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Enrollment
387
Elementary
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOPPENISH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530897001812
Kirkwood Elementary School
403 SOUTH JUNIPER STREET, TOPPENISH, WA 98948 · (509) 865-4750 · Yakima County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 51.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
349 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 68% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
19.7%
WA avg 58.4% . +5.4pp since 2014
Math
23.7%
WA avg 51.2% . +8.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.7% | 23.7% |
| 2023-24 | 21.5% | 18.9% |
| 2022-23 | 17.4% | 17.8% |
| 2021-22 | 12.7% | 15.2% |
| 2018-19 | 21.2% | 22.6% |
| 2017-18 | 23.1% | 21.6% |
| 2016-17 | 14.5% | 17.2% |
| 2015-16 | 23.8% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 14.3% | 14.8% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
21.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Kirkwood Elementary School
Kirkwood Elementary School's state test result (21.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkwood Elementary School this school | 387 | 90.2% | 21.1% |
| Adams Elementary Wapato | 394 | 91.1% | 16.5% |
| Mckinley Elementary School Yakima | 403 | 90.6% | 22.0% |
| Whittier Elementary PASCO | 378 | 89.2% | N/A |
| Brewster Elementary School BREWSTER | 425 | 91.8% | 31.8% |
| Rowena Chess Elementary PASCO | 436 | 91.1% | 11.5% |
Matched among Washington elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Kirkwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #900 of 936 | #39 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #980 of 1,103 ▲ 57 | #35 of 45 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #1,066 of 1,102 ▼ 15 | #40 of 45 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.8pp | #140 of 928 | #6 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #682 of 1,268 | #36 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #507 of 1,085 | #20 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.0% | #1,027 of 1,088 | #30 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.2% | #28 of 1,169 | #15 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.6% | #127 of 778 | #6 of 40 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
387
-32 (-8%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 780
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 387 | 24.7 | 15.7:1 | 90% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 93% (375) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 25.5 | 16.6:1 | 95% (400) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 26 | 16.1:1 | 85% (357) |
| 2017-18 | 550 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 88% (482) |
| 2015-16 | 666 | 36 | 18.5:1 | 90% (597) |
| 2010-11 | 503 | 27 | 18.6:1 | 99% (498) |
| 2000-01 | 835 | 53 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 780 | 35 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kirkwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (550 to 387); teachers down 23% (32 to 24.7).
About Kirkwood Elementary School
Kirkwood Elementary School, located in TOPPENISH, Washington, is a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 387 students.
Toppenish School District enrolls 3,646 students in 9 schools, including Kirkwood Elementary School.
The share of Hispanic students at Kirkwood Elementary School is 85%. Enrollment also includes 11% Native American and 2% White. The school's Hispanic share is 33 points above the 52% share among Yakima County residents. The diversity index for Kirkwood Elementary School is 26%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. Compared with the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 90% of the student body. Across public schools in Yakima County, the average is 77%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Kirkwood Elementary School is 19.7%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 21.1%.
Census data for Yakima County show the median household earns about $70,656 a year, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Public schools in Yakima County number 119, with about 52,145 students.
Kirkwood Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Toppenish Pre School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Kirkwood Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 419 to 387, an 8% decline.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Kirkwood Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Toppenish School District
- Toppenish High SchoolHigh · 969 students
- Toppenish Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
- Valley View ElementaryElementary · 484 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 244 students
- Toppenish Pre SchoolElementary · 198 students
Other schools in TOPPENISH
- Toppenish High SchoolHigh · 969 students
- Toppenish Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
- Valley View ElementaryElementary · 484 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 244 students
- Toppenish Pre SchoolElementary · 198 students
Other Kirkwood Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Kirkwood Elementary. Kirkwood Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Kirkwood Elementary SchoolClarksville, TN · 805 students
- Kirkwood Elementary SchoolCoralville, IA · 270 students
- Kirkwood ElementaryCorning, CA · 105 students
Nearby schools
- Toppenish Pre School0.1 mi · 198
- Yakama Nation Tribal School0.3 mi · 152
- Toppenish High School0.3 mi · 969
- Computer Academy Toppenish High School0.3 mi · 185
- Garfield Elementary School0.5 mi · 310
- Toppenish Middle School0.7 mi · 757
Frequently asked questions
About Kirkwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Kirkwood Elementary School?
Kirkwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 387 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Kirkwood Elementary School serve?
Kirkwood Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Kirkwood Elementary School have?
Kirkwood Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Kirkwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Kirkwood Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 85% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Kirkwood Elementary School?
Kirkwood Elementary School is overseen by Toppenish School District in Yakima County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.