Kent Laboratory Academy

Set in Kent, Washington, Kent Laboratory Academy is a medium-sized all-grades campus, one of the schools within Kent School District. It caters to 291 students across grades 3 through 12. That puts it 43% larger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 204 students.

Kent Laboratory Academy is one of 44 schools operated by Kent School District, a district that instructs 25,358 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kent Laboratory Academy logs that 32% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% White, 18% Black, 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 33.2:1 average. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (King County) reports that median household earnings sit near $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kent Laboratory Academy is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Panther Lake Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a high-density site. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.