Amistad Elementary School

The public elementary school Amistad Elementary School is located in KENNEWICK, Washington. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 878 students enrolled. That is 131% above the average of about 380 students for elementary schools in Washington.

Amistad Elementary School is one of 31 schools in Kennewick School District, which enrolls 18,826 students in total.

Hispanic students are 78% of those enrolled at Amistad Elementary School. The next largest groups are 12% White, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. In Benton County overall, about 26% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 36, compared with 70 nationally.

The school's 46.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1. Elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1, 1.5 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 89% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Benton County averages 49%, lower than here.

Census data for Benton County show median household income comes to about $89,874, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 69 public schools in the county, enrolling about 38,191, Amistad Elementary School among them.

Phoenix High School, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 878, up from 848 in 2020-21.

This page collects posts and questions about Amistad Elementary School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.