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Yakima School District

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Yakima School District is located close to the center of Washington. Yakima School District has 23.34 square miles of land area and 0.49 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Yakima School District population is 78,730. Yakima School District median household income is $35,331 in 2010-2014. Yakima School District median house value is $136,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Yakima School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (225 out of 238, bottom 5%) Elementary/Middle School: (253 out of 274, bottom 8%)* Rank: #276
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	28
Population	78,730 (2010-2014), rank #24
Population Growth	8.93% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	3,303.02/sq mi, rank #4
Median Household Income:	$35,331 at 2010-2014—2.90% increase since 2005-2009, rank #272
Median House Price:	$136,000 at 2010-2014—9.50% increase since 2005-2009, rank #249
Time Zone:	Pacific GMT -8:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	23.34 sq mi, rank #275
Water Area:	0.49 sq mi (2.07%), rank #234
State:	Washington
County:	Yakima County
City:	Yakima, Ahtanum, Union Gap
Zip:	98903, 98901, 98902, 98908
Area:	Yakima, WA

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Yakima School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

104 North 4th Ave

Yakima WA, 98902, Yakima County

Phone: 509-573-7000

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	15,697	15,387	15,120	14,927	14,834	14,570	14,431
English Language Learner Students:	4,908	4,576	4,163	4,212	3,128	3,752	3,818
Total Teachers:	818.40	801.83	800.84	791.65	797.27	793.10	792.60
Prekindergarten:	7.79	9.00	8.55	2.00	11.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	64.95	64.18	62.69	61.85	62.60	61.90	53.40
Elementary:	332.89	327.70	326.71	324.52	316.92	361.10	349.40
Secondary:	332.76	325.45	292.18	295.40	283.72	325.60	304.30
Ungraded:	80.01	75.50	110.71	107.88	123.03	44.50	85.50
Total Other Staff:	726.94	723.69	719.73	709.22	724.03	716.30	725.00
Instructional Aides:	192.54	198.42	202.26	201.48	197.83	199.20	166.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.40	2.40	2.72	2.00	5.00	4.60	6.40
Total Guidance Counselors:	33.38	33.40	33.99	33.99	34.66	32.90	32.70
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	16.42	16.63	16.60	16.45	14.34	14.70	14.40
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	16.96	16.77	17.39	17.54	20.32	18.20	18.30
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	19.00	20.01	20.00	20.00	19.33	19.60	19.60
Library/Media Support:	10.36	12.03	13.32	11.59	11.36	10.80	10.90
District Administrators:	31.92	28.60	29.84	28.99	17.00	16.50	19.00
District Administrative Support:	24.31	25.31	23.63	22.54	19.54	19.50	19.50
School Administrators:	46.00	44.00	42.89	42.73	41.50	43.00	42.00
School Administrative Support:	76.61	78.29	77.34	72.13	74.33	74.00	75.30
Student Support Services:	39.90	38.20	38.20	38.71	35.35	35.20	36.70
Other Support Services:	251.52	243.03	235.54	235.06	268.13	261.00	296.40
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.18	19.19	18.88	18.86	18.61	18.37	18.21

