Schools · Yakima
Yakima, WA schools
Yakima’s public schools score well below Washington’s averages: 42% of students are proficient in reading against 61% statewide, and 73% of high schoolers graduate on time against 83%. Kids attend one of 15 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 16 middle schools, one of 7 high schools and one of 4 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C
Yakima’s School Grade: C
The public schools Yakima’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 72% of Washington’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
CTest scoresDGraduation
Washington school districts we grade (291)Better than 28%
Lower resultsHigher results
Washington towns with similar household incomes (189)Better than 24%
High confidence. Built on 11,116 tested students and a graduating class of 1,261; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Washington’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2018–19; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Washington only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Washington with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Yakima kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2018–19
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Yakima School District)42%
State average 61%
Reading (West Valley)65%
State average 61%
Math (grades PK–12, Yakima School District)34%
State average 50.3%
Math (West Valley)58%
State average 50.3%
Graduation · class of 2020
73% graduate on time
Graduation rate
73%
WA: 83%
Graduating class
1,261
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Yakima
Yakima School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 29 schools · 15,488 students
$18,105 per studentWA $18,444C-West Valley School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 16 schools · 5,480 students
$15,288 per studentWA $18,444B+Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Yakima is home to 2 colleges
Yakima Valley CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Yakima2,527on campusPerry Technical InstituteCommunity college · Private nonprofit · Yakima973on campus
All 2 colleges in Yakima →Every school
All 42 schools in Yakima
Showing 1–30 of 42 schools
Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 643 students
PublicHoover Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 582 students
PublicMcclure Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 559 students
PublicRidgeview ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 533 students
PublicBarge-Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 518 students
PublicGarfield Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 507 students
PublicSummitview ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 475 students
PublicRobertson ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 473 students
PublicRoosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 455 students
PublicApple Valley ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 447 students
PublicWhitney ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 433 students
PublicWide Hollow ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 433 students
PublicGilbert Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 415 students
PublicMckinley Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 403 students
PublicNob Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 339 students
PublicK-8 Learning LabElementary · Grades 1–8 · 122 students
PublicSt. Joseph Marquette Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 310 students
PrivateChrist the Teacher Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 208 students
PrivateMontessori School of YakimaElementary · Grades PK–6 · 132 students
PrivateSt. John of Kronstadt Orthodox Christian SchoolElementary · Grades K–7 · 30 students
PrivateGrace Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–K · 8 students
PrivateWest Valley Mid-Level CampusMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,167 students
PublicFranklin Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 848 students
PublicWilson Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 840 students
PublicLewis & Clark Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 815 students
PublicWashington Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 748 students
PublicDavis High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,359 students
PublicEisenhower High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,258 students
PublicYakima OnlineHigh · Grades 9–12 · 355 students
PublicYakima Open DoorsHigh · Grades 9–12 · 272 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.