Smith Elementary School

Smith Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary school in Grandview, Washington, overseen by Grandview School District. The school instructs 477 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 26% above typical.

Within Grandview School District, which oversees 7 schools and 3,583 students, Smith Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Smith Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). Beyond that, the school reports 4% White. By comparison, Yakima County as a whole is about 52% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 86% of students at Smith Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Yakima County (around 77%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Smith Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.3%, the actual is 28.4%, a residual of +6.1 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Yakima County indicate 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 Smith Elementary School is one.

Step to College Open Doors High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Smith Elementary School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 32.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Smith Elementary School has declined 22%, going from 609 students in 2018 to 477 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Smith Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.