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Enrollment
969
High
DISTRICT 577 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOPPENISH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530897001534
Toppenish High School
141 WARD ROAD, TOPPENISH, WA 98948 · (509) 865-3370 · Yakima County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL969 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Washington public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public high schools
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.3:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
773 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 245 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 258 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 240 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 226 | 23% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Toppenish School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
38.5%
WA avg 58.4% . +24.9pp since 2014
Math
15.1%
WA avg 51.2% . +9.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 25 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.5% | 15.1% |
| 2023-24 | 45.9% | 12.3% |
| 2022-23 | 52.1% | 16.5% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 11.0% |
| 2018-19 | 48.3% | 16.8% |
| 2017-18 | 46.5% | 13.4% |
| 2016-17 | 25.4% | 11.1% |
| 2014-15 | 13.6% | 5.3% |
% 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
27.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Toppenish High School
Toppenish High School's state test result (27.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toppenish High School this school | 969 | 79.8% | 27.8% |
| Grandview High School Grandview | 1,160 | 81.1% | 27.6% |
| Othello High School Othello | 1,338 | 81.8% | N/A |
| Quincy High School QUINCY | 860 | 78.5% | 31.6% |
| Wapato High School Wapato | 853 | 81.0% | 21.1% |
| Sunnyside High School Sunnyside | 2,122 | 82.9% | 28.6% |
Matched among Washington high 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 Toppenish High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #236 of 271 | #10 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #260 of 321 ▲ 21 | #7 of 16 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #279 of 327 ▼ 23 | #11 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.3pp | #108 of 259 | #6 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 969 | #154 of 570 | #8 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #156 of 311 | #9 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.2% | #308 of 316 | #11 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.8% | #31 of 386 | #11 of 19 |
Ranked against other public high 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
969
+16 (+2%) vs 2020
+72% since 1990-91, when it was 565
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 969 | 47.1 | 20.6:1 | 80% (773) |
| 2023-24 | 988 | 50.6 | 19.6:1 | 90% (890) |
| 2022-23 | 987 | 50.7 | 19.5:1 | 87% (859) |
| 2020-21 | 953 | 49 | 19.4:1 | 82% (780) |
| 2017-18 | 969 | 48.8 | 19.9:1 | 88% (854) |
| 2015-16 | 894 | 43 | 20.8:1 | 88% (788) |
| 2010-11 | 699 | 38 | 18.4:1 | 93% (647) |
| 2000-01 | 676 | 34 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 565 | 28 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Toppenish High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (969 to 969); teachers down 3% (48.8 to 47.1).
About Toppenish High School
Federal records list Toppenish High School as a high school in TOPPENISH, Washington. The school counted 969 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. That is 69% above the average of about 573 students for high schools in Washington.
Toppenish School District is made up of 9 schools with 3,646 students in all.
By race and ethnicity, Toppenish High School is 91% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 6% Native American. The school's Hispanic share is 39 points above the 52% share among Yakima County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 16%.
Classroom staffing at Toppenish High School totals 47.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 20.6:1. The average for high schools in Washington, 21.6:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Toppenish High School is about 80%. That is in line with the 77% average for public schools in Yakima County.
Among Washington public high schools, Toppenish High School outscored 36%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Toppenish High School's lunch-eligibility share in Washington is predicted to score 26.7%. Toppenish High School scores 27.8%, 1.1 points above that line.
For Yakima County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $70,656, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. There are 119 public schools in the county, enrolling about 52,145, Toppenish High School among them.
Computer Academy Toppenish High School is the nearest public school to Toppenish High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Toppenish High School is 1st of 6 on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant.
Federal data show 953 students in 2020-21 and 969 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. Federal data show the ratio rising from 19.4:1 to 20.6:1.
The allk12 page for Toppenish High School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Toppenish School District
- Toppenish Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
- Valley View ElementaryElementary · 484 students
- Kirkwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 387 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 244 students
- Toppenish Pre SchoolElementary · 198 students
Other schools in TOPPENISH
- Toppenish Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
- Valley View ElementaryElementary · 484 students
- Kirkwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 387 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 244 students
- Toppenish Pre SchoolElementary · 198 students
Nearby schools
- Computer Academy Toppenish High School0.0 mi · 185
- Kirkwood Elementary School0.3 mi · 387
- Yakama Nation Tribal School0.3 mi · 152
- Toppenish Pre School0.4 mi · 198
- Garfield Elementary School0.8 mi · 310
- Toppenish Middle School1.0 mi · 757
Frequently asked questions
About Toppenish High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Toppenish High School?
Toppenish High School enrolls approximately 969 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Toppenish High School serve?
Toppenish High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Toppenish High School?
Approximately 20.6:1 students per teacher at Toppenish High School.
How diverse is Toppenish High School?
Toppenish High School reports a student body of 1% White, 91% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Toppenish High School?
Toppenish High School is overseen by Toppenish School District in Yakima County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.