Is Yelm High School 12 a good school?

Yelm High School 12 ranks 235 th of 437 Washington high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Yelm High School 12?

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,677 students attended Yelm High School 12.

What is the racial makeup of Yelm High School 12?

Students at Yelm High School 12 are 61% White, 18% Hispanic, 12% Two or more races, 2% American Indian, 2% African American, 2% Pacific Islander, 2% Asian, 1% Not Specified.

What schools feed into Yelm High School 12?

Yelm High School 12 is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Fort Stevens Elementary Elementary : Lackamas Elementary Elementary : McKenna Elementary Elementary : Mill Pond Elementary School Elementary : Southworth Elementary Elementary : Yelm Prairie Elementary Middle : Ridgeline Middle School Middle : Yelm Middle School

Yelm High School 12

Summary:

Yelm High School 12 is a public high school serving 1,634 students in grades 9-12 in Yelm, Washington, which is part of the Yelm School District. While the school has a relatively diverse student population, it has faced challenges with declining graduation rates, increasing dropout rates, and underperformance on standardized tests compared to state and district averages.

Yelm High School 12 stands out for its diverse student body, with 61.2% White, 17.87% Hispanic, and 11.87% two or more races. However, the school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with its Hispanic and multi-racial students performing below the state average. The school's 4-year graduation rate has fluctuated, ranging from 96.1% in 2019-2020 to 84.8% in 2021-2022, which is lower than the state average. Additionally, the school's dropout rate has increased from 2.0% in 2019-2020 to 8.3% in 2022-2023, higher than nearby schools like Rainier Senior High School (3.1%) and Timberline High School (5.1%).

Academically, Yelm High School 12 has consistently underperformed the state and district averages in SBAC/English Language Arts and SBAC/Math proficiency for both 10th grade and all grades. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's 10th grade SBAC/ELA proficiency was 60.44% compared to the state average of 66.2%. Despite a significant increase in per-student spending, from $9,738 in 2019-2020 to $16,448 in 2021-2022, the school's academic outcomes have not improved, suggesting a need to evaluate the effectiveness of resource allocation. Compared to nearby high-performing schools like Rainier Senior High School and Olympia High School, Yelm High School 12 has room for improvement in areas such as graduation rates, dropout rates, and test scores.

Detail:

Public 9-12

1315 Yelm Ave. W
Yelm, WA 98597-8612

(360) 458-7777

District: Yelm School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
235^th of 437 Washington High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,448

Feeder schools for Yelm High School 12:

Elementary:	Fort Stevens Elementary
	Lackamas Elementary
	McKenna Elementary
	Mill Pond Elementary School
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	Southworth Elementary
	Yelm Prairie Elementary
Middle:	Ridgeline Middle School
	Yelm Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 21.6

Number of students: 1,677

Racial breakdown:

White:

61.0%

Hispanic:

18.2%

Two or more races:

11.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 44.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Yelm High School 12 ranks worse than 53.8% of high schools in Washington. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 45.27. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Yelm High School 12 who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (61%), Hispanic (18.2%), two or more races (11.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 44.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Yelm High School 12 is 21.6. (See more...)

Compare Yelm High School 12 employs 77.3 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Yelm High School 12 is $16,448.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Yelm High School 12:

SchoolDigger ranks Yelm High School 12 235^th of 437 Washington public high schools. (See Yelm High School 12 in the ranking list.)

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Yelm School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Yelm School District 125^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Yelm High School 12

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Rank History for all students at Yelm High School 12

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	45.96	235^th	390	39.7%
2005	57.72	187^th	394	52.5%
2006	58.63	185^th	395	53.2%
2007	59.49	183^rd	399	54.1%
2008	62.11	160^th	396	59.6%
2009	65.41	150^th	402	62.7%
2010	53.42	218^th	423	48.5%
2011	50.63	218^th	440	50.5%
2012	51.96	230^th	450	48.9%
2013	61.84	171^st	454	62.3%
2015	65.52	98^th	341	71.3%
2016	51.25	174^th	306	43.1%
2017	61.74	128^th	301	57.5%
2018	50.88	182^nd	315	42.2%
2019	44.85	243^rd	417	41.7%
2021	42.02	255^th	455	44.0%
2022	34.75	296^th	434	31.8%
2023	48.55	218^th	442	50.7%
2024	45.27	235^th	437	46.2%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Yelm High School 12

