Millennium Elementary School

Millennium Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary campus in Kent, Washington, run under Kent School District. The school hosts 482 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 27% larger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Across the 44 schools in Kent School District (25,358 students total), Millennium Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Millennium Elementary School shows that 30% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 28% Asian, 24% White, 12% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Millennium Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.0%; this one delivers 27.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for King County indicate median household income runs about $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. Millennium Elementary School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

The closest other public school is Pine Tree Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Millennium Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 29.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 19%: 597 students in 2018 compared to 482 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share climbed from 23% to 28%.

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