Robertson Elementary

Robertson Elementary, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Yakima, Washington, overseen by Yakima School District, works with 473 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 24% bigger than typical.

Yakima School District runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 15,488 students. Robertson Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Robertson Elementary logs that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 16% 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 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Robertson Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.9%, the actual is 32.4%, a residual of +7.5 points.

In the broader community, Yakima County reports that 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%. Across Yakima County's 119 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students), Robertson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Discovery Early Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Robertson Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 30.8%.

Robertson Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Robertson Elementary has decreased 9%, going from 521 students in 2018 to 473 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 22% to 16% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.