Simcoe Elementary School

Located at 1307 S CAMAS AVENUE, in Wapato, Washington, Simcoe Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary school that serves 329 students (grades K through 2), part of Wapato School District.

Within Wapato School District, which oversees 10 schools and 3,198 students, Simcoe Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Simcoe Elementary School shows that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 19% Native American, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 52% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Yakima County (around 77%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the broader community, census data for Yakima County shows the typical household earns roughly $70,656 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Simcoe Elementary School is one of 119 public schools in Yakima County (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students).

Adams Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Simcoe Elementary School.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.