Is Kennydale Elementary School a good school?

Kennydale Elementary School ranks 383 rd of 1168 Washington elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Kennydale Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 500 students attended Kennydale Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Kennydale Elementary School?

Students at Kennydale Elementary School are 30% Hispanic, 25% Asian, 23% White, 13% Two or more races, 9% African American.

What schools do graduates of Kennydale Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Kennydale Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : McKnight Middle School High : Hazen Senior High School

Kennydale Elementary School

Summary:

Kennydale Elementary School is a public elementary school in Renton, Washington, serving 568 students in grades K-5. The school consistently outperforms the Renton School District and the state of Washington in academic achievement, particularly in Math and among Asian and African American students.

Kennydale's diverse student population is relatively evenly distributed across White (26.76%), Asian (27.11%), and Hispanic (24.47%) students, with significant African American (7.57%) and multi-racial (13.56%) representation as well. The school has maintained a strong 3- or 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, ranking in the top third of Washington elementary schools. However, the school's Hispanic and multi-racial students have lower rankings, suggesting an opportunity for improvement in supporting these subgroups.

While Kennydale outperforms most nearby schools in the Renton School District, Hazelwood Elementary, a school in the neighboring Issaquah School District, stands out with exceptional performance, ranking in the top 69 elementary schools in Washington and significantly outperforming Kennydale and the Renton School District.

Detail:

Public K-5

1700 NE 28th St
Renton, WA 98056-2228

(425) 204-4700

District: Renton School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
383^rd of 1,168 Washington Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $17,358

Students who attend Kennydale Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	McKnight Middle School
High:	Hazen Senior High School

Student/teacher ratio: 16.9

Number of students: 500

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

30.0%

Asian:

24.8%

White:

23.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 38%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Kennydale Elementary School ranks better than 67.2% of elementary schools in Washington. It also ranks 4^th among 15 ranked elementary schools in the Renton School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 65.11. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Kennydale Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (30%), Asian (24.8%), White (23.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 38% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Kennydale Elementary School is 16.9. 13 elementary schools in the Renton School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Kennydale Elementary School employs 29.4 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Kennydale Elementary School is $17,358, which is the lowest among 16 elementary schools in the Renton School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Kennydale Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Kennydale Elementary School 383^rd of 1168 Washington public elementary schools. (See Kennydale Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Renton School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Renton School District 139^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Kennydale Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Kennydale Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	62.35	360^th	1026	64.9%
2005	64.85	345^th	1031	66.5%
2006	68.91	278^th	1051	73.5%
2007	77.94	167^th	1069	84.4%
2008	65.52	357^th	1067	66.5%
2009	52.67	510^th	1072	52.4%
2010	61.22	400^th	1088	63.2%
2011	72.00	262^nd	1092	76.0%
2012	78.72	176^th	1097	84.0%
2013	71.48	284^th	1106	74.3%
2015	79.75	188^th	1067	82.4%
2016	79.87	191^st	1053	81.9%
2017	78.20	212^th	1056	79.9%
2018	75.85	247^th	1054	76.6%
2019	70.98	315^th	1130	72.1%
2021	63.52	371^st	1107	66.5%
2022	62.73	400^th	1169	65.8%
2023	72.83	298^th	1169	74.5%
2024	65.11	383^rd	1168	67.2%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Kennydale Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	92.73	3^rd	212	98.6%
2019	59.92	123^rd	303	59.4%
2022	64.63	92^nd	252	63.5%
2023	58.56	77^th	194	60.3%
2024	40.02	123^rd	188	34.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Kennydale Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	60.29	52^nd	248	79.0%
2022	48.44	83^rd	213	61.0%
2023	39.94	136^th	254	46.5%
2024	43.71	161^st	320	49.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Kennydale Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	72.83	110^th	637	82.7%
2019	72.80	100^th	566	82.3%
2021	52.47	69^th	158	56.3%
2022	61.57	123^rd	478	74.3%
2023	47.55	151^st	308	51.0%
2024	48.33	170^th	339	49.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Kennydale Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	56.41	344^th	835	58.8%
2019	67.11	253^rd	979	74.2%
2021	53.46	331^st	854	61.2%
2022	42.00	597^th	1019	41.4%
2023	48.45	514^th	1013	49.3%
2024	37.40	671^st	1024	34.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Kennydale Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	67.39	328^th	1004	67.3%
2019	69.83	316^th	1068	70.4%
2021	51.67	443^rd	1008	56.1%
2022	57.51	436^th	1100	60.4%
2023	66.06	345^th	1094	68.5%
2024	59.20	409^th	1093	62.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Kennydale Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	80.72	175^th	999	82.5%
2019	72.36	285^th	1075	73.5%
2021	71.80	268^th	1025	73.9%
2022	65.21	353^rd	1113	68.3%
2023	76.03	236^th	1099	78.5%
2024	68.19	321^st	1099	70.8%

