Summary:
The Kiona-Benton City School District has one elementary school, Kiona-Benton City Elementary, serving students in prekindergarten through fifth grade in Benton City, Washington. The school enrolls about 620 students, has a 15:1 student-teacher ratio, and reported $17,959 in per-student spending. Because it is the district’s only elementary school, there are no other local elementary schools for a direct comparison.
Academically, the school’s 2025–2026 results show that fewer than one in four students met proficiency in any reported subject: 19.43% in English language arts, 18.15% in math, and 23.66% in science. Math is the school’s strongest subject compared with the district, exceeding the district rate by 5.69 percentage points, while science is the school’s highest-performing subject overall. However, results remained well below Washington averages in all three areas. Science improved modestly from the prior year, while ELA was nearly unchanged and math declined slightly. The school’s statewide ranking also improved from the 2nd to the 5th percentile, but it remains near the bottom of the statewide comparison.
Grade-level results point to particular areas parents may want to understand. Third-grade math was the strongest reported grade-subject combination, with 29.67% proficiency, while fifth-grade ELA reached 23.16%. Fourth grade was consistently weak, with 13.40% proficiency in ELA and 14.74% in math, and fifth-grade math was lowest at 10.53%. These results suggest that strengthening upper-elementary math, examining fourth-grade learning patterns, and continuing the recent science progress should be important priorities. The reported 18.23% free- or reduced-price lunch rate offers limited context about student needs, but test scores alone cannot explain why performance varies or predict an individual child’s experience.
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