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If you had an hour of school board time for Marcus Whitman Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
467
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530732001099
Marcus Whitman Elementary
1704 Gray St., Richland, WA 99352 · (509) 967-6300 · Benton County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL467 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
279 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2022-23 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
58.7%
WA avg 49.0% . +4.8pp since 2014
Math
43.2%
WA avg 39.2% . -9.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 49 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
467
-89 (-16%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 17.7:1
% White
61%
was 65%
% Hispanic
31%
was 26%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Marcus Whitman Elementary
Located at 1704 Gray St., in Richland, Washington, Marcus Whitman Elementary is a moderately sized K-5 school that educates 467 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Richland School District. Enrollment runs roughly 23% bigger than the state mean of about 380.
Marcus Whitman Elementary is one of 22 schools operated by Richland School District, a district that caters to 14,410 students overall.
On demographics, Marcus Whitman Elementary lists that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 60% of students at Marcus Whitman Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Benton County's rate of about 49%.
In the surrounding community, Benton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,874 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Benton County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,191 students), Marcus Whitman Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Pacific Crest Online Academy, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Marcus Whitman Elementary.
Marcus Whitman Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Marcus Whitman Elementary has fell 16%, going from 556 students in 2018 to 467 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 26% to 31% across the same window.
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Benton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
212,905
Census ACS
Median income
$89,874
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
38,191 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Richland School District
- Richland High SchoolHigh · 2,218 students
- Hanford High SchoolHigh · 1,959 students
- Leona Libby Middle SchoolMiddle · 805 students
- Carmichael Middle SchoolMiddle · 791 students
- Three Rivers Home LinkCombined · 756 students
- Enterprise Middle SchoolMiddle · 745 students
Other schools in Richland
- Richland High SchoolHigh · 2,218 students
- Hanford High SchoolHigh · 1,959 students
- Carmichael Middle SchoolMiddle · 791 students
- Three Rivers Home LinkCombined · 756 students
- Chief Joseph Middle SchoolMiddle · 659 students
- White Bluffs Elementary SchoolElementary · 653 students
Nearby schools
- Pacific Crest Online Academy0.1 mi · 325
- Carmichael Middle School0.3 mi · 791
- Richland High School0.5 mi · 2,218
- Rivers Edge High School0.9 mi · 245
- Lewis & Clark Elementary School0.9 mi · 471
- Three Rivers Home Link1.4 mi · 756
Frequently asked questions
About Marcus Whitman ElementaryHow many students attend Marcus Whitman Elementary?
Marcus Whitman Elementary enrolls approximately 467 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Marcus Whitman Elementary serve?
Marcus Whitman Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Marcus Whitman Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Marcus Whitman Elementary is approximately 18.7:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Marcus Whitman Elementary?
At Marcus Whitman Elementary, the student body is approximately 61% White, 31% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Marcus Whitman Elementary in?
Marcus Whitman Elementary is part of Richland School District.
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