Summary:
Kiona-Benton City School District contains one middle school, Kiona-Benton City Middle School, serving grades 6-8 with 340 students in a relatively low-poverty area.
This school has ranked in the bottom 3% of all Washington middle schools for the last three years, with academic proficiency rates significantly below both the Kiona-Benton City School District and state averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 19.94% of students were proficient in English Language Arts, 9.66% in Mathematics, and 15.46% in Science, with math scores being a particular area of concern. Performance is consistently low across all grade levels, though 8th grade shows a notable gap between its strongest subject (ELA) and its weakest (Math).
The most notable finding is a performance-resource paradox: despite a per-student spending of $16,433, which is above typical averages, and a reasonable student-teacher ratio of 16.9 to 1, academic outcomes remain alarmingly low. This consistent pattern over three years suggests challenges that extend beyond basic funding, potentially involving curriculum, instruction, or other school-specific factors that warrant further investigation by the district.
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