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	33.13	115^th	163	29.4%
2021	22.41	167^th	195	14.4%
2022	11.46	169^th	179	5.6%
2023	17.86	147^th	166	11.4%
2024	17.55	141^st	161	12.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Yelm High School 12

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	20.40	119^th	128	7.0%
2021	22.39	181^st	212	14.6%
2022	24.86	105^th	130	19.2%
2023	36.99	63^rd	110	42.7%
2024	33.85	69^th	110	37.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Yelm High School 12

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	55.43	108^th	227	52.4%
2019	51.31	159^th	344	53.8%
2021	43.85	214^th	392	45.4%
2022	29.14	276^th	370	25.4%
2023	39.23	218^th	362	39.8%
2024	28.95	270^th	356	24.2%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Yelm High School 12

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	26.19	22^nd	27	18.5%
2024	31.09	19^th	24	20.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Yelm High School 12

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	38.43	238^th	358	33.5%
2021	40.43	228^th	390	41.5%
2022	24.67	291^st	368	20.9%
2023	45.17	193^rd	357	45.9%
2024	37.89	222^nd	347	36.0%

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Rank History for Military Connected students at Yelm High School 12

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	46.53	15^th	31	51.6%
2021	45.50	27^th	47	42.6%
2022	25.13	31^st	38	18.4%
2023	47.63	16^th	31	48.4%
2024	43.41	24^th	34	29.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Yelm High School 12

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	48.26	185^th	355	47.9%
2021	41.20	220^th	395	44.3%
2022	37.85	228^th	363	37.2%
2023	46.17	193^rd	358	46.1%
2024	45.79	196^th	362	45.9%

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Rank History for Asian students at Yelm High School 12

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	25.85	104^th	136	23.5%

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Rank History for African American students at Yelm High School 12

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	30.55	63^rd	89	29.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Yelm High School 12

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	43.60	126^th	241	47.7%
2021	52.42	121^st	278	56.5%
2022	34.67	170^th	261	34.9%
2023	43.67	130^th	249	47.8%
2024	39.84	141^st	248	43.1%

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Rank History for White students at Yelm High School 12

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	39.03	166^th	222	25.2%
2019	38.99	251^st	382	34.3%
2021	35.15	273^rd	413	33.9%
2022	30.04	298^th	390	23.6%
2023	44.32	216^th	379	43.0%
2024	44.73	211^th	374	43.6%

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Data source: test scores: Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Yelm High School 12

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	855	4	9	18	38	n/a	n/a	0	924
1989	810	3	12	19	44	n/a	n/a	0	888
1990	796	3	17	23	38	n/a	n/a	0	877
1991	781	9	17	27	44	n/a	n/a	0	878
1992	860	12	21	27	44	n/a	n/a	0	964
1993	856	13	24	20	38	n/a	n/a	0	951
1994	882	16	23	21	43	n/a	n/a	0	985
1995	989	16	28	36	47	n/a	n/a	0	1116
1996	989	16	28	36	47	n/a	n/a	0	1116
1997	1006	20	28	44	52	n/a	n/a	0	1150
1998	1029	25	34	56	39	n/a	n/a	0	1183
1999	1060	24	36	63	37	n/a	n/a	0	1220
2000	1079	29	45	66	34	n/a	n/a	0	1253
2001	1136	26	41	49	37	n/a	n/a	0	1289
2002	1213	22	48	58	27	n/a	n/a	0	1368
2003	1213	22	48	58	27	n/a	n/a	0	1368
2004	1269	29	56	52	41	n/a	n/a	0	1447
2005	1301	25	56	51	59	n/a	n/a	1	1493
2006	1294	28	50	77	62	n/a	n/a	18	1529
2007	947	26	36	66	54	n/a	n/a	23	1152
2008	970	29	40	75	58	n/a	n/a	35	1207
2009	969	34	44	66	48	n/a	n/a	57	1218
2010	943	35	49	78	51	n/a	n/a	54	1210
2011	956	33	25	97	36	14	45	0	1206
2012	954	32	23	105	23	10	62	0	1209
2013	998	20	18	101	19	5	66	0	1227
2014	981	23	21	122	18	8	87	0	1260
2015	988	22	19	142	14	9	90	0	1284
2016	912	27	24	163	14	13	90	0	1243
2017	897	23	21	154	11	16	115	0	1237
2018	1176	34	26	234	18	18	173	0	1679
2019	1130	21	16	245	21	19	167	0	1619
2020	1100	23	24	260	30	25	185	2	1649
2021	1030	24	29	251	36	28	179	2	1579
2022	1027	26	33	282	30	31	185	3	1617
2023	1000	27	43	292	35	28	194	15	1634
2024	1023	35	29	306	37	31	199	17	1677

