Enrollment
337
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530396000617
Grass Lake Elementary School
28700 191st Place SE, Kent, WA 98042 · (253) 373-7661 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
116 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
63%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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
60.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -19.5pp since 2014
Math
64.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -15.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 20 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.5% | 64.2% |
| 2023-24 | 66.8% | 64.4% |
| 2022-23 | 64.3% | 63.9% |
| 2021-22 | 66.9% | 66.1% |
| 2018-19 | 76.4% | 71.2% |
| 2017-18 | 74.4% | 69.0% |
| 2016-17 | 79.5% | 74.8% |
| 2015-16 | 79.5% | 81.0% |
| 2014-15 | 80.0% | 79.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Grass Lake Elementary School
Grass Lake Elementary School's state test result (64.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grass Lake Elementary School this school | 337 | 34.4% | 64.0% |
| Arrowhead Elementary Kenmore | 332 | 31.6% | 72.0% |
| Tumwater Hill Elementary Tumwater | 400 | 37.5% | 49.9% |
| McKenny Elementary OLYMPIA | 322 | 29.8% | 61.9% |
| Black Diamond Elementary Black Diamond | 414 | 34.3% | 51.2% |
| Terrace Park Elementary MTLK TERRACE | 295 | 30.8% | 57.8% |
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 Grass Lake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #208 of 936 | #122 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #205 of 1,103 ▼ 17 | #114 of 281 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #291 of 1,102 ▼ 90 | #129 of 280 ▼ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.2pp | #176 of 928 | #52 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 337 | #840 of 1,268 | #227 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #522 of 1,085 | #124 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #454 of 1,088 | #202 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.4% | #874 of 1,169 | #152 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #398 of 778 | #127 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
337
-25 (-7%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 533
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 337 | 21.4 | 15.8:1 | 34% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 21.6 | 16.4:1 | 34% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 22.4 | 17.6:1 | 34% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | 23 | 15.7:1 | 24% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 402 | 23.8 | 16.9:1 | 27% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 24 | 17.2:1 | 27% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 23 | 18.4:1 | 18% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 27 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 533 | 24 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grass Lake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (402 to 337); teachers down 10% (23.8 to 21.4).
About Grass Lake Elementary School
The public elementary school Grass Lake Elementary School is located in Kent, Washington. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 337 students enrolled.
Kent School District counts 25,358 students in its 44 schools, and Grass Lake Elementary School is one of them.
At Grass Lake Elementary School, White students make up 55% of the student body. The next largest groups are 19% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 4% Black. County-wide, about 55% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 63%, meaning two students picked at random have a 63% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Grass Lake Elementary School counts 21.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.8 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Washington have 17.3:1, compared with 15.8:1 here. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
Grass Lake Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (64.0%) and its predicted rate (57.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools.
In King County (population about 2,287,171), the median household income is $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Grass Lake Elementary School is one of 544 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Cedar Heights Middle School, about 1.1 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Grass Lake Elementary School places 1st out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Over 4 years, Grass Lake Elementary School's enrollment dropped 7%, to 337.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Grass Lake Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Grass Lake Elementary. Grass Lake Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Grass Lake Elementary SchoolAntioch, IL · 186 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Heights Middle School1.1 mi · 876
- Jenkins Creek Elementary School1.1 mi · 340
- Cedar Valley Elementary School1.4 mi · 318
- Kentlake High School1.7 mi · 1,561
- Crestwood Elementary School2.3 mi · 386
- Kentwood High School2.3 mi · 1,995
Frequently asked questions
About Grass Lake Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Grass Lake Elementary School?
Grass Lake Elementary School enrolls approximately 337 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Grass Lake Elementary School serve?
Grass Lake Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Grass Lake Elementary School have?
Grass Lake Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Grass Lake Elementary School?
Student demographics at Grass Lake Elementary School are roughly 55% White, 19% Hispanic, 4% Black, 12% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Grass Lake Elementary School?
Grass Lake Elementary School is overseen by Kent School District in King County.
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