Pace Alternative High School

Pace Alternative High School is a four-year high school of rural-scale scale in Wapato, Washington, one of the schools within Wapato School District, serveing 88 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 85% smaller than the state mean of about 573.

Pace Alternative High School is one of 10 schools operated by Wapato School District, a district that educates 3,198 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pace Alternative High School records that 61% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 31% Native American, 2% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. Roughly 83% of students at Pace Alternative High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, census data for Yakima County shows the typical household earns roughly $70,656 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Yakima County runs 119 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students), of which Pace Alternative High School is one.

Wapato Online Academy 9-12 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Pace Alternative High School's enrollment has grew 10% since 2018, when it stood at 80 (now 88). Hispanic enrollment moved from 44% to 61% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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