Nob Hill Elementary School

As a mid-tier K-5 school in Yakima, Washington, Nob Hill Elementary School works with 339 students from grades K through 5, part of Yakima School District.

Nob Hill Elementary School is one of 27 schools operated by Yakima School District, a district that teaches 15,488 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Nob Hill Elementary School records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 30% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 52% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Nob Hill Elementary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 68% of students are eligible 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 below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Nob Hill Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.9%, the actual is 42.7%, a residual of +7.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Yakima County) records that median household income runs about $70,656, 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), Nob Hill Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Eisenhower High School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Nob Hill Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Nob Hill Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 31.8%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Nob Hill Elementary School's enrollment has fell 31% since 2018, when it stood at 488 (now 339). The White share of enrollment edged down from 39% to 30% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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