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58,428 and the United States gap of 57 ,719.15 The poverty rate of peopte with disabitities in <br />washington state is 25.5% compared to 9.2% for peopte without disabitities.l6 <br />EDUCATION <br />Nearty 15% of students enrotled in schoo[ districts in Washington State had a disabitity during the 2023- <br />2024 schoot year. Fewer Washington State students with disabitities met grade [eve[ standards <br />compared to students without disabitities (Engtish Language Arts 18% vs. 56%, Math 1 5% vs. 43%, <br />Science '17%vs. 47%). Sixty-seven percent of students with disabitities graduated in four years, <br />compared to 86% of students without disabitities. About 19% of students with disabitities continue with <br />their high school education after four years, and nearty 15% drop out (compared to 5% and over gTofor <br />students without disabitities, respectively.)Students with disabitities also have lower rates of regutar <br />15 (Washington State Divsion of Vocationat Rehabititation202Zl <br />16 (Washington State Divsion of Vocationat RehabititationZ02Z) <br />Acuity <br />According to Washington Administrative Code 388-828-9200, acuity is defined by an atgorithm that <br />determines the level of emptoyment support a DDA ctient can receive. The atgorithm considers the <br />fottowing factors in determining acuity: <br />r Activities of daity tivingr Behavioral support. lnterpersonatsupport <br />r Environmentalsupport <br />o Level of monitoring <br />. Emptoyment support <br />r Speed of completing taskso Quality of compteting tasksr Medical support <br />r Seizure support <br />Acutty <br />Level <br />Totol <br />clients <br />No <br />hourslwages <br />reported <br />Hourslwages <br />reported llinimum woge earned <br />Average <br />hours worked <br />per month <br />High Acuity <br />Clients 10 8 (80%)2 (20%l 2 <br />(100% of those workins)2.8 <br />Medium <br />AcuiW 24 6 (25%)18 (75%)16 <br />(89% ot those working)18.4 <br />Low Acuity 2 0 (0%)2 (100%l 2 <br />(100% of those workinq)58 <br />TOTAL 36 14 (39'/,1 22 (61%l 20 <br />(91% of those working) <br />11