Kent Prairie Elementary

Kent Prairie Elementary is a substantial elementary school in Arlington, Washington, operated by Arlington School District. The school works with 621 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Kent Prairie Elementary sits 63% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Arlington School District, which oversees 10 schools and 5,588 students, Kent Prairie Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Kent Prairie Elementary reports that 68% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 19% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 43% of students at Kent Prairie Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Kent Prairie Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.4%, the actual is 53.4%, a residual of +2.0 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Snohomish County indicate median household earnings sit near $111,246, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Snohomish County runs 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), of which Kent Prairie Elementary is one.

Haller Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kent Prairie Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kent Prairie Elementary at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 44.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 644 students in 2018 compared to 621 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 12% to 19% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Kent Prairie Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.