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How has Summitview Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
475
Elementary
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT (YAKIMA)·NCES 530972001652
Summitview Elementary
6305 W Chestnut Ave, Yakima, WA 98908 · (509) 972-5540 · Yakima County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
316 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 68% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Summitview Elementary→West Valley Mid-Level Campus
Based on grade levels within West Valley School District (Yakima). Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
44.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -0.5pp since 2014
Math
40.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -26.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 26 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.7% | 40.5% |
| 2023-24 | 49.6% | 36.3% |
| 2022-23 | 47.8% | 35.6% |
| 2021-22 | 44.3% | 38.2% |
| 2018-19 | 57.6% | 63.9% |
| 2017-18 | 56.5% | 65.3% |
| 2016-17 | 59.1% | 68.5% |
| 2015-16 | 60.0% | 77.8% |
| 2014-15 | 45.2% | 66.9% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Summitview Elementary
Summitview Elementary's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summitview Elementary this school | 475 | 66.5% | 44.0% |
| Terrace Heights Elementary Yakima | 454 | 66.3% | 41.8% |
| Park Orchard Elementary School Moses Lake | 454 | 64.3% | 42.9% |
| Wide Hollow Elementary Yakima | 433 | 65.1% | 54.9% |
| Grant Elementary EPHRATA | 466 | 68.5% | 33.4% |
| Clovis Point Elementary School East Wenatchee | 511 | 62.8% | N/A |
Matched among Washington elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Summitview Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #542 of 936 | #12 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #649 of 1,103 ▲ 68 | #16 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #634 of 1,102 ▼ 125 | #13 of 45 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.3pp | #486 of 928 | #24 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #362 of 1,268 | #22 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #642 of 1,085 | #27 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #634 of 1,088 | #6 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.5% | #326 of 1,169 | #38 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +36.1% | #18 of 257 | #2 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
475
+188 (+66%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 347
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 475 | 29.4 | 16.2:1 | 67% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 30.8 | 16.0:1 | 69% (341) |
| 2022-23 | 501 | 30 | 16.7:1 | 72% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 287 | 19 | 15.1:1 | 56% (162) |
| 2017-18 | 349 | 19.6 | 17.8:1 | 47% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 325 | 18 | 18.1:1 | 57% (184) |
| 2010-11 | 218 | 11 | 19.8:1 | 28% (62) |
| 2000-01 | 278 | 15 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 347 | 18 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Summitview Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 36% (349 to 475); teachers up 50% (19.6 to 29.4).
About Summitview Elementary
As a medium-sized elementary school, Summitview Elementary serves students in Yakima, Washington. Enrollment is 475 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Washington is about 380 students, so this school is 25% above average.
West Valley School District (Yakima) is the district for Summitview Elementary. It has 15 schools and 5,480 students.
A majority of students at Summitview Elementary, 52%, are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 42% White and 4% multiracial. That is close to the 52% Hispanic share among all Yakima County residents. Summitview Elementary has a diversity index of 55%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 16.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1, higher than at this school. Summitview Elementary reports 67% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Yakima County average 77%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 35.6% at Summitview Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 44.0%.
Census estimates describe Yakima County this way: median household income is about $70,656, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Yakima County number 119 and enroll about 52,145.
The shortest distance from Summitview Elementary to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to Wide Hollow Elementary. The five-mile area around Summitview Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 39.9% proficiency; Summitview Elementary posts 44.0%.
In the federal locale system, Summitview Elementary is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school counted 287 students in 2020-21 and 475 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. The school's ratio rose from 15.1:1 to 16.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Yakima County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
257,152
Census ACS
Median income
$70,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
119
52,145 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Valley School District (Yakima)
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,494 students
- West Valley Mid-Level CampusMiddle · 1,167 students
- Apple Valley ElementaryElementary · 447 students
- Wide Hollow ElementaryElementary · 433 students
- Ahtanum Valley ElementaryElementary · 381 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
Other schools in Yakima
- Davis High SchoolHigh · 2,359 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,494 students
- West Valley Mid-Level CampusMiddle · 1,167 students
- East Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,064 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 848 students
Other Summitview Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Summitview Elementary. Summitview Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Summitview Elementary SchoolWaynesboro, PA · 363 students
Nearby schools
- Wide Hollow Elementary0.9 mi · 433
- Gilbert Elementary School1.3 mi · 415
- Eisenhower High School1.3 mi · 2,258
- Wilson Middle School1.3 mi · 840
- Whitney Elementary1.4 mi · 433
- Apple Valley Elementary1.5 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Summitview ElementaryHow large is Summitview Elementary?
Summitview Elementary enrolls approximately 475 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Summitview Elementary serve?
Summitview Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Summitview Elementary?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Summitview Elementary.
How diverse is Summitview Elementary?
Summitview Elementary reports a student body of 42% White, 52% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Summitview Elementary?
Summitview Elementary is overseen by West Valley School District (Yakima) in Yakima County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.