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Kennewick School District

Kennewick, Washington · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

18,826
Students enrolled
33
Public schools
1,048
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 362
  • Kindergarten 1,283
  • Grade 1 1,258
  • Grade 2 1,358
  • Grade 3 1,456
  • Grade 4 1,427
  • Grade 5 1,435
  • Grade 6 1,387
  • Grade 7 1,449
  • Grade 8 1,465
  • Grade 9 1,414
  • Grade 10 1,515
  • Grade 11 1,475
  • Grade 12 1,542

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 45%
  • White 45%
  • Two or more races 5%
  • Asian 2%
  • Black or African American 2%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <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

54% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 10,129 of 18,826 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 46%
  • Reduced-price lunch 8%

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

$16,404 spent per student on day-to-day operations Washington median: $18,433 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $9,782
  • Support services $5,919
  • Other (food service, etc.) $703

Where the money comes from

  • Local 12%
  • State 75%
  • Federal 13%

Total revenue $359.4 milliontotal spending $335.8 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: 95% city, 3% suburb, 3% rural

Total staff (FTE)

2,078

District office

1000 W. 4th Avenue, Kennewick WA 99336

County

Benton County

Official website

NCES District ID

5303930

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About Kennewick School District

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

Our outstanding teachers and staff are committed to providing your children the best education possible. We believe that all students can achieve in school and graduate prepared for success in post-secondary education, work, and life. To guide and set the vision for our work, the Kennewick School Board has approved a new set of strategic plan goals called “North Star Goals”. These goals set our standards for safety, academics, staff development and fiscal responsibility.
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