East Valley High School

East Valley High School is one of the well-populated high schools in Yakima, Washington, operated by East Valley School District (Yakima), with 1,064 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 86% above the state mean of about 573.

East Valley School District (Yakima) comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,387 students; East Valley High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, East Valley High School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 40% White, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Yakima County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, East Valley High School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting East Valley High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Yakima County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), East Valley High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.7%, the actual is 48.2%, a residual of +5.5 points.

In the area at large, census data for Yakima County shows the typical household earns roughly $70,656 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 East Valley High School is one.

The closest other public school is East Valley Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, East Valley High School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 36.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 23%: 867 students in 2018 compared to 1,064 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 50% to 40% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 today.

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