Fuerza Elementary

As a heavily attended primary school in Kennewick, Washington, Fuerza Elementary teaches 629 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Kennewick School District. That puts it 66% bigger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Kennewick School District comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 18,826 students; Fuerza Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Fuerza Elementary logs that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 12% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Benton County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Benton County put median household earnings sit near $89,874, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Benton County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,191 students), Fuerza Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mid-Columbia Parent Partnership, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fuerza Elementary.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

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