Schools

Adams Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	723 South 8th St, Yakima WA 98901
Adult Jail	Grade 7 to Grade 12	111 North Front St, Yakima WA 98901
Barge-Lincoln Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	219 East I St, Yakima WA 98901
Davis High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	212 South 6th Ave, Yakima WA 98902
Discovery Lab School	Kindergarten to Grade 8	2810 Castlevale Rd, Yakima WA 98902
Early Childhood Center	Prekindergarten to Prekindergarten	400 West Viola, Yakima WA 98902
Eisenhower High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	611 South 44th Ave, Yakima WA 98908
Franklin Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	410 South 19th Ave, Yakima WA 98902
Garfield Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	612 North 6th Ave, Yakima WA 98902
Gilbert Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	4400 Douglas Dr, Yakima WA 98908
Hoover Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	400 West Viola Ave, Yakima WA 98902
Juvenile Detention Center	Grade 5 to Grade 12	1728 Jerome Ave, Yakima WA 98902
Lewis & Clark Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1114 West Pierce St, Yakima WA 98902
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	2000 South 18th St, Yakima WA 98903
Mcclure Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1222 South 22nd Ave, Yakima WA 98902
Mckinley Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	621 South 13th Ave, Yakima WA 98902
Nob Hill Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	801 South 34th Ave, Yakima WA 98902
Ridgeview Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	609 West Washington Ave, Yakima WA 98903
Ridgeview Group Home	Grade 7 to Grade 12	1726 Jerome Ave, Yakima WA 98902
Robertson Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	2807 West Lincoln Ave, Yakima WA 98902
Roosevelt Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	120 North 16th Ave, Yakima WA 98902
Stanton Alternative School	Grade 6 to Grade 12	802 River Rd, Yakima WA 98902
Washington Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	510 South 9th St, Yakima WA 98901
Whitney Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	4411 West Nob Hill Blvd, Yakima WA 98908
Wilson Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	902 South 44th Ave, Yakima WA 98908
Yakima Online	Kindergarten to Grade 12	104 North 4th Ave, Yakima WA 98902
Yakima Satellite Alternative Programs	Grade 8 to Grade 12	1120 South 18th St, Yakima WA 98901
Yakima Valley Technical Skills Center	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1120 South 18th St, Yakima WA 98901

