Editing Kennewick, Washington (section)

==Education==
Out of the city's residents who are 25 years or older, 88% hold a high school diploma (or equivalent) with 24% holding a bachelor's degree or better. These rates are higher than Pasco, but lower than Richland.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.towncharts.com/Washington/Education/Kennewick-city-WA-Education-data.html |title=Kennewick, WA Education data |publisher=Town Charts |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=March 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316140245/https://www.towncharts.com/Washington/Education/Kennewick-city-WA-Education-data.html |url-status=usurped }}</ref> Kennewick does not have any post-secondary institutions, but is located near [[Columbia Basin College]] in Pasco and [[Washington State University Tri-Cities]] in Richland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.columbiabasin.edu/ |title=Columbia Basin College |publisher=[[Columbia Basin College]] |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204152025/https://www.columbiabasin.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tricities.wsu.edu/about-the-university/ |title=About WSU Tri-Cities |publisher=[[Washington State University]] |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=April 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402205241/https://tricities.wsu.edu/about-the-university/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Public schools located in the city are part of the [[Kennewick School District]] (KSD). The Kennewick School District has 17 elementary schools, five middle schools, three high schools serving over 18,000 students.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://projects.propublica.org/miseducation/district/5303930 |title=Miseducation - Kennewick School District |date=October 16, 2018 |publisher=ProPublica |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=March 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316140308/https://projects.propublica.org/miseducation/district/5303930 |url-status=live }}</ref> A vocational school is operated by KSD—with funding also coming from other local school districts—named the Tri-Tech Skills Center. Vocational programs at Tri-Tech include firefighting, radio broadcasting, and auto body technology.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tritech.ksd.org/ |title=Home Page |publisher=[[Kennewick School District]] |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=December 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227182402/https://tritech.ksd.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Similarly, KSD contributes funding to [[Delta High School (Washington)|Delta High School]] in Pasco, which is a [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]]-focused school drawing students from around the Tri-Cities. KSD also operates Neil F. Lampson Stadium, located at Kennewick High School, which is used to host [[American football|football]] and [[soccer]] games for the three high schools in town as well as for special events.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kennewickfootball.com/faq |title=FAQ - Kennewick High School Football |access-date=July 20, 2016 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027041403/https://kennewickfootball.com/faq |url-status=usurped }}</ref> Lampson Stadium has a capacity of 6,800 people.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 31, 2012 |url=http://www.tri-cityherald.com/sports/high-school/prep-football/article32080629.html |title=Eastern Washington high school stadium guide |work=Tri-City Herald |access-date=July 20, 2016 |archive-date=December 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227182358/https://www.tri-cityherald.com/sports/high-school/prep-football/article32080629.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

There are five private schools for educating children in Kennewick. Many of these are run by Christian churches, including St. Joseph's Catholic School and Bethlehem Lutheran School.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sjske.org/about.html |title=About |publisher=St. Joseph's Catholic School |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=September 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908175629/http://www.sjske.org/about.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Probert |first=Cameron |date=April 20, 2020 |title=Tri-Cities private schools 1st to tackle virtual classrooms during the shutdown |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tri-cities-private-schools-1st-to-tackle-virtual-classrooms-during-the-shutdown/ar-BB12WOkE |work=MSN News |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=March 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316133639/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tri-cities-private-schools-1st-to-tackle-virtual-classrooms-during-the-shutdown/ar-BB12WOkE |url-status=live }}</ref>