Covington Elementary School

Covington Elementary School is one of the average-sized elementary schools in Covington, Washington, one of the schools within Kent School District, with 456 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Kent School District comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 25,358 students; Covington Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Covington Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 11% Black, 6% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Covington Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.7%.

Zooming out to the 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 roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Covington Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kentwood High School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Covington Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Covington Elementary School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 19%: 562 students in 2018 compared to 456 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share edged up from 13% to 22%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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