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What's the most underrated thing about Apple Valley Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT (YAKIMA)·NCES 530972001650
Apple Valley Elementary
7 N 88th Avenue, Yakima, WA 98908 · (509) 965-2060 · Yakima County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
189 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
58%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
Apple 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
63.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -7.2pp since 2014
Math
64.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -7.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.3% | 64.8% |
| 2023-24 | 65.6% | 64.5% |
| 2022-23 | 63.3% | 65.9% |
| 2021-22 | 72.1% | 73.4% |
| 2018-19 | 74.2% | 80.2% |
| 2017-18 | 70.9% | 77.3% |
| 2016-17 | 76.1% | 86.6% |
| 2015-16 | 71.1% | 84.4% |
| 2014-15 | 70.5% | 71.9% |
% 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
65.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 52% 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 13 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 Apple Valley Elementary
Apple Valley Elementary's state test result (65.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Valley Elementary this school | 447 | 42.3% | 65.3% |
| Cottonwood Elementary School Yakima | 362 | 39.2% | 65.1% |
| Vicki I. Groff Elementary School Moses Lake | 413 | 48.9% | 46.2% |
| Ruth Livingston Elementary PASCO | 541 | 46.8% | 67.0% |
| Sage Point Elementary School Moses Lake | 334 | 40.7% | 62.3% |
| Isom Elementary School LYNDEN | 413 | 46.5% | 54.9% |
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 Apple Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #191 of 936 | #1 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #195 of 1,103 ▼ 8 | #2 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #242 of 1,102 ▼ 25 | #4 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.7pp | #52 of 928 | #1 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #458 of 1,268 | #29 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #861 of 1,085 | #45 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #573 of 1,088 | #1 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.3% | #769 of 1,169 | #50 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.6% | #29 of 257 | #3 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
447
+138 (+45%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 394
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 447 | 26 | 17.2:1 | 42% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 29 | 15.7:1 | 44% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 23.1 | 18.0:1 | 42% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 20 | 15.4:1 | 39% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 345 | 22.2 | 15.6:1 | 27% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 325 | 19 | 17.1:1 | 36% (118) |
| 2010-11 | 285 | 16 | 17.8:1 | 18% (50) |
| 2000-01 | 323 | 14 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 394 | 16 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Apple Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 30% (345 to 447); teachers up 17% (22.2 to 26).
About Apple Valley Elementary
Apple Valley Elementary is an elementary school in Yakima, Washington, and it is part of West Valley School District (Yakima). The school counts 447 students across kindergarten through 5.
West Valley School District (Yakima) includes 15 schools. Together they enroll 5,480 students.
White students make up a majority at Apple Valley Elementary, at 51%. The remaining shares are 40% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 58% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 26 full-time equivalents, or about 17.2 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 42%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Yakima County is 77%.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Apple Valley Elementary is among the top 10% of schools in Washington. Predicted: 51.8%. Actual: 65.3%.
Yakima County census figures show that the median household income is $70,656, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. There are 119 public schools in Yakima County, enrolling about 52,145 students in all.
Nearest public school: Cottonwood Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Apple Valley Elementary is 1st of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The federal government classifies Apple Valley Elementary's location as City: Small.
Federal data put enrollment at 309 in 2020-21 and 447 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 15.4:1 to 17.2:1.
The Apple Valley Elementary community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Wide Hollow ElementaryElementary · 433 students
- Ahtanum Valley ElementaryElementary · 381 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
- Cottonwood Elementary School0.9 mi · 362
- Wide Hollow Elementary1.2 mi · 433
- Summitview Elementary1.5 mi · 475
- West Valley Mid-Level Campus1.6 mi · 1,167
- West Valley Innovation Center1.7 mi · 195
- WEST VALLEY VIRTUAL ACADEMY K-61.7 mi · 28
Frequently asked questions
About Apple Valley ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Apple Valley Elementary?
Apple Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 447 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Apple Valley Elementary serve?
Apple Valley Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Apple Valley Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Apple Valley Elementary is approximately 17.2:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Apple Valley Elementary?
Student demographics at Apple Valley Elementary are roughly 51% White, 40% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Apple Valley Elementary?
Apple 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.