Park Middle School

Park Middle School is one of the middle-of-the-pack intermediate schools in KENNEWICK, Washington, overseen by Kennewick School District, with 688 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Park Middle School is one of 31 schools operated by Kennewick School District, a district that educates 18,826 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Park Middle School logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder looks like 18% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Park Middle School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.9:1, putting Park Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Benton County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Benton County indicate median household income runs about $89,874, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Benton County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,191 students), of which Park Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Kennewick High School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Park Middle School has shrank 3%, going from 710 students in 2018 to 688 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 65% to 71%.

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