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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Park Orchard Elementary School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530396000629
Park Orchard Elementary School
11010 SE 232nd ST, Kent, WA 98031 · (253) 373-7473 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Washington public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
336 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 | 29 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
76%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
27.9%
WA avg 58.4% . +3.1pp since 2014
Math
28.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.9% | 28.2% |
| 2023-24 | 26.8% | 23.8% |
| 2022-23 | 29.3% | 22.8% |
| 2021-22 | 35.2% | 25.1% |
| 2018-19 | 39.9% | 33.3% |
| 2017-18 | 34.5% | 28.5% |
| 2016-17 | 27.2% | 31.1% |
| 2015-16 | 28.9% | 36.8% |
| 2014-15 | 24.8% | 29.6% |
% 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
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Park Orchard Elementary School
Park Orchard Elementary School's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Orchard Elementary School this school | 473 | 71.0% | 28.6% |
| East Hill Elementary School Kent | 383 | 72.1% | 16.8% |
| Millennium Elementary School Kent | 482 | 67.4% | 27.2% |
| Helen Stafford Elementary School Tacoma | 453 | 74.4% | 30.0% |
| Meredith Hill Elementary School AUBURN | 456 | 68.2% | 37.6% |
| Tukwila Elementary TUKWILA | 458 | 71.4% | 39.9% |
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 Park Orchard Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #816 of 936 | #245 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #906 of 1,103 ▲ 71 | #241 of 281 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #978 of 1,102 ▲ 11 | #249 of 280 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.1pp | #271 of 928 | #86 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #369 of 1,268 | #100 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #580 of 1,085 | #142 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.5% | #104 of 1,088 | #57 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.0% | #244 of 1,169 | #44 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #741 of 778 | #210 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
473
+62 (+15%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 626
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 473 | 29.7 | 15.9:1 | 71% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 28.6 | 17.2:1 | 74% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 25.1 | 16.6:1 | 76% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 25 | 16.4:1 | 71% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 482 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 67% (323) |
| 2015-16 | 547 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 74% (407) |
| 2010-11 | 443 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 49% (215) |
| 2000-01 | 533 | 28 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 626 | 28 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Park Orchard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (482 to 473); teachers down 10% (33 to 29.7).
About Park Orchard Elementary School
Park Orchard Elementary School is an elementary school in Kent, Washington, and it is part of Kent School District. The student body numbers 473 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Washington) has about 380 students.
Kent School District is responsible for 44 schools, Park Orchard Elementary School included, with 25,358 students in all.
At Park Orchard Elementary School, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 35%. The school is also 26% Asian, 15% Black, 12% White, and 6% multiracial. That is higher than the 11% Hispanic share among all King County residents. Park Orchard Elementary School's diversity index is 76%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Park Orchard Elementary School is 29.7 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.9:1. That is lower than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. The school counts 336 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 71%. On average, public schools in King County report 38%.
Park Orchard Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 7% of Washington public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 28.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 32.5%.
Within King County, the median household income is $124,746, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. In all, King County has 544 public schools and roughly 278,492 students.
Meridian Middle School is located about 0.6 miles from Park Orchard Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Park Orchard Elementary School is behind the 39.3% nearby average, ranking 6th of 8.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
2024-25 enrollment was 473, a 15% rise from 411 in 2020-21.
The Park Orchard Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Other Park Orchard Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Park Orchard Elementary. Park Orchard Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Park Orchard Elementary SchoolMoses Lake, WA · 454 students
Nearby schools
- Meridian Middle School0.6 mi · 647
- East Hill Elementary School0.9 mi · 383
- George T. Daniel Elementary School1.0 mi · 292
- Emerald Park Elementary School1.1 mi · 318
- Panther Lake Elementary School1.1 mi · 396
- Soos Creek Elementary School1.3 mi · 290
Frequently asked questions
About Park Orchard Elementary SchoolHow large is Park Orchard Elementary School?
Park Orchard Elementary School enrolls approximately 473 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Park Orchard Elementary School serve?
Park Orchard Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Park Orchard Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Park Orchard Elementary School is approximately 15.9:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Park Orchard Elementary School?
At Park Orchard Elementary School, the student body is approximately 12% White, 35% Hispanic, 15% Black, 26% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Park Orchard Elementary School in?
Park Orchard Elementary School is part of Kent School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.