Washington Elementary

Washington Elementary is a well-populated elementary campus in Sunnyside, Washington, run under Sunnyside School District. The school educates 602 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Washington Elementary sits 58% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 9 schools in Sunnyside School District (6,151 students total), Washington Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Washington Elementary logs that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest consists of 7% White. By comparison, Yakima County as a whole is about 52% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 85% of students at Washington Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Washington Elementary sits in the top 10% of Washington schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 23.1%; actual is 35.7%, +12.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, 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%. In all, Yakima County runs 119 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students), of which Washington Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Chief Kamiakin Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Washington Elementary comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 25.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Washington Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 677 (now 602).

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.