Ridgeview Elementary

Set in Yakima, Washington, Ridgeview Elementary is a moderately sized elementary-level community, part of Yakima School District. It instructs 533 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% larger than the state mean of about 380.

Within Yakima School District, which oversees 27 schools and 15,488 students, Ridgeview Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Ridgeview Elementary shows that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 11% White. By comparison, Yakima County as a whole is about 52% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Ridgeview Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Yakima County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ridgeview Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.4%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Yakima County put the typical household earns roughly $70,656 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Yakima County's 119 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students), Ridgeview Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lewis & Clark Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ridgeview Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ridgeview Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 25.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ridgeview Elementary's enrollment has edged down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 631 (now 533). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 81% to 87%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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