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What's something Outlook Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
403
Elementary
DISTRICT 531 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530867001448
Outlook Elementary School
3800 VanBelle Road, Outlook, WA 98938 · (509) 837-3352 · Yakima County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
365 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 5 | 1% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 20% |
This year's 1st grade class (77) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
27.9%
WA avg 58.4% . +8.2pp since 2014
Math
28.8%
WA avg 51.2% . +5.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.9% | 28.8% |
| 2023-24 | 22.4% | 23.2% |
| 2022-23 | 26.1% | 22.6% |
| 2021-22 | 18.8% | 24.9% |
| 2018-19 | 36.6% | 32.6% |
| 2017-18 | 35.3% | 36.7% |
| 2016-17 | 24.9% | 30.5% |
| 2015-16 | 25.1% | 34.2% |
| 2014-15 | 19.7% | 23.8% |
% 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
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Outlook Elementary School
Outlook Elementary School's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outlook Elementary School this school | 403 | 90.6% | 27.1% |
| Captain Gray STEM Elementary Pasco | 408 | 92.4% | 10.9% |
| Artz Fox Elementary Mabton | 375 | 90.4% | 18.4% |
| Whittier Elementary PASCO | 378 | 89.2% | N/A |
| Emerson Elementary PASCO | 447 | 88.8% | 12.8% |
| 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 Outlook Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #846 of 936 | #28 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #897 of 1,103 ▲ 89 | #25 of 45 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #976 of 1,102 ▲ 64 | #27 of 45 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.6pp | #193 of 928 | #9 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #620 of 1,268 | #33 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #208 of 1,085 | #5 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.8% | #1,085 of 1,088 | #50 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.6% | #24 of 1,169 | #11 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.3% | #95 of 778 | #4 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
403
-75 (-16%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 301
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 403 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 91% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 30 | 14.6:1 | 87% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 32 | 14.0:1 | 86% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 76% (364) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 36 | 16.3:1 | 90% (531) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 33 | 19.4:1 | 91% (587) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 33 | 17.2:1 | 99% (565) |
| 2000-01 | 281 | 13 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 301 | 12 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Outlook Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (587 to 403); teachers down 22% (36 to 28).
About Outlook Elementary School
Located in Outlook, Washington, Outlook Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. It had 403 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
The Sunnyside School District system has 9 schools and 6,151 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Outlook Elementary School is Hispanic, at 97%. Other reported shares: 2% White. Yakima County's residents are about 52% Hispanic, 44 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 7%.
Outlook Elementary School reports a ratio of 14.4 students per teacher, from 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Outlook Elementary School, 91% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 14 points above the 77% average for public schools in Yakima County.
Outlook Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.1% and a predicted 19.4%.
The school's county is Yakima County. According to Census Bureau estimates, 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, Outlook Elementary School among them.
Granger Middle School is the nearest public school to Outlook Elementary School, about 4.4 miles away. Within five miles of Outlook Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Outlook Elementary School is 3rd of 7 on proficiency.
Outlook Elementary School is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 75 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.9:1 in 2020-21, and 14.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Sunnyside School District
- Sunnyside High SchoolHigh · 2,122 students
- Harrison Middle SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 602 students
- Chief Kamiakin Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Sierra Vista Middle SchoolMiddle · 549 students
Nearby schools
- Granger Middle School4.4 mi · 425
- Roosevelt Elementary4.5 mi · 580
- Washington Elementary4.6 mi · 602
- Granger High School4.7 mi · 433
- Sun Valley Elementary School4.8 mi · 474
- Sierra Vista Middle School4.8 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About Outlook Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Outlook Elementary School?
Outlook Elementary School enrolls approximately 403 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Outlook Elementary School serve?
Outlook Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Outlook Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Outlook Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Outlook Elementary School?
Student demographics at Outlook Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Outlook Elementary School in?
Outlook Elementary School is part of Sunnyside School District.
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