County / FIPS 53005
Benton County
Washington
Benton County runs 71 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 4 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 3 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
71
Hospitals
4
With a star rating
3
Land area
1,700
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Benton County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$5.7B
Per resident
$27,737
Change since FY2021
+23%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $5B |
| 2022 | $4B |
| 2023 | $5B |
| 2024 | $5B |
| 2025 | $6B |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Benton County ranks 118th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Benton County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | |
| Prosser Memorial Hospital | Prosser | |
| Trios Health | Kennewick | |
| Lourdes Counseling Center | Richland | Not rated |
Public schools in Benton County
The 40 most complete records of 71. Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amistad Elementary School | Kennewick School District | Kennewick | 866 |
| Amon Creek Elementary | Kennewick School District | Richland | 739 |
| Badger Mountain Elementary | Richland School District | Richland | 569 |
| Canyon View Elementary School | Kennewick School District | Kennewick | 406 |
| Carmichael Middle School | Richland School District | Richland | 807 |
| Cascade Elementary School | Kennewick School District | Kennewick | 539 |
| Chief Joseph Middle School | Richland School District | Richland | 697 |
| Chinook Middle School | Kennewick School District | Kennewick | 882 |
| Cottonwood Elementary | Kennewick School District | Kennewick | 455 |
| Desert Hills Middle School | Kennewick School District | Kennewick | 889 |
| Desert Sky Elementary | Richland School District | West Richland | 408 |
| Eastgate Elementary School | Kennewick School District | Kennewick | 494 |
| Edison Elementary School | Kennewick School District | Kennewick | 325 |
| Enterprise Middle School | Richland School District | West Richland | 694 |
| Finley Elementary | Finley School District | Kennewick | 368 |
| Finley Middle School | Finley School District | Kennewick | 216 |
| Fuerza Elementary | Kennewick School District | Kennewick | 579 |
| Hanford High School | Richland School District | Richland | 1,788 |
| Hawthorne Elementary School | Kennewick School District | Kennewick | 474 |
| Highlands Middle School | Kennewick School District | Kennewick | 750 |
| Horse Heaven Hills Middle School | Kennewick School District | Kennewick | 833 |
| Housel Middle School | Prosser School District | Prosser | 576 |
| Jason Lee Elementary School | Richland School District | Richland | 504 |
| Jefferson Elementary | Richland School District | Richland | 414 |
| Kamiakin High School | Kennewick School District | Kennewick | 1,884 |
| Keene-Riverview Elementary | Prosser School District | Prosser | 392 |
| Keewaydin Discovery Center | Kennewick School District | Kennewick | 158 |
| Kennewick High School | Kennewick School District | Kennewick | 1,785 |
| Kiona-Benton City Elementary | Kiona-Benton City School District | Benton City | 658 |
| Kiona-Benton City High School | Kiona-Benton City School District | Benton City | 397 |
| Kiona-Benton City Middle School | Kiona-Benton City School District | Benton City | 317 |
| Legacy High School | Kennewick School District | Kennewick | 176 |
| Leona Libby Middle School | Richland School District | West Richland | 800 |
| Lewis & Clark Elementary School | Richland School District | Richland | 486 |
| Lincoln Elementary School | Kennewick School District | Kennewick | 435 |
| Marcus Whitman Elementary | Richland School District | Richland | 484 |
| Mid-Columbia Parent Partnership | Kennewick School District | Kennewick | 448 |
| Orchard Elementary | Richland School District | Richland | 616 |
| Pacific Crest Online Academy | Richland School District | West Richland | 312 |
| Park Middle School | Kennewick School District | Kennewick | 692 |