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Yakima School District Schools
Yakima School District is a public school district in Washington, based in Yakima County (Yakima). SchoolGrade grades 26 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Yakima School District on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Yakima School District
21 of 26 schools in Yakima School District carry a SchoolGrade (5 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
C: 1D: 12F: 8
Best schools in Yakima School District
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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- C Nob Hill Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- D+ Gilbert Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- D+ Davis High School (High school, underperforms expectations)
- D+ Franklin Middle School (Middle school, exceeds expectations)
- D Whitney Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- D Eisenhower High School (High school, doesn't meet expectations)
- D Wilson Middle School (Middle school, meets expectations)
- D- Roosevelt Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- D- Hoover Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- D- Ridgeview Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
Every school in Yakima School District
High schools (2)
- D+ Davis High School, Yakima
- D Eisenhower High School, Yakima
Middle and junior high schools (5)
- D+ Franklin Middle School, Yakima
- D- Lewis And Clark Middle School, Yakima
- F Martin Luther King JR Elementary, Yakima
- F Washington Middle School, Yakima
- D Wilson Middle School, Yakima
Elementary and primary schools (13)
- F Adams Elementary School, Yakima
- F Barge Lincoln Elementary School, Yakima
- Discovery Early Learning Center, Yakima
- F Garfield Elementary School, Yakima
- D+ Gilbert Elementary School, Yakima
- D- Hoover Elementary School, Yakima
- D- Mcclure Elementary School, Yakima
- F Mckinley Elementary School, Yakima
- C Nob Hill Elementary School, Yakima
- D- Ridgeview Elementary, Yakima
- D- Robertson Elementary, Yakima
- D- Roosevelt Elementary School, Yakima
- D Whitney Elementary, Yakima
Other schools and academies (6)
- F K 8 Learning Lab, Yakima
- Ridgeview Group Home, Yakima
- Stanton Academy, Yakima
- F Yakima Online, Yakima
- Yakima Open Doors, Yakima
- Yakima Satellite Alternative Programs, Yakima
Where Yakima School District schools are
Cities and towns served (1)
- Yakima (26)
About this district
- State: Best schools in Washington
- County: Yakima County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: small city (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 15,545 students with 952 full-time-equivalent teachers and 1,914 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 5310110
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Wapato School District (7 schools, 9 mi)
- Selah School District (8 schools, 14 mi)
- Highland School District (4 schools, 14 mi)
- East Valley School District (Yakima) (5 schools, 15 mi)
- Zillah School District (4 schools, 17 mi)
- West Valley School District (Yakima) (15 schools, 23 mi)
- Toppenish School District (9 schools, 25 mi)
- Sunnyside School District (9 schools, 29 mi)
Questions about Yakima School District
How many schools are in Yakima School District?
SchoolGrade grades 26 public schools in Yakima School District, across 1 city or town. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Yakima School District serve?
The largest by graded schools: Yakima.
How good are the schools in Yakima School District?
Across the 21 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is D-, with 27.6% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 19.7%. 76% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Yakima School District?
15,545 students were enrolled in Yakima School District in the 2023-24 school year, about 16.3 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Yakima School District?
Yakima School District is in Washington, based in Yakima County, with its district office in Yakima. Its boundary covers about 23.4 sq mi.