William Wiley Elementary School

William Wiley Elementary School is one of the moderately sized elementary-level communitys in West Richland, Washington, part of Richland School District, with 493 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so William Wiley Elementary School sits 30% above that benchmark.

Within Richland School District, which oversees 22 schools and 14,410 students, William Wiley Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, William Wiley Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school logs 20% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 28% of students at William Wiley Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Benton County (around 49%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Across the wider 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 the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Benton County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,191 students), of which William Wiley Elementary School is one.

Enterprise Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around William Wiley Elementary School.

William Wiley Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at William Wiley Elementary School has edged down 8%, going from 534 students in 2018 to 493 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 80% to 72% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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