Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530396002310
Horizon Elementary School
27641 144th Ave SE, Kent, WA 98042 · (253) 373-7313 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
236 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 44% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
78%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
38.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -19.4pp since 2014
Math
37.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -21.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 | 38.4% | 37.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.1% | 28.0% |
| 2018-19 | 59.2% | 47.3% |
| 2017-18 | 65.4% | 54.3% |
| 2016-17 | 64.0% | 56.1% |
| 2015-16 | 65.0% | 68.3% |
| 2014-15 | 57.8% | 59.6% |
% 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Horizon Elementary School
Horizon Elementary School's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon Elementary School this school | 408 | 57.8% | 37.0% |
| Shorewood Elementary Burien | 400 | 58.0% | 41.7% |
| Pathfinder Kindergarten Center Everett | 437 | 61.6% | N/A |
| Covington Elementary School Covington | 456 | 52.0% | 46.7% |
| Ardmore Elementary School Bellevue | 415 | 53.5% | 38.4% |
| Tiffany Park Elementary School Renton | 379 | 62.0% | 41.7% |
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 Horizon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #684 of 936 | #212 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #711 of 1,103 ▲ 125 | #207 of 281 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #785 of 1,102 ▲ 41 | #214 of 280 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.9pp | #232 of 928 | #72 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #606 of 1,268 | #163 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #1,025 of 1,085 | #263 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.7% | #75 of 1,088 | #43 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.8% | #485 of 1,169 | #91 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #555 of 778 | #171 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
408
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 473
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 408 | 21.7 | 18.8:1 | 58% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 391 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 66% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 391 | 23.6 | 16.6:1 | 59% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 24 | 16.8:1 | 48% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 26 | 17.4:1 | 49% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 449 | 24 | 18.7:1 | 49% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 499 | 25 | 20.0:1 | 27% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 518 | 28 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 473 | 24 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horizon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (454 to 408); teachers down 17% (26 to 21.7).
About Horizon Elementary School
Horizon Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Kent, Washington. The school enrolls 408 students in pre-K through 5.
A total of 44 schools make up Kent School District, with 25,358 students enrolled.
The student body at Horizon Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 33%. Other groups include 22% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 15% Black, and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 55% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 78%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.8:1. The school has 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 18.8:1 compares with an average of 17.3:1 for elementary schools in Washington. Federal data show 58% of students (236) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 38% average among public schools in King County.
Compared with Washington schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Horizon Elementary School's results are 4.4 points below predicted: 37.0% against 41.4%.
Census data for King County show 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, Horizon Elementary School among them.
Arthur Jacobsen Elementary sits about 1.2 miles from Horizon Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Horizon Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Horizon Elementary School's location as City: Mid-size.
The school's size has been steady, with 404 students in 2020-21 and 408 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 18.8:1, from 16.8:1.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Horizon Elementary School. 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 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 Horizon Elementary schools
19 other US public schools in 15 states are named Horizon Elementary. Horizon Elementary School is the 15th largest of the 20.
- Horizon ElementaryEverett, WA · 550 students
- Horizon ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 845 students
- Horizon Elementary SchoolGranger, IN · 679 students
- HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPORT ORANGE, FL · 618 students
- Horizon ElementaryJohnston, IA · 613 students
Nearby schools
- Arthur Jacobsen Elementary1.2 mi · 367
- Meridian Elementary School1.3 mi · 390
- Auburn Mountainview High School1.3 mi · 1,560
- Covington Elementary School1.4 mi · 456
- Millennium Elementary School1.4 mi · 482
- Pine Tree Elementary School1.6 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About Horizon Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Horizon Elementary School?
Horizon Elementary School enrolls approximately 408 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Horizon Elementary School serve?
Horizon Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Horizon Elementary School?
Approximately 18.8:1 students per teacher at Horizon Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Horizon Elementary School?
Student demographics at Horizon Elementary School are roughly 33% White, 19% Hispanic, 15% Black, 22% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Horizon Elementary School public or private?
Horizon Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kent School District.
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