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River Ridge Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
1088th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,138 Washington Elementary Schools
Better than 4% of Washington elementary schools
Summary

River Ridge Elementary is a public school in SeaTac serving prekindergarten through fifth grade, with 697 students, making it the largest school in this comparison group. It is part of the Kent School District, in an area with substantial economic need: 72.74% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–25. The school ranked 1,088th of 1,138 Washington elementary schools in 2025–26, placing it in the 4th percentile with 0 stars.

Academic results are well below both district and state averages. In 2025–26, 15.10% of students were proficient in English language arts, 17.22% in math, and 21.62% in science. Results were weak across every tested grade, including fourth-grade ELA at 12.63% and fifth-grade math at 12.96%. Math has shown the clearest improvement, rising from 10.63% proficiency in 2022–23 to 17.22% in 2025–26; science also improved from 7.04% to 21.62%, while ELA has remained nearly flat. Subgroup rankings were near the bottom statewide for most groups, suggesting a broad schoolwide effectiveness concern rather than an issue limited to one grade or subject.

Nearby schools show how widely outcomes vary in the same general area. North Hill Elementary recorded 60.32% ELA, 48.18% math, and 69.88% science proficiency, while Neely O’Brien Elementary School reported 50.21%, 42.74%, and 60.98%, respectively. Both substantially outperformed River Ridge, although their student populations differ. River Ridge also trailed Des Moines Elementary and Star Lake Elementary School, including schools with comparable economic-need levels. Its spending of $19,556 per student was below most nearby comparison schools, making staffing, intervention services, literacy and math support, attendance, and resource allocation important areas for families and school leaders to examine.

697
Students ?
16.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$19,556
Per pupil spending ?
72.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 22420 Military Rd S
       SeaTac, WA  98198-5140

(253) 373-7320

District: Kent School District

Racial breakdown:

Asian:
25.3%
Hispanic:
25.1%
African American:
21.5%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 1st percentile in 2023 → 4th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Washington average (17% vs 48% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)
!English Language Arts scores 38 pts below the Washington average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school17%
District avg39%
Washington avg48%
1,088th of 1,138
Washington public elementary schools ?
Bottom 4%▲ up 3 pts since 2023
From bottom 1% (2023) to bottom 4% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
28th of 29Elementary Schools in the Kent School District
141st 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
20264.51088 of 11384.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.31144 of 11601.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.81157 of 11680.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.71158 of 11690.9%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202619.375 of 828.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202517.670 of 756.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
20265.7102 of 1031.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20252.6187 of 1891.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20242.8161 of 1631.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.1166 of 1702.4%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202612.2314 of 3263.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20259.3298 of 3031.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.1306 of 3204.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
20265.01010 of 10201.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20255.21080 of 10921.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.31083 of 10930.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.31090 of 10940.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
20266.3642 of 6491.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.2632 of 6594.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.3610 of 6516.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.0599 of 6335.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
20265.51001 of 10080.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.21008 of 10130.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.01021 of 10240.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.31009 of 10130.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
20265.21049 of 10590.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20253.41094 of 10980.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.91090 of 10990.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.31080 of 10991.7%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
20265.1888 of 9011.4%☆☆☆☆☆
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)9th percentile+4 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)4th percentile~ school
White (2026)1st percentile-3 vs school
Hispanic (2026)1st percentile-3 vs school
Female (2026)1st percentile-3 vs school
Asian (2026)1st percentile-3 vs school
Male (2026)1st percentile-3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)1st percentile-4 vs school
By subject vs Washington (2025-2026) ?
Science22%-29 vs state
Math17%-26 vs state
English Language Arts15%-38 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Open Quote IT IS A TERRIBLE SITUATION BECAUSE We were new to the area had just moved over here and had to find an Elementary School for our daughter to enroll in soon,We thought we were So lucky because we find out just 4.5 minutes away from our new place is River Ridge Elementary, Naturally we were exited because at the time we weren't aware of this is literally one of the worst ranked schools for the kids school district some of the worst teachers worst scores worst reviews safety issues works overall rankings in comparison to All the other K-6 K-12 Elementary Schools in Kent , Federal Way, SeaTac ect. and unfortunately we learned first hand why,no wonder they were having to run through so many different principles and teachers,we didn't know it at the beginning but unfortunately our daughters teacher ended up being the same Terrible Agenda Pushing False Narrative Creating Tyrant that we were warned about from the very beginning as her Kindergarten Teacher,The same teacher that my daughter cried about because she felt Empowered and Compelled to take it upon herself to Unbraid my daughter's couple braids because the teacher thought it looked "Much Better that way" Like what kind of "Teacher" with our children's lives and education in their hands for hours a day would even feel comfortable or think it's appropriate to touch and Undo another parent's Child's head,Guess she was ,"Curious" how Our Type of Hair Feels smh,You can imagine how we reacted!! Understand this was Not the First Racially Offensive Action or Comment that she tried to Explain away as a Genuine Misunderstanding but and for some reason we both weren't following are first instincts about her early on, even though after talking to other parents in our new area is finding out from them why they took their kids out of River ridge and have them going across can't just to go to a different Elementary School still wanted to give River ridge the benefit of the doubt after our daughter coming home tears on her face and continuously complaining about the same girls bullying her and ask continuously bringing it up to the teacher and principle at that time's attention it was always just brushed off or made to feel like her feelings or invalid eventually had to talk to the other girls parents and they said they would make sure it stops but some of the stories I've heard and even online information and reviews we didn't want to believe always prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt but as far as your child's success safety and not being discriminated against we're having a fair chance stay away from the school there is a reason that they are in the Very Bottom Overall Ranking standing at Being Behind 99.1 of all other Similar Elementary and K-12 Kent District Schools just Google SchoolDigger yourself and look up River ridge Elementary Schools Statistics hey we're so many terrible experiences and instances at that school wish we knew half the information we did when we first started with as your parents and people in general we live and we learn from our mistakes and to not be so trusting of people just because they work inside of school our young children are too vulnerable and fragile and being around the wrong type of people whether it's teachers or counselors or principles that have been unsavory situations in every aspect it doesn't matter where they work now when everything to delve into their past or why she would let someone that's not even a teacher or an employee at the school watch my kids want to see chooses to leave early so some things are not divulged or learned until after the fact so learned to just research everything ourselves ahead of time and find out as much important information as we can before committing to something so important Close Quote





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River Ridge Elementary ranks in the bottom 4.4% of Washington elementary schools.

Students at River Ridge Elementary are 25% Asian, 25% Hispanic, 22% African American, 14% White, 8% Pacific Islander, 7% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 697 students attended River Ridge Elementary.

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2025–26 SBAC & WCAS test scoresNewSep 10, 2026
2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesJan 8, 2026
2022–23 through 2023–24 school spending dataJan 6, 2026
2024–25 SBAC & WCAS test scoresSep 10, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.

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