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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at George T. Daniel Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
292
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530396000690
George T. Daniel Elementary School
11310 SE 248th ST, Kent, WA 98030 · (253) 373-7615 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL292 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Washington public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
11.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
206 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 | 16 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
80%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
21.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -11.6pp since 2014
Math
22.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -12.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.5% | 22.1% |
| 2023-24 | 36.7% | 20.9% |
| 2022-23 | 28.8% | 21.0% |
| 2021-22 | 27.8% | 21.7% |
| 2018-19 | 35.7% | 32.6% |
| 2017-18 | 37.0% | 33.3% |
| 2016-17 | 28.6% | 27.8% |
| 2015-16 | 35.7% | 33.6% |
| 2014-15 | 33.1% | 34.5% |
% 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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 George T. Daniel Elementary School
George T. Daniel Elementary School's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| George T. Daniel Elementary School this school | 292 | 70.5% | 27.9% |
| Pine Tree Elementary School Kent | 305 | 72.8% | 27.4% |
| Sherwood Forest Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 325 | 68.9% | 38.3% |
| Springbrook Elementary School Kent | 350 | 68.3% | 31.8% |
| East Hill Elementary School Kent | 383 | 72.1% | 16.8% |
| Camelot Elementary School AUBURN | 292 | 69.5% | 40.8% |
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 George T. Daniel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #830 of 936 | #247 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #1,009 of 1,103 ▲ 3 | #267 of 281 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #1,055 of 1,102 ▼ 244 | #272 of 280 ▼ 50 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.9pp | #231 of 928 | #71 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 292 | #969 of 1,268 | #255 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #10 of 1,085 | #7 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 79.7% | #27 of 1,088 | #15 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.5% | #254 of 1,169 | #48 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.3% | #22 of 778 | #15 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
292
-175 (-37%) vs 2020
-38% since 2000-01, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 292 | 25.8 | 11.3:1 | 71% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 355 | 30.3 | 11.7:1 | 77% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 33.5 | 15.8:1 | 79% (420) |
| 2020-21 | 467 | 29 | 16.1:1 | 78% (363) |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 33.6 | 15.1:1 | 65% (330) |
| 2015-16 | 534 | 30 | 17.8:1 | 81% (430) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | 24 | 17.8:1 | 50% (213) |
| 2000-01 | 471 | 27 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for George T. Daniel Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (506 to 292); teachers down 23% (33.6 to 25.8).
About George T. Daniel Elementary School
George T. Daniel Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Kent, Washington. It reported 292 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Washington enroll about 380 students on average.
Kent School District includes 44 schools. Together they enroll 25,358 students.
Asian students make up 25% of enrollment at George T. Daniel Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 23% Hispanic, 22% White, 17% Black, and 10% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 80%.
George T. Daniel Elementary School has 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.3:1. Elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1, 6.0 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 71% at George T. Daniel Elementary School. Public schools in King County average 38%.
George T. Daniel Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 6% of Washington public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, George T. Daniel Elementary School is 5.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Washington schools.
In the surrounding county, King County, the median household earns about $124,746 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting George T. Daniel Elementary School, King County has 544 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Individualized Graduation & Degree Program is closest at about 0.8 miles. George T. Daniel Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 27.9% average proficiency ranks 4th among 7 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 292, from 467 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 16.1 to 11.3 over 4 years.
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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
Nearby schools
- Individualized Graduation & Degree Program0.8 mi · 370
- The Outreach Program0.9 mi · 62
- Martin Sortun Elementary School0.9 mi · 450
- Meridian Middle School0.9 mi · 647
- Kent-Meridian High School0.9 mi · 1,639
- East Hill Elementary School0.9 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About George T. Daniel Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at George T. Daniel Elementary School?
George T. Daniel Elementary School enrolls approximately 292 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does George T. Daniel Elementary School serve?
George T. Daniel Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at George T. Daniel Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at George T. Daniel Elementary School is approximately 11.3:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at George T. Daniel Elementary School?
At George T. Daniel Elementary School, the student body is approximately 22% White, 23% Hispanic, 17% Black, 25% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is George T. Daniel Elementary School in?
George T. Daniel Elementary School is part of Kent School District.
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