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Toppenish High School

Public Grades 9-12

398^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 438 Washington High Schools

Better than 9% of Washington high schools

Summary

Toppenish High School is a public high school serving about 970 students in grades 9-12 within the Toppenish School District, a district that faces significant challenges as it ranks in the bottom 4% statewide.

The school presents a unique and compelling profile, defined most strikingly by its exceptionally high 98% graduation rate, which far exceeds the state average and is higher than nearly all nearby schools like Sunnyside High School and Wapato High School. This success in helping students complete high school is coupled with very low dropout rates. However, this strength exists alongside low scores on state academic proficiency tests, particularly in math, creating a notable gap between graduation and measured academic readiness. The school invests more per student than many area high schools and shows strong, improving results for specific student groups.

When compared to neighbors, Toppenish High School stands out for its graduation success despite academic struggles. Schools with higher test scores, such as East Valley High School and Zillah High School, have similar or lower graduation rates. Furthermore, it performs very differently than another school in its own district, the Computer Academy Toppenish High School, which has a much lower graduation rate. Key areas for the school to address include raising academic proficiency levels and providing more consistent support for vulnerable student subgroups, whose performance has fluctuated significantly from year to year.

969

Students ?

20.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,549

Per pupil spending ?

79.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

141 Ward Road
Toppenish, WA 98948-9100

(509) 865-3370

District: Toppenish School District

Feeder schools for Toppenish High School:

Elementary:	Garfield Elementary School
	Kirkwood Elementary School
	Lincoln Elementary School
	Valley View Elementary
Middle:	Toppenish Middle School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

91.2%

American Indian:

5.9%

White:

1.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 32nd percentile in 2013 → 9th in 2025

Strengths

✓98% graduate in 4 years — above the Washington average (83%)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Washington average (27% vs 48% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (9th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 23 percentile points since 2013

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school27%

District avg23%

Washington avg48%

398^th of 438

Washington public high schools ?

Bottom 9%▲ up 2 pts since 2015

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SchoolDigger rating ?

237^th of 247Toppenish School District among Washington districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	13.0	398 of 438	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.3	380 of 437	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.2	346 of 442	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.9	398 of 434	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.5	446 of 455	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.8	395 of 417	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.8	283 of 315	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	19.2	257 of 301	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	15.1	315 of 341	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	40.6	309 of 454	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2012	32.2	325 of 450	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	26.5	333 of 440	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	26.2	334 of 423	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	42.7	265 of 402	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2008	36.8	286 of 396	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	37.3	292 of 399	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	26.4	314 of 395	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	26.7	313 of 394	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	23.2	310 of 390	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2023	46.5	17 of 44	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	25.3	53 of 70	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	12.8	102 of 102	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	10.9	327 of 350	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.2	323 of 347	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.2	322 of 357	9.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.4	339 of 368	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	5.8	384 of 390	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.0	346 of 358	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.6	231 of 243	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	21.3	209 of 249	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.1	182 of 248	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	40.1	139 of 249	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	25.2	210 of 261	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.4	262 of 278	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.5	213 of 241	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.9	129 of 156	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	19.4	304 of 355	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.2	290 of 356	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.8	254 of 362	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	21.7	317 of 370	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	11.1	382 of 392	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.0	314 of 344	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	20.3	201 of 227	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	10.6	339 of 359	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.5	312 of 362	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.8	278 of 358	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	9.3	349 of 363	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.6	382 of 395	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.8	333 of 355	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.3	230 of 254	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	18.1	29 of 30	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	49.2	14 of 27	48.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	70.6	4 of 28	85.7%	★★★★☆
2022	43.3	19 of 31	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	28.5	31 of 35	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.3	16 of 25	36.0%	★★☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	45.9	3 of 7	57.1%	★★★★☆
2024	24.5	4 of 6	33.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	36.1	8 of 9	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.7	7 of 7	0.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	52.8	9 of 19	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	28.0	10 of 12	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	11.8	125 of 127	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2023)61st percentile+40 vs school

Native American (2025)57th percentile+48 vs school

Hispanic (2025)16th percentile+7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)14th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)7th percentile-3 vs school

Male (2025)6th percentile-4 vs school

Migrant (2025)3rd percentile-6 vs school

Special Education (2025)2nd percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs Washington (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts40%-14 vs state

