Enrollment
394
Elementary
DISTRICT 296 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAPATO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530948002611
Adams Elementary
1309 S Camas Ave, Wapato, WA 98951 · (509) 877-4180 · Yakima County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
359 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 154 | 39% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 27% |
| Grade 5 | 135 | 34% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Adams Elementary→Wapato Middle School
Based on grade levels within Wapato School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
18.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -6.1pp since 2014
Math
18.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -1.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.4% | 18.9% |
| 2023-24 | 17.8% | 12.6% |
| 2022-23 | 17.0% | 15.3% |
| 2021-22 | 17.0% | 10.4% |
| 2018-19 | 25.5% | 25.2% |
| 2017-18 | 29.7% | 31.8% |
| 2016-17 | 26.2% | 29.6% |
| 2015-16 | 26.7% | 22.1% |
| 2014-15 | 24.5% | 20.0% |
% 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
16.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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
Adams Elementary's state test result (16.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Elementary this school | 394 | 91.1% | 16.5% |
| Kirkwood Elementary School TOPPENISH | 387 | 90.2% | 21.1% |
| Mckinley Elementary School Yakima | 403 | 90.6% | 22.0% |
| Brewster Elementary School BREWSTER | 425 | 91.8% | 31.8% |
| Rowena Chess Elementary PASCO | 436 | 91.1% | 11.5% |
| Whittier Elementary PASCO | 378 | 89.2% | N/A |
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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #921 of 936 | #42 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #1,048 of 1,103 ▲ 34 | #41 of 45 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #1,076 of 1,102 ▼ 5 | #44 of 45 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.9pp | #269 of 928 | #13 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #658 of 1,268 | #35 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #545 of 1,085 | #21 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.3% | #1,017 of 1,088 | #29 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.1% | #20 of 1,169 | #9 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #230 of 257 | #6 of 6 |
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
394
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
+37% since 2000-01, when it was 287
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 394 | 24.9 | 15.8:1 | 91% (359) |
| 2023-24 | 387 | 25.1 | 15.4:1 | 94% (364) |
| 2022-23 | 384 | 25.1 | 15.3:1 | 96% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 25 | 15.6:1 | 93% (363) |
| 2017-18 | 387 | 26.6 | 14.6:1 | 79% (306) |
| 2015-16 | 320 | 20 | 16.0:1 | 84% (268) |
| 2010-11 | 366 | 21 | 17.4:1 | 80% (293) |
| 2000-01 | 287 | 14 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Adams Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (387 to 394); teachers down 6% (26.6 to 24.9).
About Adams Elementary
Adams Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Wapato, Washington, one of the schools in Wapato School District. It has an enrollment of 394 students in grades 3 through 5.
Adams Elementary is among 10 schools run by Wapato School District, which serves 3,198 students.
Hispanic students are 84% of those enrolled at Adams Elementary. Beyond that, enrollment is 13% Native American. In Yakima County overall, about 52% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 27, compared with 70 nationally.
Adams Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1, with 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 91% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Yakima County, the average is 77%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Adams Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 16.5%; the prediction is 19.1%.
American Community Survey estimates for Yakima County show that median household income comes to about $70,656, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Yakima County counts 119 public schools with about 52,145 students.
Of the public schools around it, Adams Elementary is closest to Simcoe Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Adams Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Adams Elementary at 3rd of 4.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
Adams Elementary had 391 students in 2020-21 and 394 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
Adams Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Wapato School District
- Wapato High SchoolHigh · 853 students
- Wapato Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
- Camas ElementaryElementary · 452 students
- Simcoe Elementary SchoolElementary · 329 students
- Satus ElementaryElementary · 298 students
- Pace Alternative High SchoolHigh · 88 students
Other schools in Wapato
- Wapato High SchoolHigh · 853 students
- Wapato Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
- Camas ElementaryElementary · 452 students
- Simcoe Elementary SchoolElementary · 329 students
- Satus ElementaryElementary · 298 students
- Pace Alternative High SchoolHigh · 88 students
Other Adams Elementary schools
40 other US public schools in 20 states are named Adams Elementary. Adams Elementary is the 15th largest of the 41.
- Adams Elementary SchoolYakima, WA · 643 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
- Simcoe Elementary School0.1 mi · 329
- Camas Elementary0.2 mi · 452
- Wapato Middle School0.3 mi · 737
- Satus Elementary0.3 mi · 298
- Wapato High School0.3 mi · 853
- Pace Alternative High School0.7 mi · 88
Frequently asked questions
About Adams ElementaryHow many students attend Adams Elementary?
Adams Elementary enrolls approximately 394 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Adams Elementary serve?
Adams Elementary serves grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Adams Elementary have?
Adams Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
How diverse is Adams Elementary?
Adams Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 84% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Adams Elementary?
Adams Elementary is overseen by Wapato School District in Yakima County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.