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Alumni: what's one memory from Crestwood Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530396001779
Crestwood Elementary School
25225 180th Ave SE, Covington, WA 98042 · (253) 373-7634 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Washington public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
150 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 | 2 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
72%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
54.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -4.3pp since 2014
Math
57.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -1.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.2% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.6% | 57.8% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 49.6% |
| 2021-22 | 53.4% | 48.7% |
| 2018-19 | 63.3% | 54.7% |
| 2017-18 | 63.0% | 57.6% |
| 2016-17 | 65.6% | 61.3% |
| 2015-16 | 62.7% | 61.1% |
| 2014-15 | 58.5% | 58.7% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Crestwood Elementary School
Crestwood Elementary School's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestwood Elementary School this school | 386 | 38.9% | 56.0% |
| Ridgecrest Elementary Shoreline | 424 | 38.0% | 53.9% |
| Green Lake Elementary School SEATTLE | 367 | 36.2% | 54.5% |
| Meridian Elementary School Kent | 390 | 40.5% | 56.1% |
| Brookside Elementary Lake Forest Park | 372 | 33.9% | 65.7% |
| Olympic View Elementary School SEATTLE | 341 | 39.3% | 55.2% |
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 Crestwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #324 of 936 | #143 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #309 of 1,103 ▼ 19 | #136 of 281 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #422 of 1,102 ▼ 11 | #150 of 280 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #290 of 928 | #72 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #684 of 1,268 | #193 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #447 of 1,085 | #106 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #214 of 1,088 | #116 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.9% | #817 of 1,169 | #139 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.9% | #321 of 778 | #105 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
386
-43 (-10%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 638
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 386 | 25.1 | 15.4:1 | 39% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 26.9 | 14.6:1 | 38% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 491 | 29.7 | 16.5:1 | 42% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 33% (140) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 25.5 | 18.7:1 | 25% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 25 | 19.5:1 | 25% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 24 | 20.6:1 | 20% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 478 | 26 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 638 | 27 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crestwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (476 to 386); teachers down 2% (25.5 to 25.1).
About Crestwood Elementary School
This page covers Crestwood Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in Covington, Washington. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 386 students on the rolls.
Crestwood Elementary School is one of 44 schools in Kent School District, which enrolls 25,358 students in total.
White students make up 46% of enrollment at Crestwood Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Next come 14% Asian, 13% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, and 10% Black. That compares with about 55% White among all King County residents. A diversity index of 72% means there is a 72% chance two randomly chosen students at Crestwood Elementary School are from different groups.
Crestwood Elementary School reported 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.4:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1. There are 150 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 39% of enrollment. The average for public schools in King County is similar, at 38%.
Among Washington public elementary schools, Crestwood Elementary School outscored 63%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Crestwood Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 56.0%, compared with a predicted 54.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
In King County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 544 public schools in the county, enrolling about 278,492, Crestwood Elementary School among them.
Kentwood High School is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Crestwood Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Crestwood Elementary School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 386, down from 429 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 15.4:1, from 16.5:1.
Crestwood Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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
- Covington Elementary SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Jenkins Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
Other Crestwood Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 13 states are named Crestwood Elementary. Crestwood Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 15.
- Crestwood ElementaryBonney Lake, WA · 393 students
- CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 731 students
- Crestwood ElementaryRichmond, VA · 635 students
- Crestwood ElementaryVisalia, CA · 594 students
- Crestwood ElementarySpringfield, VA · 582 students
Nearby schools
- Kentwood High School0.8 mi · 1,995
- Mattson Middle School0.8 mi · 719
- Maple View Middle School0.9 mi · 1,046
- Cedar Valley Elementary School1.1 mi · 318
- Jenkins Creek Elementary School1.1 mi · 340
- Covington Elementary School1.5 mi · 456
Frequently asked questions
About Crestwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Crestwood Elementary School?
Crestwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 386 students in grades PK-05.
Is Crestwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Crestwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Crestwood Elementary School have?
Crestwood Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Crestwood Elementary School?
At Crestwood Elementary School, the student body is approximately 46% White, 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, 14% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Crestwood Elementary School in?
Crestwood Elementary School is part of Kent School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.