Editing Yakima, Washington (section)

==Education==
The city of Yakima has three K–12 public school districts, several private schools, and three post-secondary schools.

===High schools===

====Public schools====
There are four high schools in the [[Yakima School District]]:
* [[A.C. Davis High School (Washington)|Davis High School]], a 4A high school with about 2,100 students
* [[Eisenhower High School (Yakima, Washington)|Eisenhower High School]], a 4A high school with about 2,300 students
* Stanton Academy
* Yakima Online High School

Outside the city:
* [[West Valley High School (Yakima, Washington)|West Valley High School]], in the West Valley School District, is a division 4A school with a student population of around 1,500.
* [[East Valley High School (Yakima, Washington)|East Valley High School]], just east of Terrace Heights on the city's eastern side, is in the East Valley School District. It is a 2A school with about 1,000 students.

====Private schools====
* [[La Salle High School (Union Gap, Washington)|La Salle High School]] in Union Gap is a Catholic high school in the 1A division and enrolls about 200 students.
* [[Riverside Christian School]], near [[East Valley High School (Yakima, Washington)|East Valley High School]], is a private K–12 Christian school. Riverside Christian is a 1B school with around 400 students in grades K–12.
* Yakima Adventist Christian School

===Post-secondary schools===
[[Yakima Valley College]] is one of the oldest community colleges in the state of Washington. Founded in 1928, the college is a public, four-year institution of higher education, and part of one of the most comprehensive community college systems in the nation. It offers programs in adult basic education, English as a Second Language, lower-division arts and sciences, professional and technical education, transfer degrees to in-state universities, and community services.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yakima Valley Community College Degrees and Certificates |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/community-colleges/yakima-valley-community-college-CC09451/degrees |access-date=January 5, 2017 |archive-date=January 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106065746/https://www.usnews.com/education/community-colleges/yakima-valley-community-college-CC09451/degrees |url-status=live }}</ref> The campus is also home to the Yakima Campus of [[Central Washington University]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=CWU Yakima |url=https://www.cwu.edu/about/campus-locations/yakima/ |access-date=March 30, 2025 |website=CEntral Washington University}}</ref>

Perry Technical Institute is a private, nonprofit school of higher learning located in the city since 1939. Perry students learn trades such as automotive technology, instrumentation, information technology, HVAC, electrical, machining, office administration, medical coding, and legal assistant/paralegal.

[[Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences]] opened in the fall of 2008,<ref>{{cite web |title=Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences |url=http://www.pnwu.org |access-date=December 8, 2007 |archive-date=January 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080125170718/http://www.pnwu.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and graduated its first class of [[Osteopathic medicine in the United States|osteopathic physicians]] ([[Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine|D.O.]]) in 2012. The first college on the {{cvt|42.5|acre|m2|adj=on}} campus is home to the first medical school approved in the Pacific Northwest in over 60 years, and trains physicians with an osteopathic emphasis. The school's mission is to train primary-care physicians committed to serving rural and underserved communities throughout the Pacific Northwest. It is housed in a state-of-the-art {{cvt|45000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} facility.<ref>{{cite web |title=New osteopathic school planned for Yakima |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |date=April 14, 2005 |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2005/04/11/daily27.html |access-date=February 3, 2007 |archive-date=May 23, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060523203808/http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2005/04/11/daily27.html |url-status=live }}</ref>