Wapato High School

Wapato High School is one of the reasonably sized secondary schools in Wapato, Washington, operated by Wapato School District, with 853 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 49% larger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 573 students.

Wapato School District comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 3,198 students; Wapato High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wapato High School logs that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 13% Native American, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 52% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Wapato High School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.5:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wapato High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.1%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Yakima County) logs that median household earnings sit near $70,656, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wapato High School is one of 119 public schools in Yakima County (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students).

Camas Elementary 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. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wapato High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 20.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Wapato High School's enrollment has declined 4% since 2018, when it stood at 884 (now 853). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 73% to 81% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 in 2025.

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