Desert Hills Middle School
Kennewick, WA · Middle School · Grades 6-8
Desert Hills Middle School is a middle school in Kennewick, WA with 889 students enrolled and a 62% proficiency rate. Part of Kennewick School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Desert Hills Middle School is a middle school located in Kennewick, Washington. The school serves 889 students in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 21.2:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 62% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
29% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Desert Hills Middle School is part of the Kennewick School District in Washington.
How This School Compares
Desert Hills Middle School has 889 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Kennewick School District (585 students). Its 62% proficiency rate is 16 percentage points above the district average of 46%. Compared to the Washington state average of 49%, the school performs 13 points higher. The 21.2:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Desert Hills Middle School has 889 students enrolled in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 21.2:1.
According to EDFacts data, 62% of students at Desert Hills Middle School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Desert Hills Middle School is part of the Kennewick School District in Kennewick, Washington. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.