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Kent Elementary School

Public Grades K-5

864^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,138 Washington Elementary Schools

Better than 24% of Washington elementary schools

Summary

Kent Elementary School is a K–5 public school serving 438 students in the Kent School District in the Kent area, near schools in the Federal Way and Highline districts. Its latest statewide standing is 864th out of 1,138 Washington elementary schools, placing it at the 24th percentile with a one-star rating. While that remains below the state midpoint, the school has made notable progress: its percentile rose from 6th in 2023–24 to 14th in 2024–25 and 24th in 2025–26.

Recent academic results show particular strength in English language arts and science compared with nearby schools. In 2025–26, 42.03% of students were proficient in ELA, 25.73% in math, and 39.39% in science. Kent ranked around the top three nearby schools in ELA and science, generally behind Neely O’Brien Elementary School and, in some subjects, Valhalla Elementary School or Star Lake Elementary School. It performed better than several local comparison schools, including Scenic Hill Elementary School, East Hill Elementary School, and River Ridge Elementary.

Math is the clearest area for improvement. Fourth-grade proficiency was 22.06% and fifth-grade proficiency was 20.90%, compared with 41.69% and 36.65% districtwide. Overall math performance also slipped from 27.67% to 25.73% in the latest year, even as ELA and science improved. Kent serves a relatively high-need population, with 81.51% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, yet it has comparatively favorable resources: a 15.1-to-1 student-teacher ratio and $21,993 in per-student spending. The nearby Neely O’Brien Elementary School is an especially useful benchmark because it serves a similar number of students and posts stronger results. Overall, Kent appears to be in a meaningful recovery phase, with the next major challenge being sustained improvement in upper-grade math.

438

Students ?

15.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$22,320

Per pupil spending ?

81.5%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

72.6%

Kindergartners complete for all required immunizations (2025-26)

Exemptions: 2.7% (any vaccine)

24700 64th Ave S
Kent, WA 98032-6169

(253) 373-7497

District: Kent School District

Students who attend Kent Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Mill Creek Middle School
High:	Kent-Meridian High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

48.6%

African American:

15.5%

Pacific Islander:

9.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 19th percentile in 2016 → 24th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2016

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Washington average (35% vs 48% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)

!Math scores 17 pts below the Washington average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school35%

District avg39%

Washington avg48%

864^th of 1,138

Washington public elementary schools ?

Bottom 24%▲ up 5 pts since 2016

From bottom 19% (2016) to bottom 24% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

18^th of 29Elementary Schools in the Kent School District

141^st of 238Kent School District among Washington districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2026	24.4	864 of 1138	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	17.1	998 of 1160	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.8	1100 of 1168	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.3	1057 of 1169	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	21.2	950 of 1169	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.0	918 of 1107	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.6	1013 of 1130	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.8	876 of 1054	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	17.5	911 of 1056	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	23.5	849 of 1053	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	25.7	842 of 1067	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	28.4	861 of 1106	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	32.7	813 of 1097	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	37.7	738 of 1092	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2010	39.8	701 of 1088	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2009	31.6	795 of 1072	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	27.5	845 of 1067	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	23.0	888 of 1069	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	25.7	849 of 1051	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	19.0	881 of 1031	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	56.5	450 of 1026	56.1%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2026	66.5	12 of 82	85.4%	★★★★☆
2025	54.1	29 of 75	61.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	16.7	67 of 71	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	41.0	40 of 66	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.7	49 of 108	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	47.4	19 of 47	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	21.4	101 of 110	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	45.7	51 of 107	52.3%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2019	4.9	199 of 201	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	1.8	169 of 169	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2026	34.5	217 of 326	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	29.4	215 of 303	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.9	232 of 320	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.6	164 of 254	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	28.3	171 of 213	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.4	218 of 248	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	39.9	190 of 333	42.9%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2026	29.6	753 of 1020	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	15.9	966 of 1092	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	8.8	1047 of 1093	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.3	984 of 1094	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.1	962 of 1100	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	13.3	933 of 1008	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.1	983 of 1068	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	21.9	823 of 1004	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2026	42.0	409 of 649	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	31.3	483 of 659	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.2	508 of 651	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.3	521 of 633	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.2	502 of 694	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.2	423 of 501	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.3	614 of 697	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.1	363 of 540	32.8%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2026	43.5	594 of 1008	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	29.9	761 of 1013	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.3	920 of 1024	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.6	831 of 1013	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.2	756 of 1019	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.3	765 of 854	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.6	850 of 979	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.6	665 of 835	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2026	23.0	867 of 1059	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	18.8	931 of 1098	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.0	1009 of 1099	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.3	1025 of 1099	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	26.4	844 of 1113	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.4	811 of 1025	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.0	929 of 1075	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.4	861 of 999	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2018	34.6	429 of 637	32.7%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2022	56.0	433 of 1031	58.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	73.2	265 of 1027	74.2%	★★★★☆
2018	40.0	522 of 833	37.3%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2026)85th percentile+61 vs school

