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Schools in Zip Code 98042

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At a glance

Schools

9,918

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedMaple View Middle School51^st of 514 Washington middle schools

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Biggest riser

Covington Elementary School up 164 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Sunshine Mountain Christian School 12 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (private or too few tested students)

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Summary:

Zip code 98042 has 14 schools serving elementary, middle, and high school students, with about 9,760 students overall; most are part of the Kent School District, while Maple View Middle School belongs to the higher-ranked Tahoma School District. The area offers a wide range of academic results, so school-to-school differences are important for families to review.

The strongest overall options are Maple View Middle School, Lake Youngs Elementary School, Grass Lake Elementary School, and Sunrise Elementary School. Maple View ranks in the top 10% of Washington middle schools and exceeds state averages in English language arts, math, and science. Lake Youngs has the area’s highest science proficiency, while Grass Lake leads elementary schools in English language arts and Sunrise combines strong math and science results with the largest elementary enrollment. Mattson Middle School is a more moderate performer, but its ranking and math results are stronger than those of Cedar Heights Middle School.

The main academic concern is high-school math: both Kentwood High School and Kentlake High School have math proficiency below 30%, although both graduate about 89% of students, above state and district rates. Among elementary schools, Jenkins Creek Elementary School and Cedar Valley Elementary School have the lowest current achievement, while Covington Elementary School has shown notable ranking improvement. Families should also compare individual subjects: science is a strength at several elementary schools, but results vary substantially across the area.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				WCAS Science (2026)				SBAC English Language Arts (2026)								SBAC Math (2026)								% Completely Immunized (2024)	% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Diphtheria (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% Pertussis (2024)	% Tetanus (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	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 8th Grade	WCAS Science 11th 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 6th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 7th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 8th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 10th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts All Grades	SBAC Math 3rd Grade	SBAC Math 4th Grade	SBAC Math 5th Grade	SBAC Math 6th Grade	SBAC Math 7th Grade	SBAC Math 8th Grade	SBAC Math 10th Grade	SBAC Math All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Measles KG	% Mumps KG	% Rubella KG	% Diphtheria KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% Pertussis KG	% Tetanus KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Cedar Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	26500 Timberlane Way SE	Covington	98042	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 373-7649	318	21	15.0	42.8%	139 (43.7%)	22 (6.9%)	79 (24.8%)	41 (12.9%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	34 (10.7%)	23.3	874^th of 1138 public elementary schools	23.2%		22.3	943^rd of 1160 public elementary schools	18.7%	69	45.2			45.2	33.3	43.9	35.7					37.4	29.2	34.2	19.5					27.7	87.5	89.6	89.6	89.6	89.6	87.5	91.7	87.5	87.5	87.5	$25,511	$1,453	$24,058
Covington Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	25811 156TH Ave SE	Covington	98042	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 373-7652	456	30	15.3	52.0%	164 (36.0%)	50 (11.0%)	107 (23.5%)	101 (22.1%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.7%)	29 (6.4%)	60.8	419^th of 1138 public elementary schools	63.2%		47.7	583^rd of 1160 public elementary schools	49.7%	164	54.7			54.7	53.6	47.9	51.6					51.0	65.2	56.3	44.4					55.7	86.5	87.8	86.5	86.5	86.5	87.8	90.5	86.5	87.8	87.8	$22,314	$1,580	$20,735
Grass Lake Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	28700 191st Place SE	Kent	98042	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 373-7661	337	21	15.7	34.4%	187 (55.5%)	15 (4.5%)	64 (19.0%)	39 (11.6%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	28 (8.3%)	79.3	226^th of 1138 public elementary schools	80.1%		74.2	269^th of 1160 public elementary schools	76.8%	43	57.1			57.1	69.6	71.6	59.2					66.5	73.2	66.7	56.0					64.5	75.0	80.4	82.1	82.1	82.1	78.6	82.1	78.6	78.6	78.6	$20,092	$904	$19,188
Lake Youngs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	19660 142nd Ave SE	Kent	98042	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 373-7646	416	26	16.3	33.9%	140 (33.7%)	18 (4.3%)	76 (18.3%)	118 (28.4%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.9%)	55 (13.2%)	83.2	192^nd of 1138 public elementary schools	83.1%		80.4	205^th of 1160 public elementary schools	82.3%	13	75.7			75.7	65.1	64.5	66.7					65.3	72.3	74.2	46.7					65.3	84.0	90.0	90.0	90.0	90.0	90.0	88.0	90.0	90.0	90.0	$20,360	$854	$19,506
