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Enrollment
643
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YAKIMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 531011001685
Adams Elementary School
723 S 8th St, Yakima, WA 98901 · (509) 573-5100 · Yakima County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL643 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
607 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 68% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
22.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -1.9pp since 2014
Math
21.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -5.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.7% | 21.7% |
| 2023-24 | 18.8% | 22.4% |
| 2022-23 | 19.9% | 16.5% |
| 2021-22 | 12.9% | 9.8% |
| 2018-19 | 28.1% | 30.6% |
| 2017-18 | 26.4% | 35.3% |
| 2016-17 | 23.5% | 31.4% |
| 2015-16 | 28.4% | 31.9% |
| 2014-15 | 24.6% | 27.4% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
21.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Adams Elementary School
Adams Elementary School's state test result (21.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Elementary School this school | 643 | 94.4% | 21.4% |
| Hoover Elementary School Yakima | 582 | 94.3% | 28.3% |
| Barge-Lincoln Elementary School Yakima | 518 | 92.9% | 25.2% |
| Garfield Elementary School Yakima | 507 | 92.9% | 22.7% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Granger | 580 | 87.8% | 20.0% |
| Chief Kamiakin Elementary School Sunnyside | 575 | 87.7% | 28.5% |
Matched among Washington elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Adams Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #898 of 936 | #38 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #1,013 of 1,103 ▼ 17 | #36 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #1,045 of 1,102 ▲ 21 | #36 of 45 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.9pp | #69 of 928 | #3 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 643 | #63 of 1,268 | #2 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #758 of 1,085 | #38 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.3% | #1,074 of 1,088 | #47 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.4% | #8 of 1,169 | #2 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #611 of 778 | #30 of 40 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
643
-53 (-8%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 17.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 643 | 38.5 | 16.7:1 | 94% (607) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 42.7 | 14.3:1 | 96% (585) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 42.9 | 14.3:1 | 93% (570) |
| 2020-21 | 696 | 40 | 17.4:1 | 91% (632) |
| 2017-18 | 697 | 42.4 | 16.4:1 | 89% (620) |
| 2015-16 | 707 | 40 | 17.7:1 | 97% (687) |
| 2010-11 | 658 | 38 | 17.3:1 | 91% (600) |
| 2000-01 | 718 | 36 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 464 | 23 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Adams Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (697 to 643); teachers down 9% (42.4 to 38.5).
About Adams Elementary School
Adams Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school found in Yakima, Washington. The student body numbers 643 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Washington is about 380, so this school runs 69% larger than that.
Adams Elementary School is in Yakima School District, a district with 15,488 students across 27 schools.
Adams Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 94% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 4% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Yakima County's population at about 52%. Adams Elementary School has a diversity index of 11%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 16.7:1. Elementary schools in Washington average about 17.3:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 94%. Among public schools in Yakima County, the average eligibility rate is 77%.
Compared with Washington schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Adams Elementary School's results are 4.5 points above predicted: 21.4% against 16.9%.
Federal survey data for Yakima County show that median household income is about $70,656, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Adams Elementary School is among the 119 public schools in Yakima County.
Washington Middle School is located about 0.2 miles from Adams Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Adams Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
Adams Elementary School saw enrollment fall 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Yakima County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
257,152
Census ACS
Median income
$70,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
119
52,145 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yakima School District
- Davis High SchoolHigh · 2,359 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 848 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 840 students
- Lewis & Clark Middle SchoolMiddle · 815 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 748 students
Other schools in Yakima
- Davis High SchoolHigh · 2,359 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,494 students
- West Valley Mid-Level CampusMiddle · 1,167 students
- East Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,064 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 848 students
Other Adams Elementary schools
40 other US public schools in 20 states are named Adams Elementary. Adams Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 41.
- Adams ElementaryWapato, WA · 394 students
- Adams ElementarySpokane Valley, WA · 376 students
- Adams ElementarySpokane, WA · 312 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolSEATTLE, WA · 285 students
- ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 767 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Middle School0.2 mi · 748
- ESD 105 Open Doors1.0 mi · 120
- Davis High School1.2 mi · 2,359
- Hoover Elementary School1.4 mi · 582
- Martin Luther King Jr Elementary1.6 mi · 485
- Barge-Lincoln Elementary School1.6 mi · 518
Frequently asked questions
About Adams Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Adams Elementary School?
Adams Elementary School enrolls approximately 643 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Adams Elementary School serve?
Adams Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Adams Elementary School?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Adams Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Adams Elementary School?
At Adams Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Adams Elementary School public or private?
Adams Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Yakima School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.