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What's the most underrated thing about East Hill Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
383
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530396000614
East Hill Elementary School
9825 S 240th ST, Kent, WA 98031 · (253) 373-7455 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
276 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 | 37 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
79%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
18.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -19.4pp since 2014
Math
15.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -21.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 22 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.9% | 15.3% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 15.9% |
| 2022-23 | 28.7% | 17.2% |
| 2021-22 | 31.7% | 19.9% |
| 2018-19 | 31.1% | 26.6% |
| 2017-18 | 37.2% | 32.6% |
| 2016-17 | 38.4% | 33.6% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 31.1% |
| 2014-15 | 38.4% | 36.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 East Hill Elementary School
East Hill Elementary School's state test result (16.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Hill Elementary School this school | 383 | 72.1% | 16.8% |
| Park Orchard Elementary School Kent | 473 | 71.0% | 28.6% |
| Woodmont K-8 School DES MOINES | 402 | 70.9% | 34.5% |
| Helen Stafford Elementary School Tacoma | 453 | 74.4% | 30.0% |
| Meredith Hill Elementary School AUBURN | 456 | 68.2% | 37.6% |
| Star Lake Elementary School KENT | 434 | 70.0% | 41.0% |
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 East Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #919 of 936 | #277 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #1,078 of 1,103 ▼ 17 | #278 of 281 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #1,068 of 1,102 ▼ 9 | #274 of 280 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.7pp | #48 of 928 | #18 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #698 of 1,268 | #198 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #542 of 1,085 | #133 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 79.4% | #32 of 1,088 | #18 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.1% | #222 of 1,169 | #39 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.5% | #156 of 778 | #57 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
383
-81 (-17%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 623
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 383 | 24.2 | 15.8:1 | 72% (276) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 26.2 | 15.4:1 | 78% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 473 | 29.7 | 15.9:1 | 81% (381) |
| 2020-21 | 464 | 28 | 16.6:1 | 76% (353) |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 31.3 | 16.9:1 | 67% (353) |
| 2015-16 | 589 | 31 | 19.0:1 | 75% (440) |
| 2010-11 | 513 | 28 | 18.3:1 | 53% (271) |
| 2000-01 | 487 | 30 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 623 | 29 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (528 to 383); teachers down 23% (31.3 to 24.2).
About East Hill Elementary School
East Hill Elementary School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Kent, Washington. The school had 383 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
East Hill Elementary School is in Kent School District, a district with 25,358 students across 44 schools.
East Hill Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 30%. After that, the student body is 25% Asian, 13% Black, 12% White, and 10% multiracial. Among all residents of King County, the Hispanic share is about 11%. East Hill Elementary School has a diversity index of 79%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 24.2 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.8:1. Among elementary schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 17.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 72%. The rate at public schools in King County averages 38%, lower than here.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, East Hill Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10% in Washington. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 16.8%, against a prediction of 31.9%.
Census estimates describe King County this way: median household income is about $124,746, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 544 public schools in King County, with a combined enrollment of about 278,492.
Nearest public school: Kent-Meridian High School, about 0.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, East Hill Elementary School is 6th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
In the federal locale system, East Hill Elementary School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 383, 17% below the 464 of 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Kent
- Kentridge High SchoolHigh · 2,186 students
- Kent-Meridian High SchoolHigh · 1,639 students
- Kentlake High SchoolHigh · 1,561 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 866 students
- Canyon Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 821 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 810 students
Other East Hill Elementary schools
One other US public school is named East Hill Elementary. East Hill Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- EAST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCAMILLUS, NY · 336 students
Nearby schools
- Kent-Meridian High School0.9 mi · 1,639
- Park Orchard Elementary School0.9 mi · 473
- George T. Daniel Elementary School0.9 mi · 292
- Mill Creek Middle School1.0 mi · 866
- Scenic Hill Elementary School1.2 mi · 481
- Meridian Middle School1.4 mi · 647
Frequently asked questions
About East Hill Elementary SchoolHow large is East Hill Elementary School?
East Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 383 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does East Hill Elementary School serve?
East Hill Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at East Hill Elementary School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at East Hill Elementary School.
How diverse is East Hill Elementary School?
East Hill Elementary School reports a student body of 12% White, 30% Hispanic, 13% Black, 25% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees East Hill Elementary School?
East Hill 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.