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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YAKIMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 531011001693
Gilbert Elementary School
4400 Douglas Dr, Yakima, WA 98908 · (509) 573-5800 · Yakima County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
323 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
41.0%
WA avg 58.4% . +1.5pp since 2014
Math
31.0%
WA avg 51.2% . +3.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
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
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 28% 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 12 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
415
-149 (-26%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 16.2:1
% White
27%
was 26%
% Hispanic
68%
was 66%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Gilbert Elementary School
Set in Yakima, Washington, Gilbert Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary school, operated by Yakima School District. It teaches 415 students across grades K through 5.
Yakima School District comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 15,488 students; Gilbert Elementary School is among them.
In terms of who attends, Gilbert Elementary School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. Beyond that, the school reports 27% White, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 78% of students at Gilbert Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Gilbert Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 28.0%; this one delivers 40.1%, a residual of +12.1 points.
Across the wider county, Yakima County reports that median household income runs about $70,656, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Gilbert Elementary School is one of 119 public schools in Yakima County (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students).
The closest other public school is K-8 Learning Lab, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gilbert Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.0%.
The campus sits in an inner-city setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gilbert Elementary School has shrank 26%, going from 564 students in 2018 to 415 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.
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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 Yakima School District
- Davis High SchoolHigh · 2,359 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 848 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 840 students
- Lewis & Clark Middle SchoolMiddle · 815 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 748 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
- K-8 Learning Lab0.4 mi · 122
- Eisenhower High School0.9 mi · 2,258
- Robertson Elementary1.0 mi · 473
- Wilson Middle School1.1 mi · 840
- Discovery Early Learning Center1.1 mi · 303
- Nob Hill Elementary School1.2 mi · 339
Frequently asked questions
About Gilbert Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Gilbert Elementary School?
Gilbert Elementary School enrolls approximately 415 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Gilbert Elementary School serve?
Gilbert Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Gilbert Elementary School have?
Gilbert Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Gilbert Elementary School?
Student demographics at Gilbert Elementary School are roughly 27% White, 68% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Gilbert Elementary School in?
Gilbert Elementary School is part of Yakima School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.