Toppenish Middle School

Toppenish Middle School is a reasonably sized junior high in TOPPENISH, Washington, one of the schools within Toppenish School District. The school caters to 757 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 31% above the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 577 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Toppenish Middle School logs that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest consists of 10% Native American. By comparison, Yakima County as a whole is about 52% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Yakima County (around 77%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Toppenish Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.0%; this one delivers 19.4%.

Across the wider county, Yakima County reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,656 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Yakima County runs 119 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students), of which Toppenish Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Toppenish Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 23.7%.

Toppenish Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 16%: 897 students in 2018 compared to 757 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 82% to 87% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.