Summary
Yakima Online is a public online high school in Yakima, Washington, serving grades 9–12 and 355 students through the Yakima School District. The school serves a high-need community, with 86.76% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. It ranks in the 22nd percentile among Washington high schools for 2025–26, an improvement from the 4th percentile in 2023–24 and 7th percentile in 2024–25, although it remains below the statewide midpoint.
The biggest concern is keeping students engaged through graduation. Yakima Online’s 2024–25 graduation rate was 62.8%, about 20 percentage points below both the district and state rates, while its dropout rate was 16.5%, higher than the district’s 8.7% and the state’s 9.8%. By comparison, nearby Davis High School had a 91.4% graduation rate and a 3.9% dropout rate. Yakima Online’s outcomes were stronger than those at Stanton Academy and Yakima Open Doors, but those programs have different missions and student populations. The pattern suggests that persistence, credit completion, advising, and re-engagement may be more urgent challenges than test performance alone.
Academically, English Language Arts is a relative strength: 41.76% of students were proficient in 2025–26, above the district’s 33.25% but below the state’s 52.81%. Science proficiency reached 36.46%, slightly above the district and up from 24.49% two years earlier. The latest school-level math result is shown as — because the state suppressed the figure to protect student privacy; it should be treated as unknown, not zero. Yakima Online also reports a very high student-teacher ratio of 78.8 and lower per-student spending than most nearby comparison schools, figures that may affect individualized support. Overall, the school is improving, but sustained progress in graduation, dropout reduction, and math remains important.
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