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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Toppenish Middle School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
757
Middle
DISTRICT 405 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOPPENISH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530897001535
Toppenish Middle School
104 GOLDENDALE AVENUE, TOPPENISH, WA 98948 · (509) 865-2730 · Yakima County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL757 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 40.8:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
679 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 254 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 228 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 275 | 36% |
Student demographics
24%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
Students here typically continue to
Toppenish Middle School→Toppenish High School
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
24.7%
WA avg 58.4% . +11.3pp since 2014
Math
16.5%
WA avg 51.2% . +4.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.7% | 16.5% |
| 2023-24 | 21.3% | 15.2% |
| 2022-23 | 20.2% | 14.8% |
| 2021-22 | 24.8% | 16.1% |
| 2018-19 | 26.6% | 22.8% |
| 2017-18 | 20.8% | 15.6% |
| 2016-17 | 19.4% | 17.0% |
| 2015-16 | 15.5% | 9.5% |
| 2014-15 | 13.5% | 12.4% |
% 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
19.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Middle School
Toppenish Middle School's state test result (19.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toppenish Middle School this school | 757 | 89.7% | 19.4% |
| Lewis & Clark Middle School Yakima | 815 | 90.2% | 22.5% |
| Ellen Ochoa Middle School PASCO | 831 | 91.0% | 14.2% |
| Wapato Middle School Wapato | 737 | 88.6% | 15.0% |
| Stevens Middle School PASCO | 956 | 91.7% | 16.7% |
| Grandview Middle School Grandview | 815 | 84.8% | 31.6% |
Matched among Washington middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #276 of 294 | #13 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #316 of 357 ▲ 5 | #13 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #332 of 357 ▲ 15 | #14 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.1pp | #204 of 290 | #8 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 757 | #95 of 377 | #9 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #157 of 340 | #12 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.7% | #324 of 340 | #10 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.7% | #11 of 359 | #6 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #62 of 192 | #2 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
757
-180 (-19%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 646
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 757 | 39.8 | 19.0:1 | 90% (679) |
| 2023-24 | 772 | 43.8 | 17.6:1 | 92% (713) |
| 2022-23 | 860 | 43 | 20.0:1 | 93% (804) |
| 2020-21 | 937 | 42 | 22.3:1 | 90% (841) |
| 2017-18 | 897 | 41 | 21.9:1 | 91% (816) |
| 2015-16 | 853 | 42 | 20.3:1 | 87% (746) |
| 2010-11 | 742 | 35 | 21.2:1 | 97% (723) |
| 2000-01 | 819 | 44 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 646 | 39 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Toppenish Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (897 to 757); teachers down 3% (41 to 39.8).
About Toppenish Middle School
Toppenish Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Toppenish School District, located in TOPPENISH, Washington. The school's 757 students are in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Washington average about 577 students each.
Toppenish School District runs 9 schools with a combined 3,646 students. Toppenish Middle School is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show Toppenish Middle School is 87% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 10% Native American. Among all residents of Yakima County, the Hispanic share is about 52%. Pick two students at random and there is a 24% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 19.0:1. For comparison, middle schools in Washington average 18.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 90%. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in Yakima County, the school's rate is higher.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Toppenish Middle School is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 19.4%. Predicted: 20.0%.
Federal survey data for Yakima County show that the median household income is $70,656, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. There are 119 public schools in Yakima County, enrolling about 52,145 students in all.
The closest public school, Lincoln Elementary School, is about 0.4 miles from Toppenish Middle School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Toppenish Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Toppenish Middle School in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment declined 19% from its 2020-21 level of 937. The ratio was 22.3:1 in 2020-21 and 19.0:1 in 2024-25.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 High SchoolHigh · 969 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 High SchoolHigh · 969 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
- Lincoln Elementary School0.4 mi · 244
- Garfield Elementary School0.5 mi · 310
- Valley View Elementary0.5 mi · 484
- Toppenish Pre School0.7 mi · 198
- Kirkwood Elementary School0.7 mi · 387
- Yakama Nation Tribal School0.9 mi · 152
Frequently asked questions
About Toppenish Middle SchoolHow large is Toppenish Middle School?
Toppenish Middle School enrolls approximately 757 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Toppenish Middle School serve?
Toppenish Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Toppenish Middle School?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at Toppenish Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Toppenish Middle School?
At Toppenish Middle School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 87% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Toppenish Middle School public or private?
Toppenish Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Toppenish School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.