Original Research by School Decision on Educational Service Agency 112
Educational Service Agency 112 is not a conventional school district. It is a regional educational service agency that supports thirty school districts across six counties in southwest Washington, a role that sets it apart from the residential districts parents typically evaluate. It operates one school, ESA 112 Special Ed Co-Op, which serves students from preschool through twelfth grade. Because this is a special-purpose cooperative focused on special education, nearly all of the standard measures that families use to compare districts are absent here. There is no state testing data, no graduation rate, no chronic absenteeism rate, no per-pupil spending figure, and no count of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. These gaps are not a sign of poor performance; they reflect the agency’s structure as a regional support entity rather than a direct-serving district with its own tested student population.
The agency reports zero total enrollment across all grades, which is consistent with a cooperative model where students are counted in their home districts, not in the agency’s rolls. Racial and ethnic demographic data show zero students reported in each category. Information on special populations, such as students with individualized education programs or English learners, is missing. The agency’s directory listing confirms it serves pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade, and the single school operated by the agency, the ESA 112 Special Ed Co-Op, is listed as open. No other schools are reported under this entity.
The broader comparison set among Clark County’s thirteen districts provides no useful benchmarks because the agency’s metrics are all missing or not applicable. Chronic absenteeism, proficiency, graduation rate, and spending data were not reported at the entity level. The district brief, drawn from a search of publicly reported information, confirms that ESD 112 is a regional service agency and not a traditional school district. The search found no parent-relevant changes from the recent past with lasting impact, such as referenda, property-tax shifts, or curriculum reforms, because the entity does not operate in the same way a residential district does.
For a parent or resident, this entity does not function as a school district for most families. It is an administrative and support organization that provides specialized services, particularly special education cooperatives, to member districts. A family looking for a neighborhood school, test scores, a peer environment, or a housing market connection will find none of those here. The ESA 112 Special Ed Co-Op may be relevant to families whose children are placed in specialized programs through their home district, but the agency itself is not a place one chooses to move to or enroll in directly. The data simply do not support a character sketch of academic pathways, student composition, or growth context, because that is not what this entity measures or reports.
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