Sunnyside Christian School is a Christian Reformed PK-12 in the Lower Yakima Valley town of Sunnyside, founded in 1947 when grades 1-4 began meeting in the Sunnyside Christian Reformed Church. It now operates two campuses (PK-8 and a separate Sunnyside Christian High School) and is accredited by Christian Schools International and Cognia.
In central Washington, Sunnyside Christian's peer set is sparse. The closest comparisons are other CRC-affiliated Christian schools in the Yakima Valley and across the state — Lynden Christian (Whatcom County, much larger), Bellingham Christian, and Mount Vernon Christian — sharing a Reformed theological framework that distinguishes them from the broader nondenominational Christian-school tier. Families in the Yakima Valley typically weigh Sunnyside Christian against Sunnyside or Grandview public high schools, and against Yakima-area Catholic options like La Salle High School.
Enrollment runs around 263 students PK-12 with a 13:1 student-teacher ratio. The school reports that 89% of graduates matriculate to a 4-year college, an unusually strong indicator for a small rural Christian school. The tradeoff for Lower Yakima Valley families is the standard one: continuous Reformed faith formation and tight-knit small-school community against the broader course catalog and athletic depth of the local public high schools.
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