Analysis of Election Systems for the Tukwila, WA School District

Tukwila School District (hereafter, the School District) had 18,038 residents as of the 2010 Census. Table 1 shows the demographic breakdown of the district by total population, Voting Age Population (VAP), Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP), and Students enrolled in Tukwila School District. The district has three sizable minority groups: Latino residents (who constitute 15.84% of VAP and 7.80% of CVAP), Asian residents (who constitute 17.80% of VAP and 18.66% of CVAP), and Black residents (who constitute 17.42% of VAP and 16.98% of CVAP). We use the term POC (people of color) to refer to residents who are Hispanic or have selected a non-White race in the Census (or both). In total the POC share of CVAP is 52.81%. The distribution of POC residents across the School District is shown in Figure 1.