East Valley Elementary

East Valley Elementary is an elementary-level community of mid-tier scale in Yakima, Washington, one of the schools within East Valley School District (Yakima), hosting 562 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so East Valley Elementary sits 48% bigger than that benchmark.

Within East Valley School District (Yakima), which oversees 5 schools and 3,387 students, East Valley Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, East Valley Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment. Other groups include 31% White, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

On the resource side, On paper, East Valley Elementary has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting East Valley Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Yakima County (around 77%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, East Valley Elementary sits in the top 10% of Washington schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 33.8%; actual is 48.3%, +14.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Yakima County put the typical household earns roughly $70,656 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. East Valley Elementary is one of 119 public schools in Yakima County (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students).

Nearest neighbor: East Valley High School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, East Valley Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 36.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 573 students in 2018 compared to 562 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 46% to 31% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for East Valley Elementary typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.