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Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530396002309
Neely O Brien Elementary School
6300 S 236th ST, Kent, WA 98032 · (253) 373-7434 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
316 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
77%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
49.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -0.5pp since 2014
Math
36.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -6.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.8% | 36.6% |
| 2023-24 | 38.9% | 30.1% |
| 2022-23 | 31.9% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 20.4% | 12.0% |
| 2018-19 | 32.5% | 23.8% |
| 2017-18 | 36.2% | 31.5% |
| 2016-17 | 39.7% | 38.9% |
| 2015-16 | 42.2% | 40.2% |
| 2014-15 | 50.3% | 43.6% |
% 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Neely O Brien Elementary School
Neely O Brien Elementary School's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neely O Brien Elementary School this school | 472 | 66.9% | 37.0% |
| Lake Hills Elementary Bellevue | 498 | 66.3% | 36.9% |
| Enterprise Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 450 | 67.8% | 32.2% |
| Cascade Elementary School Renton | 434 | 63.8% | 38.8% |
| Des Moines Elementary Des Moines | 500 | 62.6% | 37.1% |
| Bryn Mawr Elementary School Seattle | 415 | 62.2% | 34.1% |
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 Neely O Brien Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #687 of 936 | #213 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #740 of 1,103 ▲ 115 | #212 of 281 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #513 of 1,102 ▲ 249 | #165 of 280 ▲ 46 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +27.0pp | #1 of 928 | #1 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #375 of 1,268 | #101 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #82 of 1,085 | #27 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.2% | #87 of 1,088 | #48 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.9% | #316 of 1,169 | #63 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.0% | #24 of 778 | #16 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
472
-249 (-35%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 683
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 472 | 35.6 | 13.3:1 | 67% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 38.6 | 12.4:1 | 71% (337) |
| 2022-23 | 538 | 37 | 14.6:1 | 76% (407) |
| 2020-21 | 721 | 45 | 16.0:1 | 74% (536) |
| 2017-18 | 814 | 42.9 | 19.0:1 | 68% (555) |
| 2015-16 | 751 | 40 | 18.8:1 | 69% (518) |
| 2010-11 | 665 | 36 | 18.5:1 | 50% (330) |
| 2000-01 | 597 | 33 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 683 | 29 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Neely O Brien Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (814 to 472); teachers down 17% (42.9 to 35.6).
About Neely O Brien Elementary School
Neely O Brien Elementary School is a public elementary school in Kent, Washington. The latest federal count shows 472 students in kindergarten through 5. Against the 380-student average for elementary schools in Washington, enrollment here is 24% higher.
Neely O Brien Elementary School is part of a district of 44 schools: Kent School District, with 25,358 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Neely O Brien Elementary School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 38%. The remaining students are 19% Black, 11% Pacific Islander, 10% White, and 10% Asian. Census figures show King County is about 11% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 77% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Neely O Brien Elementary School employs 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.3:1. This ratio sits 4.1 below the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 67% in 2024-25. The 38% average for public schools in King County is 29 points lower.
On BeatsExpectations, Neely O Brien Elementary School is 1.7 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Washington schools.
King County census figures show that the median household income is $124,746, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. King County is home to 544 public schools and about 278,492 public school students.
The closest public school, Kent Elementary School, is about 0.8 miles from Neely O Brien Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Neely O Brien Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Neely O Brien Elementary School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 249 fewer students in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 16.0:1 to 13.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Neely O Brien Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Kent Elementary School0.8 mi · 438
- Kent Virtual Academy1.2 mi · 130
- Mill Creek Middle School1.3 mi · 866
- Sunnycrest Elementary School1.4 mi · 535
- River Ridge Elementary1.6 mi · 697
- Cascade Public Schools2.0 mi · 126
Frequently asked questions
About Neely O Brien Elementary SchoolHow large is Neely O Brien Elementary School?
Neely O Brien Elementary School enrolls approximately 472 students in grades KG-05.
Is Neely O Brien Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Neely O Brien Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Neely O Brien Elementary School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Neely O Brien Elementary School.
How diverse is Neely O Brien Elementary School?
Neely O Brien Elementary School reports a student body of 10% White, 38% Hispanic, 19% Black, 10% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Neely O Brien Elementary School public or private?
Neely O Brien 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.