Honey Dew Elementary

Set in Renton, Washington, Honey Dew Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary campus, run under Renton School District. It works with 276 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% smaller than the state mean of about 380.

Renton School District runs 29 schools in total, collectively educating 14,873 students. Honey Dew Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Honey Dew Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 11% White, 11% Asian, 9% Black, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Honey Dew Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Honey Dew Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Honey Dew Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.6%; this one delivers 26.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for King County indicate median household income runs about $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Honey Dew Elementary is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hilltop Heritage Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Honey Dew Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Honey Dew Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 47.9%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 44%: 492 students in 2018 compared to 276 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 21% to 11% over that span.

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