Regular local school district · Cowlitz County
Kelso School District, WA: schools, enrollment and spending
Kelso School District runs 13 public schools with 4,960 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 18.0 students per teacher is about the same as the Washington figure of 18.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 4,960
- Teachers (FTE)
- 275
- Students per teacher
- 18.0
- WA: 18.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 601 Crawford St, Kelso, WA 98626
- Phone
- (360)501-1900
- County
- Cowlitz County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5300003
- State district ID
- WA-08458
- Total staff (FTE)
- 601
- School counselors (FTE)
- 15.0About 331 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 18.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.0
Washington18.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (4,715), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $112.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $7.3 million
- State revenue
- $91.9 million
- Local revenue
- $12.9 million
- Total spending
- $130.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $27,619
- Salaries
- $38.9 million29.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $91.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.5%
- State: 82.0%
- Local: 11.5%
Washington overall
- Federal: 8.1%
- State: 67.2%
- Local: 24.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$27,619
Washington$19,323
United States$16,826
Schools in Kelso School District
By level: 3 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Barnes ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 343 | 17.1 |
| Butler Acres ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 426 | 17.0 |
| Carrolls ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 107 | 17.8 |
| Coweeman Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 501 | 20.0 |
| Huntington Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 559 | 19.3 |
| Kelso Goal Oriented Learning Design | High | 9 to 12 | 12 | |
| Kelso High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,390 | 19.0 |
| Kelso Virtual Academy | Other | K to 12 | 216 | 24.0 |
| Lexington ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 854 | 17.1 |
| Loowit High School | High | 6 to 12 | 14 | |
| Rose Valley ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 186 | 18.6 |
| Special Education | Other | PK to 12 | 19 | |
| Wallace ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 333 | 17.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cowlitz County
- Longview School District 6,382 students
- Woodland School District 2,429 students
- Castle Rock School District 1,484 students
- Kalama School District 1,138 students
- Toutle Lake School District 673 students
More in Washington
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.