Toppenish High School

As a roomy senior high in TOPPENISH, Washington, Toppenish High School educates 969 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Toppenish School District. Enrollment runs roughly 69% larger than the state mean of about 573.

Across the 9 schools in Toppenish School District (3,646 students total), Toppenish High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Toppenish High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%). Other groups include 6% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 52% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Toppenish High School lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Toppenish High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Yakima County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,656, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Yakima County runs 119 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students), of which Toppenish High School is one.

The closest other public school is Computer Academy Toppenish High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Toppenish High School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 22.1%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Toppenish High School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 969 (now 969). Hispanic enrollment moved from 86% to 91% across the same window.

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