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Schools in Zillah · Zillah School District, Toppenish School District

Zillah’s public schools score below 82% of Washington districts

The public schools Zillah’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 82% of Washington’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

#38Graduation rate11%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
32%
▼ 29 pts vs WA 61%
2018–19
Math proficiency
27%
▼ 23 pts vs WA 50%
2018–19
Graduate on time
75%
▼ 8 pts vs WA 83%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$16.0K
▼ 13% vs WA $18.4K
FY2024
Students per teacher
17.9
WA 17.8
Schools
5
1,330 students
The School Grade

How Zillah compares

D Test scoresD Graduation
Washington school districts we grade (291)Better than 18%
Lower resultsHigher results
Washington towns with similar household incomes (250)Better than 11%
High confidence. Built on 3,004 tested students and a graduating class of 389; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Washington’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2018–19; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Washington only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Zillah (some depend on your address).

The path, start to finish
PK–2Hilton Elementary SchoolZillah School District
3–5Zillah Intermediate SchoolZillah School District
6–8Zillah Middle SchoolZillah School District
9–12Toppenish High Schoolin Toppenish

Two districts serve Zillah

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Test scores · 2018–19

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Toppenish School District32%
State average 61%
Reading · PK–12, Zillah School District63%
State average 61%
Math · PK–12, Toppenish School District27%
State average 50.3%
Math · PK–12, Zillah School District52%
State average 50.3%

Every school in Zillah

5 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

Elementary
Middle
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Colleges near Zillah

There’s no college in Zillah, but 4 are within 30 miles. The closest is Heritage University in Toppenish, 6.3 miles away.

Colleges →
Heritage UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Toppenish
6.3 mi761 students
Pacific Northwest University of Health SciencesUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Terrace Heights
16 mi649 students
Perry Technical InstituteCommunity college · Private nonprofit · Yakima
16.9 mi973 students
Yakima Valley CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Yakima
17.3 mi2,527 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Zillah. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.

School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Washington. Stars are from neighbors.

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