The Columbian | Serving Clark County, Washington

2010-11 Clark County School Achievement

The Washington State Board of Education annually creates an achievement index for every school in the state. The index reflects how students fared on tests in reading, writing, math and science. It also considers extended graduation rates. This searchable database shows results by Clark County school district and by school.

2011 Causes of Death in Clark County

Nearly 3,000 Clark County residents died in 2010. The causes of death ranged from health issues like cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer’s to human-caused deaths like accidents, suicide and homicide. The causes and total number of deaths varied by age. This searchable database breaks down the Clark County deaths by age and cause.

2011 Local School Ratings

This database will allow you to see how local 10th graders fared in the 2011 High School Proficiency Exam, or HSPE. In grades 3 through 8, students took the Measurements of Student Progress, or MSP. You can view results for an entire school district or a school, see how a specific grade level performed at a specific school or compare how students in the same grade level scored in different schools or districts.

Clark County Public Salaries

Track public salaries in Clark County with the help of this database compiled by The Columbian from 39 information requests. Each of the agencies and their top-paid 20 employees can be searched and compared.

Census 2010

Take a look at how Clark County and other communities in Washington have changed in the past decade with the help of some data released this year by the U.S. Census Bureau.

2010 Local School Ratings

This database will allow you to see how local 10th graders fared in the 2010 High School Proficiency Exam, or HSPE. In grades 3 through 8, students took the Measurements of Student Progress, or MSP. You can view results for an entire school district or a school, see how a specific grade level performed at a specific school or compare how students in the same grade level scored in different schools or districts.

Public Access Defibrillators

The Columbian surveyed Clark County officials to establish a database of publicly available automated external defibrillators, which are designed for laypeople to use on cardiac arrest victims.