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What's one thing Wapato High School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
853
High
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAPATO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530948001617
Wapato High School
1202 South Camas Avenue, Wapato, WA 98951 · (509) 877-3138 · Yakima County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL853 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
691 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 243 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 207 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 214 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 189 | 22% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
37.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -4.6pp since 2014
Math
10.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -3.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.1% | 10.2% |
| 2023-24 | 37.2% | 8.8% |
| 2022-23 | 33.9% | 7.1% |
| 2021-22 | 35.2% | 9.2% |
| 2018-19 | 47.1% | 17.6% |
| 2017-18 | 53.8% | 24.9% |
| 2016-17 | 22.3% | 5.1% |
| 2015-16 | 20.5% | 10.3% |
| 2014-15 | 41.7% | 13.3% |
% 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
21.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 →
Where Wapato High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #260 of 271 | #14 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.2% | #306 of 321 | #14 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #286 of 327 | #12 of 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #97 of 259 | #5 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 853 | #174 of 570 | #9 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #75 of 311 | #5 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.9% | #282 of 316 | #8 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.0% | #27 of 386 | #10 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #135 of 164 | N/A |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
853
-35 (-4%) vs 2020
+44% since 1990-91, when it was 593
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 853 | 46.2 | 18.5:1 | 81% (691) |
| 2023-24 | 871 | 48 | 18.1:1 | 88% (769) |
| 2022-23 | 874 | 48.7 | 17.9:1 | 89% (782) |
| 2020-21 | 888 | 48 | 18.5:1 | 84% (747) |
| 2017-18 | 884 | 45.4 | 19.5:1 | 80% (703) |
| 2015-16 | 809 | 40 | 20.2:1 | 83% (668) |
| 2010-11 | 858 | 43 | 19.9:1 | 78% (668) |
| 2000-01 | 705 | 36 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 593 | 27 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wapato High School.
About Wapato High School
Wapato High School is a medium-sized high school in Wapato, Washington, administered by Wapato School District. The school reports 853 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Washington is about 573 students.
Wapato High School is a school in Wapato School District. The district has 10 schools and 3,198 students.
The large majority of students at Wapato High School, 81%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 13% Native American and 2% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 29 points above the 52% share among Yakima County residents. By the diversity index, Wapato High School comes in at 32%.
Federal data list 46.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Wapato High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 18.5:1. Among high schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 21.6:1. The lunch program counts 81% of students at Wapato High School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Wapato High School would score about 25.9%. It scores 21.1%, 4.7 points below that figure.
Within Yakima County, median household income is about $70,656, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 119 public schools in Yakima County, with a combined enrollment of about 52,145.
Camas Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Wapato High School's average proficiency of 21.1% compares with 20.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for Wapato High School is Town: Fringe, which covers schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
The number of students declined from 888 to 853 over 4 years.
The Wapato High School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Wapato School District
- Wapato Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
- Camas ElementaryElementary · 452 students
- Adams ElementaryElementary · 394 students
- Simcoe Elementary SchoolElementary · 329 students
- Satus ElementaryElementary · 298 students
- Pace Alternative High SchoolHigh · 88 students
Other schools in Wapato
- Wapato Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
- Camas ElementaryElementary · 452 students
- Adams ElementaryElementary · 394 students
- Simcoe Elementary SchoolElementary · 329 students
- Satus ElementaryElementary · 298 students
- Pace Alternative High SchoolHigh · 88 students
Nearby schools
- Camas Elementary0.1 mi · 452
- Satus Elementary0.2 mi · 298
- Adams Elementary0.3 mi · 394
- Simcoe Elementary School0.4 mi · 329
- Pace Alternative High School0.5 mi · 88
- Wapato Middle School0.5 mi · 737
Frequently asked questions
About Wapato High SchoolHow large is Wapato High School?
Wapato High School enrolls approximately 853 students in grades 09-12.
Is Wapato High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wapato High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Wapato High School have?
Wapato High School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Wapato High School?
Student demographics at Wapato High School are roughly 1% White, 81% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Wapato High School?
Wapato High School is overseen by Wapato School District in Yakima County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.