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Yelm High School 12

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	924	44.0	21.0	0
1989	888	45.0	19.7	n/a
1990	877	45.4	19.3	0
1991	878	42.4	20.7	n/a
1992	964	44.2	21.8	n/a
1993	951	48.2	19.7	n/a
1994	985	51.0	19.3	n/a
1995	1116	55.7	20.0	n/a
1996	1116	55.7	20.0	n/a
1997	1150	58.5	19.7	n/a
1998	1183	59.7	19.8	n/a
1999	1220	58.3	20.9	n/a
2000	1253	60.5	20.7	n/a
2001	1289	66.3	19.4	n/a
2002	1368	68.8	19.9	30.5
2003	1368	68.8	19.9	30.5
2004	1447	71.0	20.4	31.2
2005	1493	70.8	21.1	32.2
2006	1529	77.7	19.7	35.5
2007	1152	64.0	18.0	34.3
2008	1207	62.3	19.4	34.6
2009	1218	63.3	19.2	30.7
2010	1210	55.9	21.6	32.8
2011	1206	55.5	21.7	34.2
2012	1209	56.0	21.5	37.5
2013	1227	55.8	21.9	39.9
2014	1260	n/a	n/a	41.9
2015	1284	58.0	22.1	41.2
2016	1243	59.0	21.0	39.7
2017	1237	62.6	19.7	37.5
2018	1679	79.8	21.0	37.3
2019	1619	79.0	20.4	36.9
2020	1649	76.0	21.6	38
2021	1579	74.8	21.1	40.7
2022	1617	77.5	20.8	43.3
2023	1634	79.0	20.6	45
2024	1677	77.3	21.6	44.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Yelm High School 12

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	924	44.0	21.0	0
1989	888	45.0	19.7	n/a
1990	877	45.4	19.3	0
1991	878	42.4	20.7	n/a
1992	964	44.2	21.8	n/a
1993	951	48.2	19.7	n/a
1994	985	51.0	19.3	n/a
1995	1116	55.7	20.0	n/a
1996	1116	55.7	20.0	n/a
1997	1150	58.5	19.7	n/a
1998	1183	59.7	19.8	n/a
1999	1220	58.3	20.9	n/a
2000	1253	60.5	20.7	n/a
2001	1289	66.3	19.4	n/a
2002	1368	68.8	19.9	30.5
2003	1368	68.8	19.9	30.5
2004	1447	71.0	20.4	31.2
2005	1493	70.8	21.1	32.2
2006	1529	77.7	19.7	35.5
2007	1152	64.0	18.0	34.3
2008	1207	62.3	19.4	34.6
2009	1218	63.3	19.2	30.7
2010	1210	55.9	21.6	32.8
2011	1206	55.5	21.7	34.2
2012	1209	56.0	21.5	37.5
2013	1227	55.8	21.9	39.9
2014	1260	n/a	n/a	41.9
2015	1284	58.0	22.1	41.2
2016	1243	59.0	21.0	39.7
2017	1237	62.6	19.7	37.5
2018	1679	79.8	21.0	37.3
2019	1619	79.0	20.4	36.9
2020	1649	76.0	21.6	38
2021	1579	74.8	21.1	40.7
2022	1617	77.5	20.8	43.3
2023	1634	79.0	20.6	45
2024	1677	77.3	21.6	44.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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