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Enrollment
737
Middle
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAPATO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530948001615
Wapato Middle School
1309 Kateri Lane, Wapato, WA 98951 · (509) 877-2173 · Yakima County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL737 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
653 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 273 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 236 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 228 | 31% |
Student demographics
38%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
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Wapato School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
18.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -11.3pp since 2014
Math
10.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -13.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.9% | 10.5% |
| 2023-24 | 19.5% | 11.3% |
| 2022-23 | 23.1% | 10.8% |
| 2021-22 | 20.9% | 10.2% |
| 2018-19 | 23.3% | 18.0% |
| 2017-18 | 27.1% | 22.9% |
| 2016-17 | 22.4% | 17.3% |
| 2015-16 | 28.4% | 23.1% |
| 2014-15 | 30.2% | 23.7% |
% 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
15.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Wapato Middle School
Wapato Middle School's state test result (15.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wapato Middle School this school | 737 | 88.6% | 15.0% |
| Toppenish Middle School TOPPENISH | 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% |
| McFarland Middle School Othello | 702 | 83.8% | N/A |
| Franklin Middle School Yakima | 848 | 85.0% | 29.0% |
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 Wapato Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #288 of 294 | #16 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.5% | #346 of 357 ▼ 3 | #16 of 17 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #351 of 357 ▼ 2 | #16 of 17 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #77 of 290 | #9 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 737 | #113 of 377 | #11 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #131 of 340 | #7 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.8% | #297 of 340 | #7 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.6% | #12 of 359 | #7 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #98 of 192 | #3 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
737
-51 (-6%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 626
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 737 | 39.6 | 18.6:1 | 89% (653) |
| 2023-24 | 701 | 43.1 | 16.3:1 | 92% (648) |
| 2022-23 | 718 | 44.1 | 16.3:1 | 95% (680) |
| 2020-21 | 788 | 42 | 18.8:1 | 88% (695) |
| 2017-18 | 831 | 41.5 | 20.0:1 | 87% (723) |
| 2015-16 | 808 | 42 | 19.2:1 | 88% (713) |
| 2010-11 | 787 | 39 | 20.2:1 | 82% (643) |
| 2000-01 | 779 | 39 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 626 | 31 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wapato Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (831 to 737); teachers down 5% (41.5 to 39.6).
About Wapato Middle School
Wapato Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school located in Wapato, Washington. The school has 737 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 577 students for middle schools in Washington.
Wapato School District is the local district for Wapato Middle School. It runs 10 schools with 3,198 students.
At Wapato Middle School, 77% of students are Hispanic. Other students are 18% Native American. That is higher than the 52% Hispanic share among all Yakima County residents. The diversity index for Wapato Middle School is 38%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.6:1. The average for middle schools in Washington is about 18.9:1. About 89% of students at Wapato Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 77% for public schools in Yakima County.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Wapato Middle School would be expected to post about 20.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 15.0%.
In the wider Yakima County area, the median household earns about $70,656 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Wapato Middle School shares Yakima County with 118 other public schools.
Simcoe Elementary School sits about 0.2 miles from Wapato Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 4 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Wapato Middle School is 4th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Town: Fringe, means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school's enrollment decreased 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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 High SchoolHigh · 853 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 High SchoolHigh · 853 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
- Simcoe Elementary School0.2 mi · 329
- Adams Elementary0.3 mi · 394
- Camas Elementary0.4 mi · 452
- Satus Elementary0.5 mi · 298
- Wapato High School0.5 mi · 853
- Pace Alternative High School0.9 mi · 88
Frequently asked questions
About Wapato Middle SchoolHow many students attend Wapato Middle School?
Wapato Middle School enrolls approximately 737 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Wapato Middle School serve?
Wapato Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Wapato Middle School?
Approximately 18.6:1 students per teacher at Wapato Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Wapato Middle School?
Student demographics at Wapato Middle School are roughly 1% White, 77% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Wapato Middle School?
Wapato Middle 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.