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Welcome to Mabton School District -
"Partners in Excellence"
Mabton School District, serving a small farming community located in the heart of the Yakima Valley in Central Washington, offers academic rigorous learning environments to each one of its more than 900 students.
Serving a largely Hispanic community, Mabton School District prides itself on creating a culture of work, dedicated to promoting and creating higher education opportunities for all of its students. Mabton School District is serious about rigorous instruction and seeing all students succeed.
The district’s Mabton Jr.-Sr. High School can boast being one of four national high schools to be recognized for excellence in school reform by the National Association of Secondary School Principals’ Break-through High School Project, a nationally recognized high school administrator, a Washington State Teacher of the Year and National Teacher of the Year Finalist.
Mabton is also home to an outstanding Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation academic achievement program, which has resulted in seeing nearly 96 percent of its high school graduates reporting college as the next step in their education.
As part of its dedication to creating an academic rigorous learning environment at its three schools, the Mabton School District annually hosts town hall meetings to solicit the community’s input as its develops curriculum and policies to meet the challenge of educating Mabton’s children.
The district prides itself on keeping focused on increasing mutual respect among students, staff, and community, increasing homework support, providing more opportunities for parents to meet with staff, creating better in-school and community communications, encouraging and students to take personal responsibility for their education and providing relevant after school activities.
"Relationship, respect and rigor" are district watch  words.
District special features - Professional leadership coaching, student advisories at high school and elementary school levels, senior portfolios, Washington State Achievers Programs and GEAR-UP, READY! an educational programs for parents, Expanding AP courses.
Rigorous graduation requirements are standard at Mabton Junior/Senior High School
We have very high standards for all Mabton High School graduates. These standards are not an end, but a beginning of a long life of learning and opportunity. To ensure all opportunities are available to ALL students, the graduation requirements are in line with college entrance requirements. Colleges at this time are asking for students to be more and more prepared and the adults working with your students are committed to getting all students Ready for a life of success in college, work and citizenship.
A "College Ready" graduate from Mabton High School has completed the following classes:
• 4 years of English, 1 each grade, extra classes count as elective credits
• 3 years of Social Studies. 8th grade Washington State history counts for graduation but is not accepted for college entrance.
• 3 years of Mathematics, Students that enter into Foundations will complete Geometry; students that enter into Algebra will complete Algebra2/Trig. Typically students must complete Algebra 2 if they wish to not retake classes at college.
• 2 years of Science, at least one of these must be a laboratory science.
• 1 year of Fine art, (these classes are Band, Art, Choir, Graphic Arts or CAD).
• 2 Credits of Physical Education, 1 credit may be earned in after school sports.
• 2 Credit of Vocational.
• 1/2 Credit Health.
• 1/2 Credit Careers/Digital Tools.
• 2 Credits World Languages.
• 4 Credits Electives, plus a Completed Senior Culminating Project. (for a total of 24 credits).
As of 2008, meeting the standards in Reading and Writing on the WASL are also required for graduation. Students not meeting standard in Math will be required to take the Math WASL each year and continue to pass 1 credit of Math each year after grade 10.
HIGH EDUCATION OPTIONS - Mabton School District students have ready access to higher education options at Yakima Valley Community College, Heritage University, Central Washington University and Washington State University and Washington State Learning Center with branch campuses in Richland and Yakima, and Perry Technical Institute - all within a 40-minute drive of Mabton.
Mabton School District employs 64 certificated staff and 50 classified staff caring about the education of its community's children.
District Goals - Maintaining our mutual commitment to a common vision of educational success in the Mabton School District is essential. Toward that vision, the district is committed to the following goals:
1. The foundation of all relationships in the Mabton educational community will focus on responsibility, trust, respect, communication and the best interest of every student individually and as a learner.
2. Information from all segments of our community will be used to make quality decisions leading to student success.
3. Every classroom will genuinely engage students in challenging, meaningful work that is research-based (as evidenced by student learning) that meets individual needs and is focused on performance.
4. The Mabton School District is a safe, disciplined and drug-free environment that supports student achievement.
MHS mural on display in Mel Todd Gym
Past and present symbols of Mabton education are among the images created as part of a three-panel mural on display above the visitor’s bleaches in the MHS Mel Todd Gym.
Under the supervision of MHS art teacher Judy Simerl, art students spent the past month, working during class time and on weekends to complete creating the Viking-inspired mural.
Giving the students a professional artist’s input on the mural has been muralist Pablo Soto of Kennewick. Soto, who has worked on a number of other school-inspired murals throughout Central Washington.
We believe everyone can learn and achieve at high levels given appropriate instruction, support and relationships.
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