K-8 Learning Lab

K-8 Learning Lab is an elementary campus of minimally staffed scale in Yakima, Washington, run under Yakima School District, hosting 122 students in grades 1 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 68% below the state mean of about 380.

Yakima School District runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 15,488 students. K-8 Learning Lab is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, K-8 Learning Lab records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). Other groups include 15% White. By comparison, Yakima County as a whole is about 52% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 122.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 88% 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 noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), K-8 Learning Lab sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.4%; this one delivers 13.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Yakima County) logs 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%. In all, Yakima County runs 119 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students), of which K-8 Learning Lab is one.

Nearest neighbor: Gilbert Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around K-8 Learning Lab. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), K-8 Learning Lab ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.2%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at K-8 Learning Lab has fell 43%, going from 213 students in 2018 to 122 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 54% to 83% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 122.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.