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Enrollment
575
Elementary
DISTRICT 531 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530867001450
Chief Kamiakin Elementary School
1700 E. Lincoln Avenue, Sunnyside, WA 98944 · (509) 837-6444 · Yakima County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL575 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
504 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 131 | 23% |
This year's 1st grade class (99) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (131).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
31.1%
WA avg 58.4% . +6.9pp since 2014
Math
26.4%
WA avg 51.2% . +2.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.1% | 26.4% |
| 2023-24 | 25.4% | 26.9% |
| 2022-23 | 24.4% | 23.5% |
| 2021-22 | 28.4% | 20.1% |
| 2018-19 | 44.4% | 39.6% |
| 2017-18 | 36.0% | 38.1% |
| 2016-17 | 31.7% | 27.6% |
| 2015-16 | 27.5% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.2% | 24.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Chief Kamiakin Elementary School
Chief Kamiakin Elementary School's state test result (28.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Kamiakin Elementary School this school | 575 | 87.7% | 28.5% |
| Pioneer Elementary School Sunnyside | 602 | 86.4% | 25.2% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Granger | 580 | 87.8% | 20.0% |
| Washington Elementary Sunnyside | 602 | 85.0% | 35.7% |
| Lutacaga Elementary Othello | 541 | 84.1% | N/A |
| Hiawatha Elementary School Othello | 579 | 83.6% | 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 Chief Kamiakin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #820 of 936 | #25 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #939 of 1,103 ▼ 30 | #29 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #921 of 1,102 ▲ 86 | #25 of 45 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #283 of 928 | #14 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 575 | #139 of 1,268 | #7 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #689 of 1,085 | #30 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.4% | #1,069 of 1,088 | #44 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.7% | #45 of 1,169 | #21 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.3% | #208 of 778 | #12 of 40 |
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
575
-38 (-6%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 934
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 575 | 35 | 16.4:1 | 88% (504) |
| 2023-24 | 573 | 36.4 | 15.7:1 | 84% (480) |
| 2022-23 | 566 | 37.3 | 15.2:1 | 84% (474) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 76% (467) |
| 2017-18 | 760 | 44.5 | 17.1:1 | 89% (673) |
| 2015-16 | 792 | 44 | 18.0:1 | 90% (709) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | 39 | 17.4:1 | 100% (677) |
| 2000-01 | 994 | 42 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 934 | 47 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chief Kamiakin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (760 to 575); teachers down 21% (44.5 to 35).
About Chief Kamiakin Elementary School
As a large elementary school, Chief Kamiakin Elementary School serves students in Sunnyside, Washington. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 575 students. That compares with an average of about 380 students for elementary schools in Washington.
The district, Sunnyside School District, has 6,151 students enrolled across 9 schools.
Chief Kamiakin Elementary School is 93% Hispanic by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 6% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Yakima County's population at about 52%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Chief Kamiakin Elementary School scores 12%.
Classroom staffing at Chief Kamiakin Elementary School totals 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Washington, 17.3:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Chief Kamiakin Elementary School is about 88%. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in Yakima County, the school's rate is higher.
Chief Kamiakin Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.5%, compared with a predicted 21.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
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 the poverty rate is about 12%. Chief Kamiakin Elementary School shares Yakima County with 118 other public schools.
Harrison Middle School is the nearest public school to Chief Kamiakin Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Chief Kamiakin Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 7 others within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Chief Kamiakin Elementary School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 613 to 575, a 6% decline.
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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 Sunnyside School District
- Sunnyside High SchoolHigh · 2,122 students
- Harrison Middle SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 602 students
- Sierra Vista Middle SchoolMiddle · 549 students
- Sun Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
Other schools in Sunnyside
- Sunnyside High SchoolHigh · 2,122 students
- Harrison Middle SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 602 students
- Sierra Vista Middle SchoolMiddle · 549 students
- Sun Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
Nearby schools
- Harrison Middle School0.2 mi · 820
- Pioneer Elementary School0.3 mi · 602
- SHS Graduation Alliance0.3 mi · 4
- Sunnyside High School0.3 mi · 2,122
- Washington Elementary0.6 mi · 602
- Sierra Vista Middle School1.2 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About Chief Kamiakin Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Chief Kamiakin Elementary School?
Chief Kamiakin Elementary School enrolls approximately 575 students in grades PK-05.
Is Chief Kamiakin Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chief Kamiakin Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Chief Kamiakin Elementary School have?
Chief Kamiakin Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
How diverse is Chief Kamiakin Elementary School?
Chief Kamiakin Elementary School reports a student body of 6% White, 93% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Chief Kamiakin Elementary School?
Chief Kamiakin Elementary School is overseen by Sunnyside School District in Yakima County.
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