Science28%-22 vs state

Math15%-27 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				WCAS Science (2025)		SBAC English Language Arts (2025)		SBAC Math (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WCAS Science 11th Grade	WCAS Science All Grades	SBAC English Language Arts 10th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts All Grades	SBAC Math 10th Grade	SBAC Math All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Toppenish High School	Public	9-12	141 Ward Road	Toppenish	98948	Yakima County	Toppenish School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 865-3370	969	47	20.5	79.8%	14 (1.4%)	3 (0.3%)	884 (91.2%)	1 (0.1%)	57 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (0.9%)	13	398^th of 438 public high schools	9.1%		16.3	380^th of 437 public high schools	13.0%	18	27.5	27.5	39.6	39.6	15.4	15.4	$19,549	$1,248	$18,301
Computer Academy Toppenish High School	Public	6-12	143 Ward Rd	Toppenish	98948	Yakima County	Toppenish School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 865-3377	185	7	28.0	88.1%	4 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	150 (81.1%)	1 (0.5%)	26 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.2%)								(n/a)			8.3	11.9			$14,792	$829	$13,963
Yakama Nation Tribal School	Public	8-12	601 Linden St	Toppenish	98948	Yakima County	Yakama Nation Tribal School	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(509) 865-4778	152	7	21.7	98.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	152 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Zillah High School	Public	9-12	1602 Second Avenue	Zillah	98953	Yakima County	Zillah School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 829-5565	455	23	19.4	64.8%	166 (36.5%)	0 (0.0%)	253 (55.6%)	3 (0.7%)	17 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.5%)	51.6	199^th of 438 public high schools	54.6%		39.9	269^th of 437 public high schools	38.4%	70	45.4	45.4	69.4	69.4	30.2	30.2	$16,027	$164	$15,863
Wapato High School	Public	9-12	1202 South Camas Avenue	Wapato	98951	Yakima County	Wapato School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 877-3138	853	46	18.4	81.0%	8 (0.9%)	4 (0.5%)	695 (81.5%)	18 (2.1%)	110 (12.9%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (2.0%)	9.1	415^th of 438 public high schools	5.3%		7.3	426^th of 437 public high schools	2.5%	11	23.6	23.6	37.5	37.5	10.3	10.3	$20,610	$2,568	$18,042
Pace Alternative High School	Public	9-12	310 S. Wasco Avenue	Wapato	98951	Yakima County	Wapato School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 877-6138	88	7	12.0	83.0%	2 (2.3%)	1 (1.1%)	54 (61.4%)	1 (1.1%)	27 (30.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)								(n/a)							$32,429	$3,598	$28,830
Wapato Online Academy 9-12	Public, Virtual	9-12	212 W 3rd St	Wapato	98951	Yakima County	Wapato School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(509) 877-4181	33	0		69.7%	1 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (90.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.0%)								(n/a)							$5,076	$866	$4,210
Granger High School	Public	9-12	315 East Mentzer Avenue	Granger	98932	Yakima County	Granger School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 854-1115	433	21	20.3	88.7%	10 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	409 (94.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11.6	405^th of 438 public high schools	7.5%		11.6	412^th of 437 public high schools	5.7%	7	23.6	23.6	38.3	38.3	15.8	15.8	$20,976	$1,978	$18,997
East Valley High School	Public	9-12	1900 Beaudry Road	Yakima	98901	Yakima County	East Valley School District (Yakima)	No	No	No	No	(509) 573-7420	1,064	46	22.9	55.9%	427 (40.1%)	9 (0.8%)	578 (54.3%)	12 (1.1%)	8 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (2.3%)	55	186^th of 438 public high schools	57.5%		53.3	197^th of 437 public high schools	54.9%	11	49.4	49.4	69.3	69.3	30.9	30.9	$14,993	$625	$14,368
Yakima Valley Technical Skills Center	Public	9-12	1120 S 18th St.	Yakima	98901	Yakima County	Yakima School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 573-5500	0	20	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)							$15,938	$738	$15,201

Frequently Asked Questions about Toppenish High School

What district is Toppenish High School in?

Toppenish School District

Is Toppenish High School a good school?

Toppenish High School ranks in the bottom 9.1% of Washington high schools.

How many students attend Toppenish High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 969 students attended Toppenish High School.

What is the racial makeup of Toppenish High School?

Students at Toppenish High School are 91% Hispanic, 6% American Indian, 1% White.

What schools feed into Toppenish High School?

Toppenish High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Garfield Elementary School
Elementary : Kirkwood Elementary School
Elementary : Lincoln Elementary School
Elementary : Valley View Elementary
Middle : Toppenish Middle School

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