Renton Park Elementary School

Renton Park Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary-level community in Renton, Washington, operated by Renton School District. The school hosts 393 students in grades K through 5.

Within Renton School District, which oversees 29 schools and 14,873 students, Renton Park Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Renton Park Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 24% White, 16% Black, 13% Asian, 12% multiracial. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Renton Park Elementary School records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Renton Park Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Renton Park Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.5%, the actual is 26.8%, a residual of -9.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (King County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Renton Park Elementary School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lindbergh Senior High School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Renton Park Elementary School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 39.9%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 19%: 486 students in 2018 compared to 393 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 27% to 34% over that span.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Renton Park Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.