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How has Covington Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
456
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530396000613
Covington Elementary School
25811 156TH Ave SE, Covington, WA 98042 · (253) 373-7652 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
237 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 68% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
43.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -13.1pp since 2014
Math
52.4%
WA avg 51.2% . +10.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.2% | 52.4% |
| 2023-24 | 44.1% | 44.2% |
| 2022-23 | 46.5% | 45.2% |
| 2021-22 | 44.2% | 35.5% |
| 2018-19 | 54.0% | 52.6% |
| 2017-18 | 49.5% | 43.6% |
| 2016-17 | 46.0% | 43.1% |
| 2015-16 | 55.6% | 51.8% |
| 2014-15 | 56.3% | 42.2% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Covington Elementary School
Covington Elementary School's state test result (46.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covington Elementary School this school | 456 | 52.0% | 46.7% |
| Oak Heights Elementary LYNNWOOD | 526 | 48.3% | 42.1% |
| Hazelwood Elementary School AUBURN | 502 | 52.2% | 47.8% |
| Martha Lake Elementary LYNNWOOD | 545 | 50.8% | 38.9% |
| Meadowdale Elementary LYNNWOOD | 430 | 48.8% | 48.3% |
| Evergreen Heights Elementary AUBURN | 457 | 54.0% | 49.1% |
Matched among Washington elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Covington Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #489 of 936 | #176 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #399 of 1,103 ▲ 145 | #154 of 281 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #667 of 1,102 ▼ 40 | #194 of 280 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #132 of 928 | #27 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #425 of 1,268 | #117 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #438 of 1,085 | #100 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.0% | #141 of 1,088 | #82 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.0% | #603 of 1,169 | #108 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.9% | #320 of 778 | #104 of 220 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
456
-140 (-23%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 522
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 456 | 29.7 | 15.4:1 | 52% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 31.5 | 15.2:1 | 54% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 631 | 37.5 | 16.9:1 | 61% (382) |
| 2020-21 | 596 | 39 | 15.3:1 | 47% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 562 | 30.7 | 18.3:1 | 49% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 506 | 27 | 18.7:1 | 48% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 31 | 15.9:1 | 35% (170) |
| 2000-01 | 512 | 28 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 522 | 25 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Covington Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (562 to 456); teachers down 3% (30.7 to 29.7).
About Covington Elementary School
Among the schools in Covington, Washington, is Covington Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. A federal count lists 456 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
The Kent School District system has 44 schools and 25,358 students.
Covington Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 36%. Other students are 23% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 11% Black, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, King County residents are about 55% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Covington Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 75%.
Dividing enrollment by its 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1, higher than at this school. Covington Elementary School reports 52% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in King County average 38%.
On BeatsExpectations, Covington Elementary School is 1.3 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Washington schools.
King County has these Census figures: median household income is about $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Covington Elementary School is among the 544 public schools in King County.
Kentwood High School is located about 0.7 miles from Covington Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 47.0% proficiency; Covington Elementary School posts 46.7%.
Federal data place Covington Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 456, 23% below the 596 of 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kent School District
- Kentridge High SchoolHigh · 2,186 students
- Kentwood High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Kent-Meridian High SchoolHigh · 1,639 students
- Kentlake High SchoolHigh · 1,561 students
- Northwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 911 students
- Cedar Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
Other schools in Covington
- Kentwood High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Maple View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,046 students
- Cedar Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
- Mattson Middle SchoolMiddle · 719 students
- Crestwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
- Jenkins Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
Other Covington Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Covington Elementary. Covington Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- Covington Elementary SchoolFort Wayne, IN · 746 students
- Covington Elementary SchoolCovington, LA · 551 students
- Covington Elementary SchoolCovington, IN · 447 students
- COVINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSO SIOUX CITY, NE · 408 students
- Covington ElementaryLos Altos, CA · 404 students
Nearby schools
- Kentwood High School0.7 mi · 1,995
- Mattson Middle School0.8 mi · 719
- Meridian Elementary School1.0 mi · 390
- Horizon Elementary School1.4 mi · 408
- Crestwood Elementary School1.5 mi · 386
- Martin Sortun Elementary School1.8 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About Covington Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Covington Elementary School?
Covington Elementary School enrolls approximately 456 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Covington Elementary School serve?
Covington Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Covington Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Covington Elementary School is approximately 15.4:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Covington Elementary School?
Covington Elementary School reports a student body of 36% White, 23% Hispanic, 11% Black, 22% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Covington Elementary School?
Covington Elementary School is overseen by Kent School District in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.