Naches Valley Elementary School

Naches Valley Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Naches, Washington, part of Naches Valley School District. The school caters to 482 students in grades K through 4. That puts it 27% bigger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Naches Valley School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,308 students. Naches Valley Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Naches Valley Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment; the rest looks like 27% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 47% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Naches Valley Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Yakima County (around 77%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Naches Valley Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.7%, the actual is 44.9%, a residual of +1.1 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Yakima County put the typical household earns roughly $70,656 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Yakima County runs 119 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students), of which Naches Valley Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Naches Valley Middle School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Naches Valley Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 36.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 5%: 505 students in 2018 compared to 482 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 68% across the same window.

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