Cedar Valley Elementary School

As an intimate primary school in Covington, Washington, Cedar Valley Elementary School serves 318 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Kent School District.

Across the 44 schools in Kent School District (25,358 students total), Cedar Valley Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Cedar Valley Elementary School shows that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 25% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 11% multiracial, 7% Black. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Cedar Valley Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Washington public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 51.5%; Cedar Valley Elementary School posts 35.9%, -15.6 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for King County indicate median household earnings sit near $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Cedar Valley Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cedar Heights Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cedar Valley Elementary School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.8%.

Cedar Valley Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 31%: 242 students in 2018 compared to 318 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share rose from 4% to 13%. Class-load math has grew: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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