Meridian Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	25621 140th Ave SE	Kent	98042	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 373-7664	390	25	15.6	40.5%	148 (37.9%)	37 (9.5%)	81 (20.8%)	72 (18.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.3%)	43 (11.0%)	57.3	456^th of 1138 public elementary schools	59.9%		59.8	433^rd of 1160 public elementary schools	62.7%	23	44.7			44.7	66.7	48.5	52.3					55.5	59.3	50.8	40.4					50.6	90.0	90.0	91.7	91.7	91.7	90.0	93.3	90.0	90.0	90.0	$24,209	$1,934	$22,276
Sunrise Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	22300 132nd Ave SE	Kent	98042	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 373-7630	512	32	16.2	44.3%	129 (25.2%)	52 (10.2%)	72 (14.1%)	177 (34.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	76 (14.8%)	76.7	251^st of 1138 public elementary schools	77.9%		79	219^th of 1160 public elementary schools	81.1%	32	74.5			74.5	46.1	64.1	72.2					60.6	54.9	65.1	63.9					61.3	84.9	89.4	87.9	87.9	87.9	89.4	92.4	86.4	89.4	89.4	$19,557	$753	$18,804
Cedar Heights Middle School	Public	6-8	19640 SE 272nd Street	Covington	98042	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 373-7620	876	43	20.2	50.6%	379 (43.3%)	103 (11.8%)	168 (19.2%)	110 (12.6%)	8 (0.9%)	18 (2.1%)	90 (10.3%)	32.1	342^nd of 514 public middle schools	33.5%		33.6	350^th of 534 public middle schools	34.5%	8		39.4		39.4				37.3	49.8	39.9		42.4				30.4	29.0	20.0		26.5											$18,268	$650	$17,619
Crestwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	25225 180th Ave SE	Covington	98042	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 373-7634	386	25	15.4	38.9%	177 (45.9%)	40 (10.4%)	51 (13.2%)	55 (14.2%)	4 (1.0%)	7 (1.8%)	52 (13.5%)	56.6	468^th of 1138 public elementary schools	58.9%		62.6	403^rd of 1160 public elementary schools	65.3%	65	55.2			55.2	47.1	55.7	50.9					51.1	52.9	60.7	37.3					50.5	86.8	88.2	86.8	86.8	86.8	88.2	88.2	88.2	88.2	88.2	$21,845	$826	$21,019
Mattson Middle School	Public	6-8	16400 SE 251st ST	Covington	98042	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 373-7670	719	39	18.4	46.0%	268 (37.3%)	46 (6.4%)	165 (22.9%)	137 (19.1%)	9 (1.3%)	11 (1.5%)	81 (11.3%)	48.4	242^nd of 514 public middle schools	52.9%		46.1	267^th of 534 public middle schools	50.0%	25		48.3		48.3				45.0	45.4	50.2		46.8				32.4	39.1	38.2		36.4											$19,325	$679	$18,646
Kentwood High School	Public	9-12	25800 164th Ave SE	Covington	98042	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 373-7680	1,995	83	24.1	50.2%	545 (27.3%)	246 (12.3%)	430 (21.6%)	535 (26.8%)	2 (0.1%)	44 (2.2%)	186 (9.3%)	40.3	238^th of 396 public high schools	39.9%		47.3	220^th of 438 public high schools	49.8%	18			37.2	37.2							55.8	55.8							28.4	28.4											$17,395	$615	$16,780
Jenkins Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	26915 186th Ave SE	Covington	98042	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 373-7331	340	24	14.2	58.8%	142 (41.8%)	22 (6.5%)	85 (25.0%)	43 (12.6%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	44 (12.9%)	14.1	975^th of 1138 public elementary schools	14.3%		24.4	919^th of 1160 public elementary schools	20.8%	56	28.0			28.0	25.9	25.9	26.0					25.9	30.5	39.7	16.0					29.3	81.0	81.0	85.7	85.7	85.7	81.0	85.7	81.0	81.0	81.0	$22,483	$1,639	$20,844
Horizon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	27641 144th Ave SE	Kent	98042	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 373-7313	408	22	18.8	57.8%	135 (33.1%)	62 (15.2%)	79 (19.4%)	89 (21.8%)	4 (1.0%)	14 (3.4%)	25 (6.1%)	29.9	790^th of 1138 public elementary schools	30.6%		30.8	816^th of 1160 public elementary schools	29.7%	26	41.9			41.9	29.5	44.1	43.8					39.4	25.0	49.2	30.1					34.4	71.4	72.9	77.1	77.1	77.1	74.3	85.7	75.7	74.3	74.3	$21,183	$1,492	$19,691
Kentlake High School	Public	9-12	21401 SE Falcon Way	Kent	98042	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 373-4900	1,561	72	21.5	47.9%	634 (40.6%)	143 (9.2%)	381 (24.4%)	230 (14.7%)	8 (0.5%)	26 (1.7%)	134 (8.6%)	47.2	203^rd of 396 public high schools	48.7%		37.5	275^th of 438 public high schools	37.2%	72			44.3	44.3							58.3	58.3							27.6	27.6											$18,618	$634	$17,984
Maple View Middle School	Public	6-8	18200 SE 240th ST	Covington	98042	King County	Tahoma School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 413-5500	1,046	49	21.1	23.6%	624 (59.7%)	35 (3.3%)	117 (11.2%)	145 (13.9%)	7 (0.7%)	7 (0.7%)	110 (10.5%)	88.8	51^st of 514 public middle schools	90.1%		86.9	61^st of 534 public middle schools	88.6%	10		68.0		68.0				64.8	70.7	71.9		69.1				50.6	64.8	61.4		59.0											$17,075	$265	$16,811
Sunshine Mountain Christian School	Private, Other Lutheran	PK-K	25125 132nd Ave SE	Kent	98042	King County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(253) 630-6072	158	2	12.0		22 (13.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 98042

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Covington	0.21 mi	8	148^th
Kent	2.28 mi	36	204^th
Maple Valley	2.55 mi	9	19^th
Auburn	4.1 mi	34	213^th
Renton	4.2 mi	38	108^th

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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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