Kirkwood Elementary School

Located at 403 SOUTH JUNIPER STREET, in TOPPENISH, Washington, Kirkwood Elementary School is a medium-sized primary school that enrolls 387 students (grades K through 5), run under Toppenish School District.

Toppenish School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,646 students; Kirkwood Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Kirkwood Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%). Beyond that, the school lists 11% Native American, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 52% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 90% of students at Kirkwood Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Yakima County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Kirkwood Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.7%, the actual is 21.1%, a residual of +1.4 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Yakima County shows median household income runs about $70,656, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Yakima County's 119 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students), Kirkwood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Toppenish Pre School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Kirkwood Elementary School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 23.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Kirkwood Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 30% since 2018, when it stood at 550 (now 387). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 72% to 85%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.