Yacolt Primary

Yacolt Primary is one of the well-populated K-5 schools in YACOLT, Washington, operated by Battle Ground School District, with 747 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Yacolt Primary sits 97% above that benchmark.

Battle Ground School District runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 12,754 students. Yacolt Primary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Yacolt Primary shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Yacolt Primary has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 40% of students at Yacolt Primary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, Clark County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,536 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clark County runs 151 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,406 students), of which Yacolt Primary is one.

Amboy Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Yacolt Primary's enrollment has declined 6% since 2018, when it stood at 792 (now 747).

In the discussion threads here, members of the Yacolt Primary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.