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Yelm Community Schools

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Yelm Community Schools is located in west Washington. Yelm Community Schools has 193.16 square miles of land area and 4.92 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Yelm Community Schools population is 30,223. Yelm Community Schools median household income is $56,559 in 2010-2014. Yelm Community Schools median house value is $219,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Yelm Community Schools is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (133 out of 238, bottom 44%) Elementary/Middle School: (63 out of 274, top 23%)* Rank: #124
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	10
Population	30,223 (2010-2014), rank #58
Population Growth	9.35% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	152.58/sq mi, rank #78
Median Household Income:	$56,559 at 2010-2014—3.34% increase since 2005-2009, rank #105
Median House Price:	$219,600 at 2010-2014—-2.66% increase since 2005-2009, rank #108
Time Zone:	Pacific GMT -8:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	193.16 sq mi, rank #119
Water Area:	4.92 sq mi (2.49%), rank #121
State:	Washington
County:	Pierce County, Thurston County
City:	Mckenna, Roy, Olympia, Nisqually Indian Community, North Yelm, Rainier
Zip:	98580, 98558, 98513, 98597, 98576
Area:	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA;Olympia, WA

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Yelm Community Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

107 1st North

Yelm WA, 98597, Thurston County

Phone: 360-458-1900

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	5,673	5,570	5,554	5,525	5,470	5,560	5,452
English Language Learner Students:	92	86	74	73	51	45	52
Total Teachers:	286.43	279.88	276.03	276.10	276.37	282.10	277.00
Prekindergarten:	0.40	2.42	3.00	3.60	3.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	18.94	19.00	16.86	12.31	15.88	14.00	14.50
Elementary:	133.85	126.96	123.28	112.99	118.63	116.90	113.70
Secondary:	129.24	126.50	126.89	118.50	118.40	111.20	108.10
Ungraded:	4.00	5.00	6.00	28.70	20.46	40.00	40.70
Total Other Staff:	261.19	262.94	254.94	255.03	258.50	265.60	251.80
Instructional Aides:	59.05	60.44	56.23	54.37	55.63	61.00	51.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	13.30	13.31	13.30	13.30	13.30	13.30	13.30
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	5.80	5.81	5.80	5.80	5.80	5.80	5.80
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.70	3.90	3.80	4.87	4.86	4.50	5.90
Library/Media Support:	3.68	3.88	3.79	3.89	4.06	3.80	3.50
District Administrators:	9.94	9.56	9.49	9.50	5.50	4.00	4.00
District Administrative Support:	11.91	11.91	12.12	12.12	7.65	7.40	7.40
School Administrators:	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	13.97	15.00	14.90
School Administrative Support:	20.36	20.56	20.40	20.40	20.39	20.60	18.90
Student Support Services:	9.09	11.23	11.14	10.13	8.60	12.00	11.00
Other Support Services:	116.16	114.15	110.67	112.45	124.54	123.00	120.40
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.81	19.90	20.12	20.01	19.79	19.71	19.68

Schools

Fort Stevens Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	16525 100th Way Se, Yelm WA 98597
Lackamas Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	16240 Bald Hill Rd, Yelm WA 98597
Mckenna Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	35120 Sr 507 Se, Mckenna WA 98558
Mill Pond Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	909 Mill Rd Se, Yelm WA 98597
Ridgeline Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 9	10605 Carter St Se, Yelm WA 98597
Southworth Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	13849 Yelm Hwy Se, Yelm WA 98597
Yelm Extension School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	107 First St North, Yelm WA 98597
Yelm High School 12	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1315 Yelm Ave West, Yelm WA 98597
Yelm Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 9	402 Yelm Ave West, Yelm WA 98597
Yelm Prairie Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	16535 110th Ave Se, Yelm WA 98597

