📍 401 Barnes, Kelso, Cowlitz County, 98626
Barnes Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kelso, Cowlitz County. The school has 357 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kelso School District school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Barnes Elementary enrolls 357 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% White, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 5.6% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 222 | 62% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 94 | 26% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 20 | 5.6% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
305 of the school's 357 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 276 qualify for free lunch and 29 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Barnes Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district WA-30, state senate district 19, state house district 19.
Barnes Elementary is one of 13 schools in Kelso School District, based in KELSO, Washington. The district serves 4,960 students district-wide and employs 284 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 357 students, Barnes Elementary is close to the district average of about 382 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small