White (2022)58th percentile+39 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)41st percentile+17 vs school

Hispanic (2026)37th percentile+13 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)33rd percentile+9 vs school

Special Education (2018)33rd percentile+16 vs school

Female (2026)26th percentile~ school

Male (2026)18th percentile-6 vs school

Asian (2019)1st percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs Washington (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts42%-11 vs state

Science39%-12 vs state

Math26%-17 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, March 30, 2015

Pulled my kids out to home school. The school is moldy, dirty and has terrible procedures for student safety. There is no supervision in the morning and when the school is released for the day it is complete chaos, there is no order to the children being released into the neighboring apartment complexes. Expect to see a lot of bullying and cursing from the bigger kids. The smaller kids are not properly kept away from the older kids in the school, and considering the intensity of the home environment most kids in this school are exposed to, this is a huge oversight. This school is not a in a good neighborhood. Every day I would pick up my children and be in the line behind a man who drove a black SUV with stickers of naked girls and marijuana leaves all over it. Not something I want my kids exposed to at SCHOOL. I complained and was told there was nothing they were willing to do about it. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				WCAS Science (2026)		SBAC English Language Arts (2026)				SBAC Math (2026)				Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WCAS Science 5th Grade	WCAS Science All Grades	SBAC English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 4th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 5th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts All Grades	SBAC Math 3rd Grade	SBAC Math 4th Grade	SBAC Math 5th Grade	SBAC Math All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners complete for all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Kent Elementary School	Public	K-5	24700 64th Ave S	Kent	98032	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 373-7497	438	29	15.1	81.5%	42 (9.6%)	68 (15.5%)	213 (48.6%)	42 (9.6%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (9.8%)	29 (6.6%)	24.4	864^th of 1138 public elementary schools	24.1%		17.1	998^th of 1160 public elementary schools	14.0%	134	39.4	39.4	40.3	44.9	40.9	42.0	33.8	22.1	20.9	25.7	72.6%	2.7%	$22,320	$1,200	$21,120
Neely O Brien Elementary School	Public	K-5	6300 S 236th ST	Kent	98032	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 373-7434	472	36	13.2	66.9%	49 (10.4%)	92 (19.5%)	180 (38.1%)	48 (10.2%)	2 (0.4%)	54 (11.4%)	47 (10.0%)	50.9	537^th of 1138 public elementary schools	52.8%		34.5	756^th of 1160 public elementary schools	34.8%	219	61.0	61.0	47.3	41.8	61.0	50.2	50.7	32.5	45.1	42.7	83.8%	0%	$22,947	$1,360	$21,587
Sunnycrest Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	24629 42nd Av S	Kent	98032	King County	Federal Way School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 945-4100	535	35	15.2	81.1%	63 (11.8%)	57 (10.7%)	209 (39.1%)	125 (23.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.9%)	71 (13.3%)	11.3	1021^st of 1138 public elementary schools	10.3%		8.9	1107^th of 1160 public elementary schools	4.6%	86	38.5	38.5	18.3	17.6	37.7	24.0	21.7	17.4	23.1	20.6	72.7%	0%	$19,230	$742	$18,488
Star Lake Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	26812 B 40th AV S	Kent	98032	King County	Federal Way School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 945-4000	434	26	16.6	70.0%	66 (15.2%)	62 (14.3%)	132 (30.4%)	68 (15.7%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (9.7%)	64 (14.7%)	32.9	764^th of 1138 public elementary schools	32.9%		36.3	725^th of 1160 public elementary schools	37.5%	39	38.2	38.2	32.1	49.2	48.5	43.9	33.9	40.0	33.8	36.0	89.4%	0%	$21,150	$900	$20,250
