📍 16535 110th Ave. SE, Yelm, Thurston County, 98597
Yelm Prairie Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Yelm, Thurston County. The school has 440 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Yelm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Yelm Prairie Elementary enrolls 440 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% White, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 308 | 70% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 83 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 7% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | 1.6% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
235 of the school's 440 students (53%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 214 qualify for free lunch and 21 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Yelm Prairie 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-30, state senate district 2, state house district 2.
Yelm Prairie Elementary is one of 10 schools in Yelm School District, based in YELM, Washington. The district serves 5,671 students district-wide and employs 322 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 440 students, Yelm Prairie Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 567 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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