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What tradition at Wide Hollow Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT (YAKIMA)·NCES 530972001655
Wide Hollow Elementary
1000 S 72nd Ave, Yakima, WA 98908 · (509) 965-2023 · Yakima County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Washington public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
282 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Wide Hollow Elementary→West Valley Mid-Level Campus
Based on grade levels within West Valley School District (Yakima). Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
58.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -17.0pp since 2014
Math
52.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -25.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 25 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.7% | 52.6% |
| 2023-24 | 53.8% | 45.4% |
| 2022-23 | 55.1% | 52.1% |
| 2021-22 | 52.6% | 54.5% |
| 2018-19 | 66.3% | 70.0% |
| 2017-18 | 69.3% | 63.4% |
| 2016-17 | 54.3% | 69.7% |
| 2015-16 | 70.4% | 83.8% |
| 2014-15 | 75.7% | 78.1% |
% 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
54.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% 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 18 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 Wide Hollow Elementary
Wide Hollow Elementary's state test result (54.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wide Hollow Elementary this school | 433 | 65.1% | 54.9% |
| Park Orchard Elementary School Moses Lake | 454 | 64.3% | 42.9% |
| Terrace Heights Elementary Yakima | 454 | 66.3% | 41.8% |
| Summitview Elementary Yakima | 475 | 66.5% | 44.0% |
| Washington Elementary School KENNEWICK | 405 | 66.9% | N/A |
| Clovis Point Elementary School East Wenatchee | 511 | 62.8% | 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 Wide Hollow Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #350 of 936 | #5 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #395 of 1,103 ▲ 125 | #8 of 45 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #326 of 1,102 ▲ 96 | #6 of 45 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #431 of 928 | #20 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #509 of 1,268 | #30 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #610 of 1,085 | #26 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #588 of 1,088 | #4 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.1% | #353 of 1,169 | #41 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.3% | #114 of 257 | #4 of 6 |
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
433
+116 (+37%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 512
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 433 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 65% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 27 | 16.4:1 | 72% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 27.1 | 16.8:1 | 70% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 317 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 55% (173) |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 22.2 | 17.6:1 | 57% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 22 | 17.1:1 | 61% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 40% (164) |
| 2000-01 | 416 | 22 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 512 | 26 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wide Hollow Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (389 to 433); teachers up 22% (22.2 to 27).
About Wide Hollow Elementary
Wide Hollow Elementary is a public elementary school in Yakima, Washington. Total enrollment is 433 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5.
In West Valley School District (Yakima), 15 schools enroll a combined 5,480 students.
The largest group at Wide Hollow Elementary is Hispanic students, at 52%. Smaller groups are 39% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Yakima County residents are about 52% Hispanic, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
Wide Hollow Elementary reports a ratio of 16.0 students per teacher, from 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average ratio is 17.3:1. Lunch program data show 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Yakima County is 77%.
Wide Hollow Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 82% of Washington public elementary schools.
Schools in Washington with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 36.5%. Wide Hollow Elementary posts 54.9%, 18.4 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Yakima County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $70,656 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Wide Hollow Elementary shares Yakima County with 118 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, West Valley Mid-Level Campus is closest at about 0.7 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Wide Hollow Elementary is 3rd among 6 schools close by.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A 37% rise took enrollment from 317 in 2020-21 to 433 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 14.4:1 in 2020-21 to 16.0:1 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Wide Hollow Elementary, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. 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 West Valley School District (Yakima)
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,494 students
- West Valley Mid-Level CampusMiddle · 1,167 students
- Summitview ElementaryElementary · 475 students
- Apple Valley ElementaryElementary · 447 students
- Ahtanum Valley ElementaryElementary · 381 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
Other schools in Yakima
- Davis High SchoolHigh · 2,359 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,494 students
- West Valley Mid-Level CampusMiddle · 1,167 students
- East Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,064 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 848 students
Nearby schools
- West Valley Mid-Level Campus0.7 mi · 1,167
- Summitview Elementary0.9 mi · 475
- Apple Valley Elementary1.2 mi · 447
- Cottonwood Elementary School1.4 mi · 362
- West Valley Innovation Center1.6 mi · 195
- WEST VALLEY VIRTUAL ACADEMY K-61.6 mi · 28
Frequently asked questions
About Wide Hollow ElementaryHow large is Wide Hollow Elementary?
Wide Hollow Elementary enrolls approximately 433 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Wide Hollow Elementary serve?
Wide Hollow Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wide Hollow Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wide Hollow Elementary is approximately 16.0:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Wide Hollow Elementary?
Wide Hollow Elementary reports a student body of 39% White, 52% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Wide Hollow Elementary?
Wide Hollow Elementary is overseen by West Valley School District (Yakima) in Yakima County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.