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Best kept secret on campus at Nob Hill Elementary School?
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Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YAKIMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 531011001701
Nob Hill Elementary School
801 S 34th Ave, Yakima, WA 98902 · (509) 573-1500 · Yakima County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
229 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 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 19% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
44.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -6.2pp since 2014
Math
36.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -5.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.4% | 36.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.1% | 37.4% |
| 2022-23 | 46.2% | 37.7% |
| 2021-22 | 45.5% | 32.9% |
| 2018-19 | 49.2% | 50.0% |
| 2017-18 | 51.3% | 43.0% |
| 2016-17 | 37.5% | 37.9% |
| 2015-16 | 42.7% | 37.5% |
| 2014-15 | 50.6% | 42.1% |
% 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
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 →
Where Nob Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #561 of 936 | #13 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #737 of 1,103 | #18 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #639 of 1,102 | #14 of 45 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #477 of 928 | #23 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #834 of 1,268 | #41 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #258 of 1,085 | #7 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #745 of 1,088 | #15 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.6% | #307 of 1,169 | #37 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.5% | #107 of 778 | #5 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
339
-119 (-26%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 584
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 339 | 23.2 | 14.6:1 | 68% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 27.2 | 14.0:1 | 73% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 27.1 | 15.2:1 | 68% (280) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 26 | 17.6:1 | 59% (270) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 24.7 | 19.8:1 | 50% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 497 | 25 | 19.9:1 | 65% (324) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 21 | 21.1:1 | 47% (209) |
| 2000-01 | 440 | 24 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 584 | 24 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nob Hill Elementary School.
About Nob Hill Elementary School
This page covers Nob Hill Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in Yakima, Washington. Total enrollment is 339 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5.
Yakima School District has a total of 27 schools and 15,488 students, Nob Hill Elementary School among them.
Of every 100 students at Nob Hill Elementary School, about 63 are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 30% White and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Yakima County, the Hispanic share is about 52%. The diversity index for Nob Hill Elementary School is 51%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 23.2 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.6:1. The gap from the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is 2.7 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 68%. Among public schools in Yakima County, the average eligibility rate is 77%.
Nob Hill Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 42.7%, compared with a predicted 34.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
Yakima County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $70,656, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. There are 119 public schools in the county, enrolling about 52,145, Nob Hill Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Nob Hill Elementary School is closest to Eisenhower High School, about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nob Hill Elementary School is 1st of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around Nob Hill Elementary School as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment fell 26% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.6:1) than in 2020-21 (17.6:1).
The allk12 page for Nob Hill Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Yakima School District
- Davis High SchoolHigh · 2,359 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 848 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 840 students
- Lewis & Clark Middle SchoolMiddle · 815 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 748 students
Other schools in Yakima
- Davis High SchoolHigh · 2,359 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,494 students
- West Valley Mid-Level CampusMiddle · 1,167 students
- East Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,064 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 848 students
Nearby schools
- Eisenhower High School0.6 mi · 2,258
- Wilson Middle School0.7 mi · 840
- Whitney Elementary0.7 mi · 433
- Mcclure Elementary School0.8 mi · 559
- Franklin Middle School0.9 mi · 848
- Robertson Elementary1.1 mi · 473
Frequently asked questions
About Nob Hill Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Nob Hill Elementary School?
Nob Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 339 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Nob Hill Elementary School serve?
Nob Hill Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Nob Hill Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Nob Hill Elementary School.
How diverse is Nob Hill Elementary School?
Nob Hill Elementary School reports a student body of 30% White, 63% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Nob Hill Elementary School in?
Nob Hill Elementary School is part of Yakima School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.