State lists measles vaccination exemptions at North Olympic Peninsula schools

The state Department of Health has reported statistics on school students who were exempted from immunization requirements, including those for measles, for the 2011-12 school year, the last for which figures were available.

Some schools reported no exemptions; others made no report. About a third of schools in the state did not comply with the reporting requirement. The law carries no enforcement provision or funding to implement it.

Arranged alphabetically by community in the North Olympic Peninsula, each listing gives the school or program, its exemption rate, the total of exempt students and the reason their parents or guardians claimed the exemptions — personal preference or medical reasons.

BRINNON

■ Brinnon Elementary: No report.

CHIMACUM

■ Chimacum Elementary School: 13.7 percent, 32 exemptions (all personal).

■ Chimacum High School: No report.

■ Chimacum Middle School: 9.1 percent, 24 exemptions (23 personal, one religious).

■ PI Program: 36.2 percent, 25 exemptions (21 personal, two medical, two religious).

CLALLAM BAY

■ Clallam Bay High & Elementary: 8.6 percent, 11 exemptions (10 personal, one religious).

FORKS

■ Forks Elementary School: 1.9 percent, nine exemptions (eight personal, one medical).

■ Forks High School: 3.8 percent, 12 exemptions (six personal, three medical, three religious).

■ Forks Middle School: 1.7 percent, four exemptions (three personal, one medical).

■ Home School: No report.

■ Insight School: 6.4 percent, 143 exemptions (133 personal, four medical, six religious).

■ Queets-Clearwater Elementary: No exemptions.

JOYCE

■ Crescent School: No report.

■ Home Connection: No report.

NEAH BAY

■ Neah Bay Elementary: No report.

■ Neah Bay Junior and Senior High schools: 4.1 percent, 12 exemptions (six personal, three medical, three religious).

PORT ANGELES

■ Dry Creek Elementary: No report.

■ Franklin Elementary: 7.7 percent, 30 exemptions (26 personal, four medical).

■ Hamilton Elementary: 4 percent, 13 exemptions (all personal).

■ Jefferson Elementary: 14.4 percent, 46 exemptions (43 personal, one medical, two religious).

■ Lincoln High School: 3.7 percent, four exemptions (all personal).

■ North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center: No report.

■ Olympic Christian School: 18.4 percent, 19 exemptions (all personal).

■ Parents as Partners: No report.

■ Port Angeles High School: 6.1 percent, 74 exemptions (62 personal, 10 medical, two religious).

■ Queen of Angels School: 3.3 percent, four exemptions (all personal).

■ Roosevelt Elementary: 6.5 percent, 28 exemptions (26 personal, two medical).

■ Special Education: No report.

■ Stevens Middle School: 5.4 percent, 33 exemptions (28 personal, three medical, two religious).

PORT HADLOCK

■ Cedarbrook Adventist Christian: No report.

■ Chimacum Creek Primary: 14.6 percent, 31 exemptions (25 personal, five medical, one religious).

■ Sunfield Waldorf School: No report.

PORT TOWNSEND

■ Blue Heron Elementary: No report.

■ Grant Street Elementary: 24.2 percent, 94 exemptions (84 personal, five medical, five religious).

■ Jefferson Community School: No report.

■ Port Townsend High School: 14.4 percent, 74 exemptions (69 personal, five religious).

■ Port Townsend Special Education: No report.

■ Swan School: No report.

QUILCENE

■ Crossroads Community School: No report.

■ Homeschool Exploration Program: No report.

■ Quilcene High and Elementary: 2 percent, four exemptions (all personal).

SEKIU

■ Cape Flattery Preschool: No report.

SEQUIM

■ Five Acre School: 36.5 percent, 23 exemptions (all personal).

■ Greywolf Elementary: 11.6 percent, 64 exemptions (55 personal, six medical, three personal).

■ Helen Haller Elementary: 11.8 percent, 71 exemptions (62 personal, seven medical, two personal).

■ Mountain View Christian School: No report.

■ Sequim Community School: 27.4 percent, 34 exemptions (32 personal, two medical).

■ Sequim Middle School: 8.9 percent, 59 exemptions (47 personal, 10 medical, two religious).

■ Sequim High School: 9.4 percent, 92 exemptions (85 personal, two medical, five religious).

Source: State Department of Health

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