Thompson Elementary School

Set in Grandview, Washington, Thompson Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary-level community, operated by Grandview School District. It hosts 549 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 44% above typical.

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

On demographics, Thompson Elementary School logs that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 7% White. By comparison, Yakima County as a whole is about 52% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Thompson Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 24.4%; this one delivers 45.8%, a residual of +21.4 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Yakima County shows 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 Thompson Elementary School is one.

Contract Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Thompson Elementary School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 28.5%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thompson Elementary School has shrank 7%, going from 591 students in 2018 to 549 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 11% to 7%.

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