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Enrollment
416
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530396000623
Lake Youngs Elementary School
19660 142nd Ave SE, Kent, WA 98042 · (253) 373-7646 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
141 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
75%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
66.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -2.6pp since 2014
Math
64.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -6.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.3% | 64.7% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 66.4% |
| 2022-23 | 65.7% | 61.0% |
| 2021-22 | 61.0% | 58.9% |
| 2018-19 | 72.9% | 70.1% |
| 2017-18 | 74.8% | 71.3% |
| 2016-17 | 71.9% | 70.9% |
| 2015-16 | 73.9% | 70.8% |
| 2014-15 | 68.9% | 70.8% |
% 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
65.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Lake Youngs Elementary School
Lake Youngs Elementary School's state test result (65.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Youngs Elementary School this school | 416 | 33.9% | 65.7% |
| Phantom Lake Elementary Bellevue | 430 | 35.1% | 65.3% |
| Crystal Springs Elementary Bothell | 500 | 35.0% | 61.8% |
| Carriage Crest Elementary School Renton | 324 | 32.7% | 51.6% |
| John Muir Elementary Kirkland | 321 | 30.5% | 61.5% |
| Bowman Creek Elementary Auburn | 440 | 35.0% | 55.6% |
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 Lake Youngs Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #183 of 936 | #108 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #197 of 1,103 ▼ 32 | #111 of 281 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #207 of 1,102 ▲ 3 | #111 of 280 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #232 of 928 | #59 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #564 of 1,268 | #153 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #667 of 1,085 | #168 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.3% | #134 of 1,088 | #78 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.9% | #884 of 1,169 | #156 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #436 of 778 | #137 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
416
-55 (-12%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 609
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 416 | 25.5 | 16.3:1 | 34% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 429 | 25.8 | 16.7:1 | 34% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 31.7 | 15.8:1 | 35% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 31% (146) |
| 2017-18 | 489 | 27.2 | 18.0:1 | 25% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 523 | 26 | 20.1:1 | 26% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 466 | 24 | 19.4:1 | 15% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 33 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 609 | 28 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Youngs Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (489 to 416); teachers down 6% (27.2 to 25.5).
About Lake Youngs Elementary School
Lake Youngs Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Kent, Washington. It educates 416 students in pre-K through 5.
Kent School District (44 schools, 25,358 students) runs Lake Youngs Elementary School.
The most common group at Lake Youngs Elementary School is White students, at 34%. Other groups include 28% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 4% Black. The county population is about 55% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 75% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 25.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.3:1. This ratio sits 1.0 below the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Roughly 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Lake Youngs Elementary School is 8.2 points above its prediction. Actual: 65.7%. Predicted: 57.5%.
In the county around the school, King County, the median household income is $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 544 public schools in King County, enrolling about 278,492 students in all.
The closest public school to Lake Youngs Elementary School is Carriage Crest Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Lake Youngs Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Lake Youngs Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 12% from its 2020-21 level of 471.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Lake Youngs Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Nearby schools
- Carriage Crest Elementary School0.9 mi · 324
- Meeker Middle School1.0 mi · 779
- Kentridge High School1.2 mi · 2,186
- Glenridge Elementary1.5 mi · 298
- Soos Creek Elementary School1.7 mi · 290
- Sunrise Elementary School1.7 mi · 512
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Youngs Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lake Youngs Elementary School?
Lake Youngs Elementary School enrolls approximately 416 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lake Youngs Elementary School serve?
Lake Youngs Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lake Youngs Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lake Youngs Elementary School is approximately 16.3:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lake Youngs Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lake Youngs Elementary School are roughly 34% White, 18% Hispanic, 4% Black, 28% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Lake Youngs Elementary School public or private?
Lake Youngs Elementary 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.