Enrollment
290
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530396000633
Soos Creek Elementary School
12651 SE 218th Place, Kent, WA 98031 · (253) 373-7690 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
126 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 36 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
78%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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
42.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -3.7pp since 2014
Math
45.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -4.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.1% | 45.1% |
| 2023-24 | 41.5% | 41.1% |
| 2022-23 | 37.4% | 41.2% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 39.8% |
| 2018-19 | 44.8% | 46.3% |
| 2017-18 | 46.8% | 43.7% |
| 2016-17 | 46.0% | 52.7% |
| 2015-16 | 45.0% | 54.2% |
| 2014-15 | 45.8% | 49.1% |
% 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
45.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Soos Creek Elementary School
Soos Creek Elementary School's state test result (45.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soos Creek Elementary School this school | 290 | 43.4% | 45.2% |
| Ardmore Elementary School Bellevue | 415 | 53.5% | 38.4% |
| Talbot Hill Elementary School Renton | 445 | 49.0% | 50.9% |
| Carriage Crest Elementary School Renton | 324 | 32.7% | 51.6% |
| Meridian Elementary School Kent | 390 | 40.5% | 56.1% |
| Emerald Park Elementary School Kent | 318 | 58.2% | 41.6% |
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 Soos Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #518 of 936 | #180 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #531 of 1,103 ▲ 79 | #178 of 281 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #691 of 1,102 ▼ 7 | #199 of 280 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.7pp | #392 of 928 | #100 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #975 of 1,268 | #256 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #150 of 1,085 | #40 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.3% | #60 of 1,088 | #34 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.4% | #748 of 1,169 | #126 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.8% | #122 of 778 | #48 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
290
-96 (-25%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 621
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 290 | 20.7 | 14.0:1 | 43% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 282 | 19.6 | 14.4:1 | 51% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 25 | 14.5:1 | 51% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | 28 | 13.8:1 | 41% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 413 | 26.1 | 15.8:1 | 49% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 50% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 21 | 17.7:1 | 28% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 26 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 621 | 28 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Soos Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (413 to 290); teachers down 21% (26.1 to 20.7).
About Soos Creek Elementary School
Soos Creek Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Washington, located in Kent. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 290 students. Elementary schools in Washington have about 380 students on average; enrollment here is 24% lower.
Kent School District oversees Soos Creek Elementary School and 43 other schools, with 25,358 students in total.
The largest group at Soos Creek Elementary School is Asian students, at 29%. Smaller groups are 26% White, 20% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 10% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Soos Creek Elementary School scores 78%.
Soos Creek Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1, with 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Washington, 17.3:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 43% at Soos Creek Elementary School.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Soos Creek Elementary School is 5.8 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 45.2% actual, 51.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Washington.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for King County show that median household income comes to about $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 544, with about 278,492 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Sunrise Elementary School, is about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Soos Creek Elementary School is 5th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 386 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 290 by 2024-25.
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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
Nearby schools
- Sunrise Elementary School0.4 mi · 512
- Emerald Park Elementary School0.6 mi · 318
- Kentridge High School0.8 mi · 2,186
- Meridian Middle School1.1 mi · 647
- Park Orchard Elementary School1.3 mi · 473
- Kent Laboratory Academy1.4 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About Soos Creek Elementary SchoolHow large is Soos Creek Elementary School?
Soos Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 290 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Soos Creek Elementary School serve?
Soos Creek Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Soos Creek Elementary School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Soos Creek Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Soos Creek Elementary School?
Student demographics at Soos Creek Elementary School are roughly 26% White, 20% Hispanic, 13% Black, 29% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Soos Creek Elementary School in?
Soos Creek Elementary School is part of Kent School District.
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