Wapato Online Academy K-5

Wapato Online Academy K-5 is a very small K-5 school in Wapato, Washington, one of the schools within Wapato School District. The school hosts 6 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 98% below the state mean of about 380.

Wapato School District runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 3,198 students. Wapato Online Academy K-5 is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Wapato Online Academy K-5 logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 33% White, 17% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In the area at large, Yakima County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,656, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Wapato Online Academy K-5 is one of 119 public schools in Yakima County (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students).

The closest other public school is Wapato Online Academy 6-8, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.