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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Washington Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
602
Elementary
DISTRICT 531 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530867001452
Washington Elementary
800 E. Jackson Avenue, Sunnyside, WA 98944 · (509) 837-3641 · Yakima County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL602 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
512 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 19% |
This year's 1st grade class (116) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
35.5%
WA avg 58.4% . +6.2pp since 2014
Math
36.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -8.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.5% | 36.3% |
| 2023-24 | 32.9% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 39.6% |
| 2021-22 | 36.7% | 31.4% |
| 2018-19 | 53.9% | 52.8% |
| 2017-18 | 46.5% | 51.3% |
| 2016-17 | 42.4% | 45.2% |
| 2015-16 | 29.6% | 40.1% |
| 2014-15 | 29.3% | 44.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 23% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 13 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 Washington Elementary
Washington Elementary's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Elementary this school | 602 | 85.0% | 35.7% |
| Pioneer Elementary School Sunnyside | 602 | 86.4% | 25.2% |
| Hiawatha Elementary School Othello | 579 | 83.6% | N/A |
| Chief Kamiakin Elementary School Sunnyside | 575 | 87.7% | 28.5% |
| Thompson Elementary School Grandview | 549 | 83.2% | 45.8% |
| Wahitis Elementary School Othello | 606 | 81.8% | N/A |
Matched among Washington elementary 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 Washington Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #708 of 936 | #20 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #748 of 1,103 ▼ 69 | #19 of 45 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #849 of 1,102 ▲ 35 | #20 of 45 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.8pp | #453 of 928 | #21 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 602 | #100 of 1,268 | #3 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #756 of 1,085 | #36 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.3% | #1,059 of 1,088 | #39 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.0% | #64 of 1,169 | #25 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #534 of 778 | #26 of 40 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
602
-65 (-10%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 983
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 602 | 36 | 16.7:1 | 85% (512) |
| 2023-24 | 606 | 38 | 15.9:1 | 81% (491) |
| 2022-23 | 635 | 39 | 16.3:1 | 80% (505) |
| 2020-21 | 667 | 41 | 16.3:1 | 74% (496) |
| 2017-18 | 677 | 40 | 16.9:1 | 87% (586) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 38 | 18.2:1 | 89% (618) |
| 2010-11 | 637 | 39 | 16.3:1 | 100% (634) |
| 2000-01 | 942 | 55 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 983 | 51 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (677 to 602); teachers down 10% (40 to 36).
About Washington Elementary
Washington Elementary is an elementary school in Sunnyside, Washington, reachable at (509) 837-3641. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 602 students. It has 58% more students than the average for elementary schools in Washington (about 380).
The 9 schools of Sunnyside School District, including Washington Elementary, enroll 6,151 students.
Of every 100 students at Washington Elementary, about 91 are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 7% White. Census figures show Yakima County is about 52% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 16%.
Washington Elementary has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Washington is about 17.3:1. The school has 85% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Washington Elementary is +12.6 points, in the top 10% of Washington. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 35.7%, and the predicted rate is 23.1%.
Yakima County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $70,656 a year, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Washington Elementary shares Yakima County with 118 other public schools.
The closest school to Washington Elementary is Chief Kamiakin Elementary School, located about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Washington Elementary's average proficiency of 35.7% compares with 25.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 10%.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Washington Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Sunnyside School District
- Sunnyside High SchoolHigh · 2,122 students
- Harrison Middle SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Chief Kamiakin Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Sierra Vista Middle SchoolMiddle · 549 students
- Sun Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
Other schools in Sunnyside
- Sunnyside High SchoolHigh · 2,122 students
- Harrison Middle SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Chief Kamiakin Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Sierra Vista Middle SchoolMiddle · 549 students
- Sun Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
Other Washington Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named Washington Elementary. Washington Elementary is the 8th largest of the 156.
- Washington Elementary SchoolWENATCHEE, WA · 554 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolAUBURN, WA · 501 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolKENNEWICK, WA · 405 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolTacoma, WA · 383 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolMount Vernon, WA · 318 students
Nearby schools
- Chief Kamiakin Elementary School0.6 mi · 575
- Harrison Middle School0.6 mi · 820
- SHS Graduation Alliance0.7 mi · 4
- Sunnyside High School0.7 mi · 2,122
- Pioneer Elementary School0.8 mi · 602
- Sierra Vista Middle School1.4 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About Washington ElementaryHow many students attend Washington Elementary?
Washington Elementary enrolls approximately 602 students in grades PK-05.
Is Washington Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Washington Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Washington Elementary have?
Washington Elementary employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Washington Elementary?
Student demographics at Washington Elementary are roughly 7% White, 91% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Washington Elementary public or private?
Washington Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sunnyside School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.