Adams Elementary School

Adams Elementary School is one of the heavily attended K-5 schools in Yakima, Washington, operated by Yakima School District, with 643 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Adams Elementary School sits 69% larger than that benchmark.

Adams Elementary School is one of 27 schools operated by Yakima School District, a district that educates 15,488 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Adams Elementary School shows that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 4% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Yakima County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Adams Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 16.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.4%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Yakima County shows median household income runs about $70,656, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Yakima County's 119 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students), Adams Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Washington Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Adams Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 24.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 8%: 697 students in 2018 compared to 643 in 2025.

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