kindergarten:	76.48
Elementary:	455.29
Secondary:	367.82
Total:	910.67

Mukilteo School District employed 18.00 district administrators and 40.00 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	18.00
District Administrative Support:	36.39
School Administrators:	40.00
School Administrative Support:	57.28

Other staff, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	210.72
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	50.77
Total Guidance Counselors:	33.52
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	10.52
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	23.00
Librarians/Media Specialists:	14.81
Library/Media Support:	0.00
Student Support Services:	99.64
Other Support Services:	275.50

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

The Mukilteo School District operates 25 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Aces High School	145	9-12
Challenger Elementary	609	PK-5
Columbia Elementary	590	PK-5
Discovery Elementary	550	KG-5
Eceap	140	PK-PK
Endeavour Elementary	436	KG-5
Explorer Middle School	831	6-8
Fairmount Elementary	511	KG-5
Harbour Pointe Middle School	811	6-8
Horizon Elementary	539	KG-5
Kamiak High School	2,250	9-12
Lake Stickney Elementary School	621	KG-5
Mariner High School	2,090	9-12
Mukilteo Elementary	511	KG-5
Mukilteo Reengagement Academy Open Doors	66	9-12
Mukilteo Virtual Academy	114	9-12
Odyssey Elementary	498	KG-5
Olivia Park Elementary	597	KG-5
Olympic View Middle School	817	6-8
Pathfinder Kindergarten Center	386	KG-KG
Picnic Point Elementary	464	KG-5
Serene Lake Elementary	526	KG-5
Sno-Isle Skills Center	31	11-12
Special Services	51	PK-12
Voyager Middle School	947	6-8

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