📍 1202 South Camas Avenue, Wapato, Yakima County, 98951
Wapato High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Wapato, Yakima County. The school has 874 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wapato School District school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 48.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1. The school offers 5 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Wapato High School enrolls 874 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 48.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% Hispanic or Latino, 15% American Indian or Alaska Native and 2.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 681 | 78% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 131 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 2.6% |
| Asian | 19 | 2.2% |
| White | 14 | 1.6% |
| Black or African American | 5 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
782 of the school's 874 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 721 qualify for free lunch and 61 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Wapato High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district WA-40, state senate district 15, state house district 15.
Wapato High School is one of 11 schools in Wapato School District, based in WAPATO, Washington. The district serves 3,198 students district-wide and employs 203 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 874 students, Wapato High School is larger than the district average of about 291 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe