Mckinley Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Yakima, Washington, Mckinley Elementary School instructs 403 students from grades K through 5, part of Yakima School District.

Across the 27 schools in Yakima School District (15,488 students total), Mckinley Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Mckinley Elementary School logs that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 8% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Yakima County as a whole is about 52% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Mckinley Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. 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, Mckinley Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 19.4%; this one delivers 22.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Yakima County put the typical household earns roughly $70,656 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Yakima County's 119 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students), Mckinley Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Franklin Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mckinley Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mckinley Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 29.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mckinley Elementary School has decreased 11%, going from 454 students in 2018 to 403 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 16% to 8% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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