Enrollment
381
Elementary
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT (YAKIMA)·NCES 530972001649
Ahtanum Valley Elementary
3006 S Wiley Rd, Yakima, WA 98908 · (509) 965-2031 · Yakima County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Washington public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
245 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Ahtanum Valley Elementary→West Valley Mid-Level Campus
Based on grade levels within West Valley School District (Yakima). Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
66.8%
WA avg 58.4% . +13.2pp since 2014
Math
61.9%
WA avg 51.2% . +9.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.8% | 61.9% |
| 2023-24 | 63.7% | 59.3% |
| 2022-23 | 60.2% | 56.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.0% | 52.0% |
| 2018-19 | 65.9% | 67.5% |
| 2017-18 | 65.3% | 68.6% |
| 2016-17 | 68.1% | 62.0% |
| 2015-16 | 65.9% | 70.3% |
| 2014-15 | 53.6% | 52.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
60.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 Ahtanum Valley Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahtanum Valley Elementary this school | 381 | 64.3% | 60.4% |
| Grainger Elementary Okanogan | 404 | 65.6% | 43.4% |
| Forks Elementary School Forks | 368 | 62.5% | N/A |
| Robert Lince Early Learning Center Selah | 362 | 62.2% | N/A |
| Mary Purcell Elementary School Sedro-Woolley | 465 | 64.7% | 34.9% |
| Jefferson Elementary Richland | 418 | 61.2% | 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 Ahtanum Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #253 of 936 | #4 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #233 of 1,103 ▲ 36 | #3 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #203 of 1,102 ▲ 42 | #1 of 45 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.4pp | #78 of 928 | #4 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #711 of 1,268 | #37 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #712 of 1,085 | #34 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #656 of 1,088 | #8 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.3% | #369 of 1,169 | #43 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +39.1% | #12 of 257 | #1 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
381
+99 (+35%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 446
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 381 | 23 | 16.6:1 | 64% (245) |
| 2023-24 | 377 | 25 | 15.1:1 | 68% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 364 | 23.6 | 15.4:1 | 68% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 282 | 22 | 12.8:1 | 63% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 274 | 20.9 | 13.1:1 | 54% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 252 | 19 | 13.3:1 | 58% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 300 | 19 | 15.8:1 | 42% (125) |
| 2000-01 | 377 | 18 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 446 | 20 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ahtanum Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 39% (274 to 381); teachers up 10% (20.9 to 23).
About Ahtanum Valley Elementary
Ahtanum Valley Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Yakima, Washington, one of the schools in West Valley School District (Yakima). Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 381 students on the rolls.
West Valley School District (Yakima) is the district for Ahtanum Valley Elementary. It has 15 schools and 5,480 students.
The largest group at Ahtanum Valley Elementary is White students, at 54%. Other groups include 40% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ahtanum Valley Elementary scores 54%.
Ahtanum Valley Elementary reported 23 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1. There are 245 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 64% of enrollment. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in Yakima County, the school's rate is lower.
Among Washington public elementary schools, Ahtanum Valley Elementary outscored 95%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 37.1% for Ahtanum Valley Elementary, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 60.4%. The 23.4-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Washington schools.
The school is in Yakima County, where the median household earns about $70,656 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Ahtanum Valley Elementary shares Yakima County with 118 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Ahtanum Valley Elementary is closest to West Valley Preschool, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
A 35% rise took enrollment from 282 in 2020-21 to 381 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.6:1) than in 2020-21 (12.8:1).
This page is set up for the Ahtanum Valley Elementary community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 West Valley School District (Yakima)
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,494 students
- West Valley Mid-Level CampusMiddle · 1,167 students
- Summitview ElementaryElementary · 475 students
- Apple Valley ElementaryElementary · 447 students
- Wide Hollow ElementaryElementary · 433 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 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
Nearby schools
- West Valley Preschool0.0 mi · 56
- West Valley Virtual University1.8 mi · 2
- West Valley High School1.8 mi · 1,494
- West Valley Open Doors1.8 mi · 14
- WEST VALLEY VIRTUAL ACADEMY K-61.9 mi · 28
- WEST VALLEY VIRTUAL ACADEMY 9-121.9 mi · 167
Frequently asked questions
About Ahtanum Valley ElementaryHow many students attend Ahtanum Valley Elementary?
Ahtanum Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 381 students in grades KG-05.
Is Ahtanum Valley Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ahtanum Valley Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Ahtanum Valley Elementary?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Ahtanum Valley Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ahtanum Valley Elementary?
At Ahtanum Valley Elementary, the student body is approximately 54% White, 40% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Ahtanum Valley Elementary?
Ahtanum Valley Elementary is overseen by West Valley School District (Yakima) in Yakima County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.