Zillah Intermediate School

Zillah Intermediate School is an elementary-level community of cozy scale in Zillah, Washington, one of the schools within Zillah School District, instructing 270 students in grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% leaner than the state mean of about 380.

Within Zillah School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,330 students, Zillah Intermediate School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Zillah Intermediate School shows that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 37% White, 6% Native American, 3% multiracial. Compared to Yakima County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Yakima County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Zillah Intermediate School sits in the top 10% of Washington schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 36.0%; actual is 50.8%, +14.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Yakima County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,656, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Yakima County's 119 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students), Zillah Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hilton Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Zillah Intermediate School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 28.1%.

Zillah Intermediate School operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Zillah Intermediate School has fell 7%, going from 289 students in 2018 to 270 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.