Apple Valley Elementary

Apple Valley Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack K-5 schools in Yakima, Washington, run under West Valley School District (Yakima), with 447 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Apple Valley Elementary is one of 15 schools operated by West Valley School District (Yakima), a district that serves 5,480 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Apple Valley Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 40% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Yakima County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Apple Valley Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Washington public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 51.8%; Apple Valley Elementary posts 65.3%, +13.4 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Yakima County shows the typical household earns roughly $70,656 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Yakima County runs 119 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students), of which Apple Valley Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Cottonwood Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Apple Valley Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Apple Valley Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 50.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Apple Valley Elementary's enrollment has grew 30% since 2018, when it stood at 345 (now 447). White enrollment moved from 66% to 51% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

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