Summitview Elementary

Summitview Elementary is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in Yakima, Washington, run under West Valley School District (Yakima), enrolling 475 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 25% bigger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

West Valley School District (Yakima) runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 5,480 students. Summitview Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Summitview Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 42% White, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 67% of students at Summitview Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Yakima County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Summitview Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.6%; this one delivers 44.0%.

Across the wider county, Yakima County reports that median household income runs about $70,656, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Summitview Elementary is one of 119 public schools in Yakima County (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students).

Nearest neighbor: Wide Hollow Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Summitview Elementary. On composite proficiency, Summitview Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 39.9%.

Summitview Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 36%: 349 students in 2018 compared to 475 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 42% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.