West Valley Innovation Center

West Valley Innovation Center, an one-room-style four-year high school in Yakima, Washington, overseen by West Valley School District (Yakima), enrolls 195 students, covering grades 7 through 12. That puts it 66% smaller than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 573 students.

West Valley School District (Yakima) runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 5,480 students. West Valley Innovation Center is one of those campuses.

Demographically, West Valley Innovation Center records that White students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school records 37% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Yakima County as a whole is about 47% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, West Valley Innovation Center shows 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting West Valley Innovation Center tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Yakima County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, West Valley Innovation Center performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.7%, the actual is 41.4%, a residual of -1.3 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Yakima County put the typical household earns roughly $70,656 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Yakima County's 119 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students), West Valley Innovation Center is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WEST VALLEY VIRTUAL ACADEMY 9-12, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around West Valley Innovation Center. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Valley Innovation Center ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.9%.

West Valley Innovation Center operates from a rural location.

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