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What's one thing Pine Tree Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
305
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530396000630
Pine Tree Elementary School
27825 118th Ave SE, Kent, WA 98030 · (253) 373-7687 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
222 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 | 5 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
81%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
25.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -19.3pp since 2014
Math
23.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -21.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 21 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.3% | 23.9% |
| 2023-24 | 25.5% | 27.3% |
| 2022-23 | 32.4% | 31.5% |
| 2021-22 | 26.1% | 24.6% |
| 2018-19 | 36.3% | 32.8% |
| 2017-18 | 42.6% | 36.3% |
| 2016-17 | 36.6% | 36.7% |
| 2015-16 | 43.7% | 40.4% |
| 2014-15 | 44.6% | 45.4% |
% 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
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Pine Tree Elementary School
Pine Tree Elementary School's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Tree Elementary School this school | 305 | 72.8% | 27.4% |
| George T. Daniel Elementary School Kent | 292 | 70.5% | 27.9% |
| Woodmont K-8 School DES MOINES | 402 | 70.9% | 34.5% |
| Lister Elementary School Tacoma | 376 | 78.7% | 28.2% |
| Camelot Elementary School AUBURN | 292 | 69.5% | 40.8% |
| Arlington Elementary School Tacoma | 390 | 75.9% | 24.0% |
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 Pine Tree Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #839 of 936 | #250 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #978 of 1,103 ▼ 78 | #259 of 281 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #1,014 of 1,102 ▼ 7 | #259 of 280 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #338 of 928 | #107 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #937 of 1,268 | #248 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #83 of 1,085 | #28 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 81.0% | #7 of 1,088 | #3 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.8% | #212 of 1,169 | #34 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.2% | #132 of 778 | #49 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
305
-79 (-21%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 655
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 305 | 23 | 13.3:1 | 73% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 332 | 24.5 | 13.6:1 | 76% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 409 | 28.6 | 14.3:1 | 77% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 25 | 15.4:1 | 70% (269) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 24.3 | 17.7:1 | 67% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 491 | 28 | 17.5:1 | 75% (369) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 28 | 19.2:1 | 41% (220) |
| 2000-01 | 539 | 32 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 655 | 30 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pine Tree Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (431 to 305); teachers down 5% (24.3 to 23).
About Pine Tree Elementary School
Pine Tree Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school located in Kent, Washington. Its enrollment is 305 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
Pine Tree Elementary School is part of Kent School District, where 44 schools serve 25,358 students.
Of every 100 students at Pine Tree Elementary School, about 22 are White, the largest group. Other students are 22% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 19% Black, and 12% multiracial. That is lower than the 55% White share among all King County residents. A diversity index of 81% means there is an 81% chance two randomly chosen students at Pine Tree Elementary School are from different groups.
The school had 23 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1. The school reported 73% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in King County is 35 points.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 31.4% at Pine Tree Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 27.4%.
In the surrounding county, King County, median household income comes to about $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Pine Tree Elementary School, King County has 544 public schools.
Millennium Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Pine Tree Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Pine Tree Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 29.0% proficiency; Pine Tree Elementary School posts 27.4%.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
From 384 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 305 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 13.3:1, from 15.4:1.
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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
- 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 Pine Tree Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Pine Tree Elementary. Pine Tree Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- PINE TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMONROE, NY · 746 students
- Pine Tree Elementary SchoolAvon, IN · 450 students
- Pine Tree Elementary SchoolCtr. Conway, NH · 215 students
Nearby schools
- Millennium Elementary School0.5 mi · 482
- Meadow Ridge Elementary School0.5 mi · 423
- Auburn Mountainview High School0.9 mi · 1,560
- Canyon Ridge Middle School1.1 mi · 821
- The Outreach Program1.2 mi · 62
- Arthur Jacobsen Elementary1.2 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About Pine Tree Elementary SchoolHow large is Pine Tree Elementary School?
Pine Tree Elementary School enrolls approximately 305 students in grades PK-05.
Is Pine Tree Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pine Tree Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Pine Tree Elementary School have?
Pine Tree Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pine Tree Elementary School?
At Pine Tree Elementary School, the student body is approximately 22% White, 22% Hispanic, 19% Black, 20% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Pine Tree Elementary School?
Pine Tree Elementary School is overseen by Kent School District in King County.
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