Sierra Vista Middle School

As a mid-sized 6-8 campus in Sunnyside, Washington, Sierra Vista Middle School educates 549 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Sunnyside School District.

Sierra Vista Middle School is one of 9 schools operated by Sunnyside School District, a district that works with 6,151 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sierra Vista Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). Other groups include 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 52% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Sierra Vista Middle School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 91% of students at Sierra Vista Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Yakima County (around 77%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sierra Vista Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.2%, the actual is 18.0%, a residual of -1.3 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Yakima County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $70,656 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Yakima County runs 119 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students), of which Sierra Vista Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sun Valley Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sierra Vista Middle School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 28.6%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 22%: 705 students in 2018 compared to 549 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.

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