Kamiakin High School is a public high school in Kennewick, Washington, the second of three comprehensive high schools in the Kennewick School District. Kamiakin opened in the fall of 1970 and serves the district's northwest portion. The school colors are scarlet and gold and the mascot is the Braves.OverviewThe school is named after Kamiakin, a chief of the Yakama Tribe in the 19th century and a leader of the American Indian side in the Yakama War.Kamiakin went through a remodel from 2002–04 that added 15 new classrooms, a new gymnasium and converted the existing lecture hall into an auditorium capable of seating 600 people as well as updating safety to meet standards throughout the campus.AcademicsKamiakin is generally considered to be one of the highest ranked public high schools in all of southeastern Washington of size 3A or 4A and is ranked among the top 1,500 best high schools in the nation by Newsweek. Kamiakin's four year graduation rate is 89.4% and 92.4% after five years, around 13% higher than the state average.