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
EOC Test
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	38.8%	64.1%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	56.2%	81.7%
2011	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	40.6%	62.4%
2012	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	53%	71%
2013	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	68.0%	80.7%
2011	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	72.9%	72.9%
2012	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	70%	79.1%
2013	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	78.0%	89.4%
HSPE Test
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	24.7%	41.6%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	63.5%	78.8%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	70.2%	82.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73%	81.1%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	72.8%	83.5%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	24.4%	44.7%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	24.6%	49.7%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	75%	85.9%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	83.3%	86%
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	82.6%	85.2%
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	76.7%	84.9%
MSP Test
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	35.3%	61.7%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	35.2%	61.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	38.7%	65.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	42.1%	65.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53.2%	72%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53.9%	73.1%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	44.6%	68.7%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	54.3%	73.0%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	25.3%	53.6%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	29.8%	59.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	34.8%	59.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	46.3%	62.5%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53.1%	67.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	42.3%	67.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	48.6%	71.4%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50.0%	72.4%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	47%	61%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	51.7%	61.4%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	49%	61.3%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	48.3%	62.1%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	30.1%	53.6%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	32.1%	61.2%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	36.7%	63.7%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.3%	62.6%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	49.8%	69.5%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	43.4%	67.6%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	46.2%	71%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	46.2%	72.6%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	10.8%	34%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	28.7%	55.6%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	33.1%	66.1%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	34.4%	66.5%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	32.3%	51.8%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	27.1%	58.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	32.2%	61.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	29.6%	59.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	48.3%	64.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	47.4%	70.6%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	47.1%	70.6%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	41.2%	71.4%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	34.7%	55.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	36.3%	56.9%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	43.4%	59.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	49.6%	63.7%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50%	63.3%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	38.6%	56.4%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.3%	71.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50.1%	68.7%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	58.4%	70.2%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	63%	71%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	63.5%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	60.7%	71.0%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	43.2%	51.5%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	29.9%	50.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	36.3%	55.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	39.1%	53.2%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.2%	69.2%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	50.7%	68.6%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.9%	67.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	45.6%	66.2%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	28.7%	54.4%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38.1%	61.5%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	41.6%	66.3%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	36.9%	64.9%
WASL Test
2004	Math	10th Grade	% met std	20.7%	43.9%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	25%	47.5%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	24.3%	51%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	28%	50.2%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	25.7%	49.3%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	23.5%	45.2%
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	37.5%	64.5%
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	50.4%	72.9%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	59.7%	81.9%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66%	80.6%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	68.9%	81.3%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	69.1%	80.9%
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	14.6%	32.2%
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	17.5%	35.8%
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	20.6%	34.9%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	22.2%	36.3%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	22.8%	39.7%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	21.5%	38.6%
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	39.8%	65.2%
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	43.9%	65.2%
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	59.1%	79.7%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	69.2%	83.6%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	74.7%	86.2%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	72.4%	86.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	38.2%	64.2%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	49.7%	69.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	53.4%	68.3%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	45.5%	66.3%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	51.2%	68.2%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	57.4%	70.7%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56.1%	70.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.3%	71.3%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	39.4%	59.9%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	38.7%	60.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	39.7%	58.9%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	34%	57.9%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	27.7%	53.4%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	28%	52.3%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56.1%	74.4%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.9%	79.5%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.5%	81.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.2%	76.4%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60.3%	72.3%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.8%	73.5%
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	29.1%	55.8%
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	49.7%	57.7%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	50.6%	60.3%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	42.5%	60.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	51%	62.1%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	55.5%	60.3%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	33.2%	55.8%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	38.3%	59.3%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	33.8%	61%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	38.5%	61.9%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	76.2%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	71.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.9%	75.3%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.6%	73.9%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	8.3%	28.2%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	14.6%	35.6%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	16.4%	35.7%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	17.1%	36.4%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	18.4%	42.9%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	20.9%	44.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	32.7%	49.4%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	27.4%	49.5%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	29.6%	48.9%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	21.7%	50.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.6%	66.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.4%	67.8%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.9%	68.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65%	72%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	22.9%	46.3%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	34.9%	50.8%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	32.3%	48.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	40.8%	54.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	31%	50.3%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	31.5%	51.8%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	40.5%	60.4%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.5%	69%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	43.4%	61.5%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.9%	68.5%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.2%	62.8%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50.1%	59.3%
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	38.5%	57.9%
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	41.6%	61.2%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	49.5%	64.5%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	55.2%	68.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	60.3%	69.7%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	65.2%	69.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	33.6%	48.8%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	31.8%	49.5%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	39.6%	51.5%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	32%	50.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.5%	70.1%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.3%	64.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.9%	65.9%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.5%	67.5%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	17.9%	39.4%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	18%	36.4%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	23.4%	42.9%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	24.4%	44.4%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	29.2%	47.9%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	25.1%	51.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$187,806,000	$12,421		$169,294,000	$11,341		$170,180,000	$11,472
Federal:	$31,896,000	$2,110	17.0%	$33,705,000	$2,258	19.9%	$40,511,000	$2,731	23.8%
State:	$132,532,000	$8,765	70.6%	$112,428,000	$7,532	66.4%	$107,109,000	$7,221	62.9%
Local:	$23,378,000	$1,546	12.4%	$23,161,000	$1,552	13.7%	$22,560,000	$1,521	13.3%
Total Expenditures:	$228,103,000	$15,086		$176,448,000	$11,821		$157,363,000	$10,608
Total Current Expenditures:	$158,854,000	$10,506		$154,067,000	$10,321		$146,904,000	$9,903
Instructional Expenditures:	$96,215,000	$6,363	60.6%	$99,024,000	$6,634	64.3%	$93,980,000	$6,335	64.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$23,864,000	$1,578	15.0%	$18,297,000	$1,226	11.9%	$17,631,000	$1,189	12.0%
Administration:	$16,198,000	$1,071	10.2%	$14,940,000	$1,001	9.7%	$14,342,000	$967	9.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$22,577,000	$1,493	14.2%	$21,806,000	$1,461	14.2%	$20,951,000	$1,412	14.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$64,827,000	$4,288		$17,649,000	$1,182		$7,762,000	$523
Construction:	$60,123,000	$3,976		$14,361,000	$962		$6,363,000	$429
Total Other:	$107,000	$7		$156,000	$10		$152,000	$10
Interest on Debt:	$4,315,000	$285		$4,576,000	$307		$2,545,000	$172

Total Salary:	$94,486,000	$6,249		$93,192,000	$6,243		$90,354,000	$6,091
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$61,844,000	$4,090	65.5%	$63,877,000	$4,279	68.5%	$61,497,000	$4,146	68.1%
Other Salary:	$32,642,000	$2,159	34.5%	$29,315,000	$1,964	31.5%	$28,857,000	$1,945	31.9%
Total Benefit:	$33,446,000	$2,212		$31,334,000	$2,099		$30,408,000	$2,050
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$21,647,000	$1,432	64.7%	$20,958,000	$1,404	66.9%	$20,350,000	$1,372	66.9%
Other Benefit:	$11,799,000	$780	35.3%	$10,376,000	$695	33.1%	$10,058,000	$678	33.1%

* Yakima School District was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.