📍 2100 Sunshine Avenue, West Richland, Benton County, 99353
Desert Sky Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in West Richland, Benton County. The school has 408 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Richland School District school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
Desert Sky Elementary enrolls 408 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 25 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% White, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 326 | 80% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 43 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 5.1% |
| Asian | 13 | 3.2% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
78 of the school's 408 students (19%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 55 qualify for free lunch and 23 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Desert Sky Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district WA-40, state senate district 8, state house district 8.
Desert Sky Elementary is one of 23 schools in Richland School District, based in West RICHLAND, Washington. The district serves 14,410 students district-wide and employs 730 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 408 students, Desert Sky Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 627 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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