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
EOC Test
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	70.1%	64.1%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	85.1%	81.7%
2011	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	55.3%	62.4%
2012	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	69.8%	71%
2013	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	76.3%	80.7%
2011	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	74.2%	72.9%
2012	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	70.4%	79.1%
2013	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	87.8%	89.4%
HSPE Test
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	35.1%	41.6%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76.7%	78.8%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84.9%	82.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84.7%	81.1%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.6%	83.5%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	34.2%	44.7%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	46%	49.7%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	83.6%	85.9%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	88.5%	86%
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	84.7%	85.2%
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	84.8%	84.9%
MSP Test
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71.4%	61.7%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69.5%	61.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.6%	65.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.2%	65.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.6%	72%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.1%	73.1%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.9%	68.7%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.3%	73.0%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	67%	53.6%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.8%	59.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.3%	59.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.9%	62.5%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.7%	67.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.1%	67.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.8%	71.4%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.3%	72.4%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	69.2%	61%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	71%	61.4%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	67.5%	61.3%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	70.0%	62.1%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.8%	53.6%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.4%	61.2%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.2%	63.7%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	62.6%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.3%	69.5%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.5%	67.6%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	71%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.5%	72.6%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45.9%	34%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	63.7%	55.6%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81.8%	66.1%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76.7%	66.5%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	51%	51.8%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.6%	58.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.8%	61.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.9%	59.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.5%	64.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76%	70.6%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	70.6%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.9%	71.4%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	49.7%	55.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.3%	56.9%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	51.4%	59.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.4%	63.7%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.1%	63.3%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54.6%	56.4%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.7%	71.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.6%	68.7%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	65.6%	70.2%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	61.2%	71%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	67.9%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	65.9%	71.0%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45.9%	51.5%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	39.5%	50.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	39%	55.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44.4%	53.2%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.8%	69.2%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.9%	68.6%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.8%	67.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.7%	66.2%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.2%	54.4%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.9%	61.5%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.3%	66.3%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.9%	64.9%
WASL Test
2004	Math	10th Grade	% met std	32%	43.9%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	43.4%	47.5%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	48.2%	51%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	50.5%	50.2%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	48.6%	49.3%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	46.2%	45.2%
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	60.5%	64.5%
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	72.7%	72.9%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.6%	81.9%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.3%	80.6%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.4%	81.3%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84%	80.9%
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	19.3%	32.2%
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	31%	35.8%
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	29.9%	34.9%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	22.8%	36.3%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	35.5%	39.7%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	36.6%	38.6%
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	63.2%	65.2%
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	61.3%	65.2%
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	77.4%	79.7%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	88%	83.6%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	85.7%	86.2%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	91.3%	86.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64.1%	64.2%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	69.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.3%	68.3%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	66.3%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.1%	68.2%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.7%	70.7%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.2%	70.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.4%	71.3%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64.4%	59.9%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	57.6%	60.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.4%	58.9%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.7%	57.9%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60.2%	53.4%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.4%	52.3%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	74.4%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	79.5%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.9%	81.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.2%	76.4%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71%	72.3%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	73.5%
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	64.9%	55.8%
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	62.1%	57.7%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	71.1%	60.3%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	67.4%	60.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	71.7%	62.1%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	70.8%	60.3%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50.3%	55.8%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	59.3%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.8%	61%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	61.9%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	76.2%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.5%	71.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.7%	75.3%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.5%	73.9%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	30.5%	28.2%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	32.7%	35.6%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	33.1%	35.7%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	39.8%	36.4%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	48.4%	42.9%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49.1%	44.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	48.8%	49.4%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	48.6%	49.5%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	48.4%	48.9%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	53.2%	50.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.8%	66.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73%	67.8%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.6%	68.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.5%	72%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	45.8%	46.3%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	49.1%	50.8%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50.4%	48.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.4%	54.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	44%	50.3%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	49.4%	51.8%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.5%	60.4%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.7%	69%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.3%	61.5%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.3%	68.5%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70%	62.8%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.1%	59.3%
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	46.1%	57.9%
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	55.7%	61.2%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	64.1%	64.5%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	65.8%	68.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	67.6%	69.7%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	63%	69.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	46.9%	48.8%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.4%	49.5%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.3%	51.5%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.4%	50.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.6%	70.1%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.3%	64.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.2%	65.9%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.4%	67.5%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	32.6%	39.4%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	32%	36.4%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	44.6%	42.9%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38%	44.4%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	44.1%	47.9%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.8%	51.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$54,175,000	$9,754		$53,367,000	$9,659		$51,413,000	$9,399
Federal:	$4,473,000	$805	8.3%	$6,203,000	$1,123	11.6%	$4,929,000	$901	9.6%
State:	$34,663,000	$6,241	64.0%	$32,826,000	$5,941	61.5%	$33,108,000	$6,053	64.4%
Local:	$15,039,000	$2,708	27.8%	$14,338,000	$2,595	26.9%	$13,376,000	$2,445	26.0%
Total Expenditures:	$51,047,000	$9,191		$49,523,000	$8,963		$51,431,000	$9,402
Total Current Expenditures:	$47,388,000	$8,532		$46,668,000	$8,447		$45,508,000	$8,320
Instructional Expenditures:	$26,513,000	$4,774	55.9%	$27,227,000	$4,928	58.3%	$26,948,000	$4,927	59.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$5,282,000	$951	11.1%	$4,539,000	$822	9.7%	$4,320,000	$790	9.5%
Administration:	$5,538,000	$997	11.7%	$5,503,000	$996	11.8%	$5,199,000	$950	11.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$10,055,000	$1,810	21.2%	$9,399,000	$1,701	20.1%	$9,041,000	$1,653	19.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,336,000	$241		$733,000	$133		$3,639,000	$665
Construction:	$430,000	$77		$333,000	$60		$1,016,000	$186
Total Other:	$0	$0		$3,000	$1		$3,000	$1
Interest on Debt:	$1,911,000	$344		$1,786,000	$323		$2,281,000	$417

Total Salary:	$28,970,000	$5,216		$29,143,000	$5,275		$28,795,000	$5,264
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$18,396,000	$3,312	63.5%	$19,095,000	$3,456	65.5%	$18,944,000	$3,463	65.8%
Other Salary:	$10,574,000	$1,904	36.5%	$10,048,000	$1,819	34.5%	$9,851,000	$1,801	34.2%
Total Benefit:	$10,657,000	$1,919		$10,150,000	$1,837		$9,911,000	$1,812
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$6,367,000	$1,146	59.7%	$6,156,000	$1,114	60.7%	$6,038,000	$1,104	60.9%
Other Benefit:	$4,290,000	$772	40.3%	$3,994,000	$723	39.3%	$3,873,000	$708	39.1%

* Yelm Community Schools was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.