Regular local school district · Benton County
Richland School District, WA: schools, enrollment and spending
Richland School District runs 23 public schools with 14,410 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 19.8 students per teacher is 1.6 higher than the Washington figure of 18.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 23
- Students
- 14,410
- Teachers (FTE)
- 728
- Students per teacher
- 19.8
- WA: 18.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 6972 Keene Road, West RICHLAND, WA 99353
- Phone
- (509)967-6000
- County
- Benton County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5307320
- State district ID
- WA-03400
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,510
- School counselors (FTE)
- 44.0About 328 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 47.0
Students per teacher compared
This district19.8
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 (13,596), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $233.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $19.2 million
- State revenue
- $162.3 million
- Local revenue
- $52.3 million
- Total spending
- $235.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,312
- Salaries
- $119.1 million50.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $177.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 69.4%
- Local: 22.4%
Washington overall
- Federal: 8.1%
- State: 67.2%
- Local: 24.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,312
Washington$19,323
United States$16,826
Schools in Richland School District
By level: 4 high, 4 middle, 11 elementary, 3 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Badger Mountain ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 605 | 18.9 |
| Carmichael Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 791 | 20.8 |
| Chief Joseph Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 659 | 18.8 |
| Desert Sky Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 441 | 17.6 |
| Enterprise Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 745 | 20.1 |
| Hanford High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,959 | 23.0 |
| Jason Lee Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 518 | 16.7 |
| Jefferson ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 418 | 14.9 |
| Leona Libby Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 805 | 20.1 |
| Lewis & Clark Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 471 | 16.2 |
| Marcus Whitman ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 467 | 18.7 |
| Orchard Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 594 | 19.8 |
| Pacific Crest Online Academy | Other | K to 12 | 325 | 17.1 |
| Richland High School | High | 9 to 12 | 2,218 | 23.3 |
| Richland School District Early Learning CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 301 | 16.7 |
| Rivers Edge High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 245 | 24.5 |
| Sacajawea ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 474 | 18.2 |
| Special Programs | Other | PK to 12 | 14 | |
| Tapteal Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 458 | 17.6 |
| Three Rivers Home Link | Other | K to 12 | 756 | 39.8 |
| Twin Rivers Group Home | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| White Bluffs Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 653 | 19.8 |
| William Wiley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 493 | 16.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Benton County
- Kennewick School District 18,826 students
- Prosser School District 2,534 students
- Kiona-Benton City School District 1,395 students
- Finley School District 892 students
- Paterson School District 134 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.