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Byron Kibler Elementary School
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardWhat this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Byron Kibler Elementary School
Byron Kibler Elementary School, a reasonably sized primary school in Enumclaw, Washington, one of the schools within Enumclaw School District, teaches 442 students, covering grades K through 5.
Enumclaw School District comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 4,564 students; Byron Kibler Elementary School is among them.
Demographically, Byron Kibler Elementary School shows that 73% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 20% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.
Looking at school resources, Byron Kibler Elementary School records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, Byron Kibler Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.7%, the actual is 51.1%, a residual of -5.6 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (King County) shows that median household income runs about $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Byron Kibler Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is JJ Smith Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Byron Kibler Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 50.0%.
Byron Kibler Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 9%: 488 students in 2018 compared to 442 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 77% to 73%. Class-load math has fell: from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.
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