Enrollment
434
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FEDERAL WAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530282000449
Star Lake Elementary School
26812 B 40th AV S, KENT, WA 98032 · (253) 945-4000 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
304 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 28 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
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
44.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -8.8pp since 2014
Math
39.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -11.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.5% | 39.8% |
| 2023-24 | 40.6% | 37.8% |
| 2022-23 | 39.9% | 36.5% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 36.2% |
| 2018-19 | 41.6% | 46.0% |
| 2017-18 | 42.5% | 42.2% |
| 2016-17 | 41.3% | 32.7% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 45.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.3% | 51.4% |
% 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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 Star Lake Elementary School
Star Lake Elementary School's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Lake Elementary School this school | 434 | 70.0% | 41.0% |
| Woodmont K-8 School DES MOINES | 402 | 70.9% | 34.5% |
| Helen Stafford Elementary School Tacoma | 453 | 74.4% | 30.0% |
| Birney Elementary School Tacoma | 476 | 71.6% | 26.9% |
| Brigadoon Elementary School Federal Way | 366 | 65.8% | 42.5% |
| Nautilus K-8 School FEDERAL WAY | 469 | 66.3% | 44.3% |
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 Star Lake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #609 of 936 | #198 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #665 of 1,103 ▲ 20 | #195 of 281 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #636 of 1,102 ▲ 71 | #187 of 280 ▲ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.6pp | #398 of 928 | #102 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #502 of 1,268 | #138 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #746 of 1,085 | #194 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 80.8% | #11 of 1,088 | #6 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.0% | #260 of 1,169 | #50 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #243 of 257 | #52 of 54 |
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
434
+99 (+30%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 531
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 434 | 26 | 16.7:1 | 70% (304) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 25.2 | 16.4:1 | 77% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 360 | 23 | 15.7:1 | 76% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 335 | 24 | 14.0:1 | 65% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 430 | 27 | 15.9:1 | 53% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 447 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 57% (257) |
| 2010-11 | 565 | 30 | 18.8:1 | 46% (260) |
| 2000-01 | 591 | 28 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 531 | 19 | 27.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Star Lake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (430 to 434); teachers down 4% (27 to 26).
About Star Lake Elementary School
Star Lake Elementary School, located in KENT, Washington, is a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 434 students.
Star Lake Elementary School reports to Federal Way School District, which has 43 schools and 22,250 students.
Star Lake Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 30%. The school is also 16% Asian, 15% White, 15% multiracial, and 14% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 11%. Star Lake Elementary School has a diversity index of 81%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 26 full-time equivalents, or about 16.7 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Washington have a similar average ratio of 17.3:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 70%. Across public schools in King County, the average is 38%.
Star Lake Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 41.0% is 7.7 points above the 33.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the county around the school, King County, median household income is 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%. Star Lake Elementary School is among the 544 public schools in King County.
Evergreen Middle School is the public school closest to Star Lake Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Star Lake Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Star Lake Elementary School ranks 1st of 9 nearby schools, at 41.0% versus a 27.4% average.
Star Lake Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Star Lake Elementary School saw enrollment rise 30% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.0:1 to 16.7:1 over the same years.
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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 Federal Way School District
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Federal Way High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Todd Beamer High SchoolHigh · 1,412 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 810 students
- Kilo Middle SchoolMiddle · 669 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
- Evergreen Middle School0.0 mi · 810
- Valhalla Elementary School0.6 mi · 517
- Mark Twain Elementary School0.8 mi · 531
- Thomas Jefferson High School1.2 mi · 1,810
- Woodmont K-8 School1.4 mi · 402
- Sunnycrest Elementary School1.4 mi · 535
Frequently asked questions
About Star Lake Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Star Lake Elementary School?
Star Lake Elementary School enrolls approximately 434 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Star Lake Elementary School serve?
Star Lake Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Star Lake Elementary School have?
Star Lake Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
How diverse is Star Lake Elementary School?
Star Lake Elementary School reports a student body of 15% White, 30% Hispanic, 14% Black, 16% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Star Lake Elementary School in?
Star Lake Elementary School is part of Federal Way School District.
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