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Alumni: what's one memory from Kentlake High School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,561
High
DISTRICT 1,135 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530396002570
Kentlake High School
21401 SE Falcon Way, Kent, WA 98042 · (253) 373-4900 · King County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,561 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 29.0:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
747 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 403 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 392 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 370 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 396 | 25% |
Student demographics
74%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
55.2%
WA avg 58.4% . +52.9pp since 2014
Math
21.2%
WA avg 51.2%
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 53 points since 2014.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.2% | 21.2% |
| 2023-24 | 53.6% | 16.9% |
| 2022-23 | 60.8% | 25.1% |
| 2021-22 | 56.7% | 22.1% |
| 2018-19 | 66.4% | 41.9% |
| 2017-18 | 70.0% | 40.9% |
| 2016-17 | 7.3% | 32.7% |
| 2015-16 | 8.8% | 28.2% |
| 2014-15 | 2.3% | N/A |
% 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
38.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Kentlake High School
Kentlake High School's state test result (38.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentlake High School this school | 1,561 | 47.9% | 38.0% |
| River Ridge High School Lacey | 1,547 | 46.9% | 36.3% |
| Gov John Rogers High School Puyallup | 1,788 | 46.7% | 35.9% |
| Meadowdale High School LYNNWOOD | 1,491 | 50.1% | 47.1% |
| Fife High School Tacoma | 885 | 49.9% | 41.8% |
| Auburn Riverside High School AUBURN | 1,852 | 48.9% | 39.9% |
Matched among Washington high 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 Kentlake High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #166 of 271 | #38 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #227 of 321 ▲ 9 | #44 of 59 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #195 of 327 ▲ 16 | #41 of 61 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.2pp | #119 of 259 | #27 of 57 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,561 | #73 of 570 | #26 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #208 of 311 | #44 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.6% | #40 of 316 | #26 of 67 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.9% | #212 of 386 | #32 of 76 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.1% | #124 of 136 | #27 of 31 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,561
+63 (+4%) vs 2020
+25% since 2000-01, when it was 1,251
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 1,561 | 72.3 | 21.6:1 | 48% (747) |
| 2023-24 | 1,551 | 77.3 | 20.1:1 | 54% (832) |
| 2022-23 | 1,440 | 67.8 | 21.3:1 | 54% (776) |
| 2020-21 | 1,498 | 72 | 20.8:1 | 44% (652) |
| 2017-18 | 1,544 | 64.2 | 24.1:1 | 36% (563) |
| 2015-16 | 1,500 | 68 | 22.1:1 | 38% (574) |
| 2010-11 | 1,786 | 78 | 22.9:1 | 18% (321) |
| 2000-01 | 1,251 | 56 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kentlake High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,544 to 1,561); teachers up 13% (64.2 to 72.3).
About Kentlake High School
Kentlake High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Kent, Washington. It reported 1,561 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. High schools in Washington have about 573 students on average; enrollment here is 172% higher.
Kentlake High School falls under Kent School District, which has 44 schools enrolling 25,358 students.
Of every 100 students at Kentlake High School, about 41 are White, the largest group. After that, the student body is 24% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 9% Black, and 9% multiracial. Census figures show King County is about 55% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 74, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 72.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, Kentlake High School has a ratio of 21.6:1. It is about the same as the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington. Income data for the school show 48% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in King County is 10 points.
Kentlake High School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (38.0%) and its predicted rate (48.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools.
King County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $124,746 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in King County number 544, with about 278,492 students.
Sawyer Woods Elementary School is about 1.0 miles from Kentlake High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 38.0% average proficiency ranks 6th among 9 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 1,561 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,498.
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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
- Northwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 911 students
- Cedar Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 866 students
Other schools in Kent
- Kentridge High SchoolHigh · 2,186 students
- Kent-Meridian High SchoolHigh · 1,639 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 866 students
- Canyon Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 821 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 810 students
- Meridian Middle SchoolMiddle · 647 students
Nearby schools
- Sawyer Woods Elementary School1.0 mi · 303
- Grass Lake Elementary School1.7 mi · 337
- Glacier Park Elementary2.0 mi · 803
- Cedar Heights Middle School2.2 mi · 876
- Tahoma Senior High School2.2 mi · 2,919
- Jenkins Creek Elementary School2.7 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About Kentlake High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kentlake High School?
Kentlake High School enrolls approximately 1,561 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Kentlake High School serve?
Kentlake High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Kentlake High School have?
Kentlake High School employs 72 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Kentlake High School?
Student demographics at Kentlake High School are roughly 41% White, 24% Hispanic, 9% Black, 15% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Kentlake High School public or private?
Kentlake High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kent School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.