Lewis & Clark Elementary School

Lewis & Clark Elementary School is a primary school of average-sized scale in Richland, Washington, operated by Richland School District, educateing 471 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 24% bigger than typical.

Richland School District comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 14,410 students; Lewis & Clark Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Lewis & Clark Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 30% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Benton County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 54% of students at Lewis & Clark Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, census data for Benton County shows median household income runs about $89,874, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Lewis & Clark Elementary School is one of 69 public schools in Benton County (combined enrollment of about 38,191 students).

Rivers Edge High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lewis & Clark Elementary School.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lewis & Clark Elementary School has fell 16%, going from 560 students in 2018 to 471 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 66% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Lewis & Clark Elementary School typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.