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Kelso School District

Kelso, Washington · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

4,960
Students enrolled
13
Public schools
275
Classroom teachers (FTE)
18.0:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 17
  • Kindergarten 460
  • Grade 1 336
  • Grade 2 371
  • Grade 3 357
  • Grade 4 365
  • Grade 5 378
  • Grade 6 360
  • Grade 7 378
  • Grade 8 373
  • Grade 9 406
  • Grade 10 401
  • Grade 11 391
  • Grade 12 367

By race/ethnicity

  • White 69%
  • Hispanic/Latino 20%
  • Two or more races 7%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 2%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native 1%
  • Asian <1%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

62% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 3,086 of 4,960 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 51%
  • Reduced-price lunch 11%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$17,454 spent per student on day-to-day operations Washington median: $18,433 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $9,962
  • Support services $6,667
  • Other (food service, etc.) $824

Where the money comes from

  • Local 17%
  • State 73%
  • Federal 10%

Total revenue $95.3 milliontotal spending $100.8 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: SmallStudents: 77% city, 17% suburb, 6% rural

Total staff (FTE)

601

District office

601 CRAWFORD ST, Kelso WA 98626

County

Cowlitz County

Official website

NCES District ID

5300003

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About Kelso School District

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The mission of Kelso Public Schools is to prepare every student for living, learning and achieving success as a citizen of our changing world.
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