Scenic Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	26025 Woodland Way S	Kent	98030	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 373-7479	481	34	14.2	73.8%	69 (14.3%)	51 (10.6%)	216 (44.9%)	81 (16.8%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (5.4%)	37 (7.7%)	8.4	1053^rd of 1138 public elementary schools	7.5%		16.8	1006^th of 1160 public elementary schools	13.3%	47	32.8	32.8	24.7	28.4	25.4	26.0	16.9	19.7	9.1	15.4	86.3%	2.5%	$22,118	$1,260	$20,858
East Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	9825 S 240th ST	Kent	98031	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 373-7455	383	24	15.8	72.1%	46 (12.0%)	50 (13.1%)	116 (30.3%)	96 (25.1%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (9.4%)	38 (9.9%)	10.1	1033^rd of 1138 public elementary schools	9.2%		4.3	1145^th of 1160 public elementary schools	1.3%	112	33.3	33.3	28.6	18.2	28.6	24.2	28.6	16.7	21.4	21.7	84.6%	0%	$22,174	$1,499	$20,675
River Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	22420 Military Rd S	SeaTac	98198	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 373-7320	697	42	16.6	72.7%	95 (13.6%)	150 (21.5%)	175 (25.1%)	176 (25.3%)	2 (0.3%)	53 (7.6%)	46 (6.6%)	4.5	1088^th of 1138 public elementary schools	4.4%		4.3	1144^th of 1160 public elementary schools	1.4%	56	21.6	21.6	15.5	12.6	17.0	15.1	20.6	18.6	13.0	17.2	76.3%	0%	$20,795	$1,353	$19,442
Valhalla Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	27847 42nd Av S	Auburn	98001	King County	Federal Way School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 945-4300	517	30	17.2	75.2%	75 (14.5%)	57 (11.0%)	242 (46.8%)	69 (13.3%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.9%)	53 (10.3%)	40.7	665^th of 1138 public elementary schools	41.6%		32.1	800^th of 1160 public elementary schools	31.0%	135	52.7	52.7	37.8	37.2	51.4	41.9	47.5	39.7	41.9	43.1	83.3%	2.6%	$19,094	$771	$18,323
Parkside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2104 S 247th St	Des Moines	98198	King County	Highline School District	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 631-4700	535	28	18.7	80.2%	85 (15.9%)	113 (21.1%)	141 (26.4%)	115 (21.5%)	2 (0.4%)	30 (5.6%)	48 (9.0%)	6.5	1077^th of 1138 public elementary schools	5.4%		9.3	1103^rd of 1160 public elementary schools	4.9%	26	23.9	23.9	16.7	26.9	20.5	21.7	22.6	20.4	11.4	18.2	91.4%	1.4%	$21,250	$698	$20,552
Mark Twain Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2450 S Star Lake Rd	Federal Way	98003	King County	Federal Way School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 945-3100	531	33	16.0	88.5%	38 (7.2%)	108 (20.3%)	160 (30.1%)	120 (22.6%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.3%)	66 (12.4%)	10.9	1025^th of 1138 public elementary schools	9.9%		9.3	1102^nd of 1160 public elementary schools	5.0%	77	27.7	27.7	34.4	18.1	28.1	27.1	31.1	19.1	14.7	21.6	74.3%	0%	$20,012	$806	$19,206

Frequently Asked Questions about Kent Elementary School

How many students attend Kent Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 438 students attended Kent Elementary School.

What district is Kent Elementary School in?

Kent School District

What schools do graduates of Kent Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Kent Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Mill Creek Middle School
High : Kent-Meridian High School

What is the racial makeup of Kent Elementary School?

Students at Kent Elementary School are 49% Hispanic, 16% African American, 10% Pacific Islander, 10% White, 10% Asian, 7% Two or more races.

Is Kent Elementary School a good school?

Kent Elementary School ranks in the bottom 24.1% of Washington elementary schools.

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