📍 6011 W 10th Pl, Kennewick, Benton County, 99338
Fuerza Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kennewick, Benton County. The school has 579 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kennewick School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Fuerza Elementary enrolls 579 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 34 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% Hispanic or Latino, 30% White and 5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 359 | 62% |
| White | 172 | 30% |
| Black or African American | 29 | 5% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 2.2% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
399 of the school's 579 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 361 qualify for free lunch and 38 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Fuerza 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-40, state senate district 8, state house district 8.
Fuerza Elementary is one of 33 schools in Kennewick School District, based in KENNEWICK, Washington. The district serves 18,826 students district-wide and employs 1,047 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 579 students, Fuerza Elementary is close to the district average of about 570 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small