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If you had an hour of school board time for Yelm High School 12, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,693
High
DISTRICT 905 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YELM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 531014001716
Yelm High School 12
1315 West Yelm Avenue, Yelm, WA 98597 · (360) 458-7777 · Thurston County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,693 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Washington public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.8:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
727 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 450 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 422 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 425 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 396 | 23% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
60.8%
WA avg 58.4% . +8.4pp since 2014
Math
28.8%
WA avg 51.2% . +14.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.8% | 28.8% |
| 2023-24 | 56.8% | 23.8% |
| 2022-23 | 61.9% | 22.8% |
| 2021-22 | 58.6% | 16.1% |
| 2018-19 | 71.3% | 33.8% |
| 2017-18 | 77.8% | 32.1% |
| 2016-17 | 17.3% | 21.5% |
| 2015-16 | 28.1% | 20.4% |
| 2014-15 | 52.4% | 14.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 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 Yelm High School 12
Yelm High School 12's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yelm High School 12 this school | 1,693 | 42.9% | 40.9% |
| South Kitsap High School PORT ORCHARD | 2,448 | 43.5% | 48.2% |
| Prairie High School BRUSH PRAIRIE | 1,502 | 43.5% | N/A |
| Ferndale High School Ferndale | 1,325 | 45.5% | 46.9% |
| Monroe High School Monroe | 1,515 | 40.1% | 42.6% |
| Olympic High School BREMERTON | 1,162 | 41.7% | 43.6% |
Matched among Washington high 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 Yelm High School 12 ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Thurston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #148 of 271 | #9 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #165 of 321 ▲ 23 | #8 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #140 of 327 ▲ 49 | #8 of 11 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #27 of 259 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,693 | #50 of 570 | #2 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.6:1 | #297 of 311 | #11 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #127 of 316 | #5 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.9% | #252 of 386 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #128 of 136 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,693
+114 (+7%) vs 2020
+93% since 1990-91, when it was 878
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 1,693 | 68.8 | 24.6:1 | 43% (727) |
| 2023-24 | 1,677 | 77.3 | 21.7:1 | 44% (740) |
| 2022-23 | 1,634 | 79 | 20.7:1 | 45% (736) |
| 2020-21 | 1,579 | 74 | 21.3:1 | 41% (642) |
| 2017-18 | 1,679 | 79.8 | 21.0:1 | 37% (626) |
| 2015-16 | 1,243 | 58 | 21.4:1 | 40% (494) |
| 2010-11 | 1,206 | 55 | 21.9:1 | 34% (412) |
| 2000-01 | 1,289 | 66 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 878 | 42 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yelm High School 12.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,679 to 1,693); teachers down 14% (79.8 to 68.8).
About Yelm High School 12
Yelm High School 12 is a large high school. Its address is in Yelm, Washington. A federal count lists 1,693 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Washington is about 573, so this school runs 195% above that.
In Yelm School District, 10 schools enroll a combined 5,671 students.
Yelm High School 12's enrollment is 59% White. Next come 20% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 2% Black, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 72% White among all Thurston County residents. By the diversity index, Yelm High School 12 comes in at 59%.
Yelm High School 12 employs 68.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 24.6:1. That ratio is over the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 43% in 2024-25. That is close to the 43% average for public schools in Thurston County.
The allk12 Grade for Yelm High School 12 is C+. Compared with Washington public high schools, the school scored higher than 38% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 51.4% for a school in Washington with Yelm High School 12's free or reduced-price lunch share. Yelm High School 12 posts 40.9%.
Among Thurston County residents, median household income is about $96,563, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 86 public schools in Thurston County, with a combined enrollment of about 44,412.
Yelm Middle School is the public school closest to Yelm High School 12, about 0.9 miles away. Yelm High School 12 has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Yelm High School 12 ranks 8th of 8 nearby schools, at 40.9% versus a 48.7% average.
In the federal locale system, Yelm High School 12 is coded Town: Fringe, for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,579 in 2020-21 and 1,693 in 2024-25, a 7% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 21.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 24.6:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Yelm High School 12. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Thurston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
299,067
Census ACS
Median income
$96,563
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
44,412 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yelm School District
- Southworth ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- Yelm Middle SchoolMiddle · 652 students
- Ridgeline Middle SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Fort Stevens ElementaryElementary · 462 students
- Yelm Prairie ElementaryElementary · 427 students
- McKenna ElementaryElementary · 418 students
Other schools in Yelm
- Southworth ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- Yelm Middle SchoolMiddle · 652 students
- Ridgeline Middle SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Fort Stevens ElementaryElementary · 462 students
- Yelm Prairie ElementaryElementary · 427 students
- Mill Pond Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
Nearby schools
- Yelm Middle School0.9 mi · 652
- Yelm Extension School1.1 mi · 116
- Ridgeline Middle School1.3 mi · 568
- Mill Pond Elementary School1.3 mi · 374
- Southworth Elementary1.5 mi · 671
- Fort Stevens Elementary1.9 mi · 462
Frequently asked questions
About Yelm High School 12How many students attend Yelm High School 12?
Yelm High School 12 enrolls approximately 1,693 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Yelm High School 12 serve?
Yelm High School 12 serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Yelm High School 12 have?
Yelm High School 12 employs 69 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Yelm High School 12?
At Yelm High School 12, the student body is approximately 59% White, 20% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Yelm High School 12 public or private?
Yelm High School 12 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Yelm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.