Sawyer Woods Elementary School

Sawyer Woods Elementary School is a tight-knit elementary-level community in Black Diamond, Washington, one of the schools within Kent School District. The school educates 303 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 20% leaner than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Sawyer Woods Elementary School is one of 44 schools operated by Kent School District, a district that caters to 25,358 students overall.

On demographics, Sawyer Woods Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 15% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 10% multiracial, 7% Black. That composition is broadly in line with King County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Sawyer Woods Elementary School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 29% of students at Sawyer Woods Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sawyer Woods Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.7%.

In the broader community, census data for King County shows the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Sawyer Woods Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Kentlake High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Sawyer Woods Elementary School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.6%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sawyer Woods Elementary School has declined 32%, going from 448 students in 2018 to 303 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 73% to 53% over that span.

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