📍 1010 South Camas Ave, Wapato, Yakima County, 98951
Camas Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wapato, Yakima County. The school has 390 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wapato School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–2 in a small-town setting. The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Camas Elementary enrolls 390 students across grades Pre-K–2. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 32 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% Hispanic or Latino, 21% American Indian or Alaska Native and 4.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 275 | 71% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 81 | 21% |
| White | 18 | 4.6% |
| Asian | 13 | 3.3% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
347 of the school's 390 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 322 qualify for free lunch and 25 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Camas Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). 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.
Camas Elementary 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 390 students, Camas Elementary 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