BACKGROUND West Seattle Elementary was a school in trouble. Located in Seattle’s High Point neighborhood, it’s a diverse, traditionally low-performing, low-income school. 85% of students qualify for free or reduced price lunch and many children are one, two or even three years behind their grade level in math, reading and other subjects. West Seattle was one of Seattle’s lowest-achieving schools and among the lowest-performing 5% of schools in the nation. When adequate yearly progress (AYP) goal areas were not met for four consecutive years, it was time for a change. In four months, after receiving a School Improvement Grant for transformation, bringing in a new principal and implementing a Continuous Improvement Plan which included use of DreamBox Learning, West Seatt

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