Metro overview
71 schools ranked · Updated September 4, 2026
These are the schools where raw test performance and decoded performance disagree most. The shift column shows the gap between Achievement Rank and Decoded Rank.
Raw scores are modest, but decoded performance is strong — these schools are doing more than their context predicts.
High raw scores AND high decoded performance — doing more with their context than peer schools at the same level.
Raw scores are high, but the school's advantaged context predicts even higher — raw scores may overstate the school's effect.
| Rating | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Gap SchoolNeighborhood | Union Gap School District | #739 | #31 (WA)plausibly #26–71#1 (Yakima metro)≈ tied with next | ★★Outperforming Expectations | High | ||
| Barge-Lincoln Elementary SchoolNeighborhood | Yakima School District | #1339 | #38 (WA)plausibly #20–138#2 (Yakima metro) | ★★Outperforming Expectations | High | ||
| Naches Valley Elementary SchoolNeighborhood | Naches Valley School District | #604 | #58 (WA)plausibly #22–211#3 (Yakima metro)≈ tied with next | ★★Outperforming Expectations | High | ||
| Ahtanum Valley ElementaryNeighborhood | West Valley School District (Yakima) | #297 | #67 (WA)plausibly #25–255#4 (Yakima metro)≈ tied with next | ★Strong by Both Measures | High | ||
| Cottonwood Elementary SchoolNeighborhood | West Valley School District (Yakima) | #171 | #93 (WA)plausibly #37–196#5 (Yakima metro)≈ tied with next | ★Strong by Both Measures | High | ||
| Adams Elementary SchoolNeighborhood | Yakima School District | #1407 | #95 (WA)plausibly #44–181#6 (Yakima metro)≈ tied with next | ★★Outperforming Expectations | High | ||
| Gilbert Elementary SchoolNeighborhood | Yakima School District | #946 | #96 (WA)plausibly #13–355#7 (Yakima metro) | ★★Outperforming Expectations | Medium | ||
| Apple Valley ElementaryNeighborhood | West Valley School District (Yakima) | #232 | #178 (WA)plausibly #116–340#8 (Yakima metro)≈ tied with next | ★Strong by Both Measures | High | ||
| East Valley ElementaryNeighborhood | East Valley School District (Yakima) | #592 | #193 (WA)plausibly #103–359#9 (Yakima metro)≈ tied with next | ★★Outperforming Expectations | High | ||
| Washington ElementaryNeighborhood | Sunnyside School District | #1052 | #199 (WA)plausibly #108–367#10 (Yakima metro)≈ tied with next | ★★Outperforming Expectations | High |
Rows marked ≈ are statistically tied with the row below them: on the current data the joint simulation gives the upper school less than a 65% chance of ranking above the lower one. Ties are between adjacent rows only.
| Rating | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland High SchoolNeighborhood | Highland School District | #129 | #14 (WA)HS#1 (Yakima metro) | HS outcome | Medium | ||
| Davis High SchoolNeighborhood | Yakima School District | #252 | #62 (WA)HS#2 (Yakima metro) | HS outcome | High | ||
| Toppenish High SchoolNeighborhood | Toppenish School District | #273 | #73 (WA)HS#3 (Yakima metro) | HS outcome | High | ||
| Wapato High SchoolNeighborhood | Wapato School District | #300 | #90 (WA)HS#4 (Yakima metro) | HS outcome | Medium | ||
| Naches Valley High SchoolNeighborhood | Naches Valley School District | #116 | #106 (WA)HS#5 (Yakima metro) | HS outcome | Medium | ||
| Wapato Online Academy 9-12Virtual | Wapato School District | #251 | #109 (WA)HS#6 (Yakima metro) | HS outcome | Low | ||
| Sunnyside High SchoolNeighborhood | Sunnyside School District | #286 | #129 (WA)HS#7 (Yakima metro) | HS outcome | High | ||
| White Swan High SchoolNeighborhood | Mount Adams School District | #306 | #130 (WA)HS#8 (Yakima metro) | HS outcome | Medium | ||
| Granger High SchoolNeighborhood | Granger School District | #301 | #137 (WA)HS#9 (Yakima metro) | HS outcome | Low | ||
| Eisenhower High SchoolNeighborhood | Yakima School District | #250 | #192 (WA)HS#10 (Yakima metro) | HS outcome | High |
SchoolDecoder publishes context-adjusted residuals, not causal estimates. Decoded Rank is one signal — not a verdict on teaching quality. Read about limitations →