Westgate Elementary School

Westgate Elementary School, a mid-tier elementary-level community in KENNEWICK, Washington, one of the schools within Kennewick School District, educates 426 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within Kennewick School District, which oversees 31 schools and 18,826 students, Westgate Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Westgate Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 31% White, 12% Asian, 4% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Westgate Elementary School reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Benton County's rate of about 49%.

In the surrounding community, Benton County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,874, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Benton County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,191 students), of which Westgate Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Keewaydin Discovery Center, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Westgate Elementary School.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Westgate Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 22% since 2018, when it stood at 547 (now 426). White enrollment moved from 54% to 31% across the same window.

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