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Rank History for Asian students at Kennydale Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	66.97	67^th	169	60.4%
2019	68.73	64^th	201	68.2%
2021	39.18	81^st	131	38.2%
2022	45.68	115^th	187	38.5%
2023	66.02	60^th	170	64.7%
2024	69.66	53^rd	163	67.5%

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Rank History for African American students at Kennydale Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	76.61	15^th	110	86.4%
2022	62.11	29^th	108	73.1%
2024	54.44	28^th	71	60.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Kennydale Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	62.23	174^th	540	67.8%
2019	65.51	191^st	697	72.6%
2021	41.32	260^th	501	48.1%
2022	55.18	252^nd	694	63.7%
2023	30.35	473^rd	633	25.3%
2024	33.78	456^th	651	30.0%

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Rank History for White students at Kennydale Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	72.82	223^rd	833	73.2%
2019	70.95	299^th	1027	70.9%
2021	74.98	207^th	943	78.0%
2022	67.34	322^nd	1031	68.8%
2023	84.10	135^th	1011	86.6%
2024	84.36	126^th	1009	87.5%

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Data source: test scores: Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Kennydale Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	347	32	38	18	7	n/a	n/a	0	442
1989	364	35	41	21	7	n/a	n/a	0	468
1990	355	46	43	18	5	n/a	n/a	0	467
1991	383	30	42	19	7	n/a	n/a	0	481
1992	367	34	49	17	5	n/a	n/a	0	472
1993	396	42	46	16	5	n/a	n/a	0	505
1994	374	39	47	18	4	n/a	n/a	0	482
1995	322	52	60	19	9	n/a	n/a	0	462
1996	322	52	60	19	9	n/a	n/a	0	462
1997	314	51	54	25	7	n/a	n/a	0	451
1998	243	38	55	18	5	n/a	n/a	0	359
1999	244	43	63	24	5	n/a	n/a	0	379
2000	262	50	59	21	4	n/a	n/a	0	396
2001	251	44	64	22	1	n/a	n/a	0	382
2002	261	46	84	26	4	n/a	n/a	0	421
2003	261	46	84	26	4	n/a	n/a	0	421
2004	252	51	95	26	4	n/a	n/a	0	428
2005	239	56	98	36	3	n/a	n/a	0	432
2006	219	48	110	37	6	n/a	n/a	0	420
2007	224	57	134	57	5	n/a	n/a	0	477
2008	232	63	148	72	11	n/a	n/a	0	526
2009	260	74	160	70	9	n/a	n/a	0	573
2010	263	63	191	75	8	n/a	n/a	5	605
2011	242	52	185	71	5	2	18	0	575
2012	231	46	170	65	5	2	30	0	549
2013	228	52	174	91	2	3	43	0	593
2014	235	46	190	100	1	7	43	0	622
2015	243	35	180	114	2	3	44	0	621
2016	224	31	172	117	1	4	59	0	608
2017	224	30	175	123	3	3	56	0	614
2018	248	41	182	114	3	2	64	0	654
2019	236	50	165	121	0	2	65	0	639
2020	211	58	158	132	0	1	77	0	637
2021	172	50	166	138	0	0	75	0	601
2022	155	46	142	145	0	0	70	0	558
2023	152	43	154	139	0	3	77	0	568
2024	117	43	124	150	1	1	64	0	500

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Kennydale Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	442	19.0	23.2	0
1989	468	20.0	23.4	n/a
1990	467	19.2	24.3	0
1991	481	21.4	22.4	n/a
1992	472	22.0	21.4	n/a
1993	505	21.0	24.0	n/a
1994	482	22.5	21.4	n/a
1995	462	21.0	22.0	n/a
1996	462	21.0	22.0	n/a
1997	451	21.0	21.5	n/a
1998	359	15.9	22.6	n/a
1999	379	17.5	21.7	n/a
2000	396	17.5	22.6	n/a
2001	382	18.3	20.9	n/a
2002	421	19.5	21.6	33.7
2003	421	19.5	21.6	33.7
2004	428	20.0	21.4	36
2005	432	19.5	22.2	35.2
2006	420	21.0	20.0	35.2
2007	477	28.0	17.0	34
2008	526	27.8	18.9	32.7
2009	573	26.8	21.4	34.4
2010	605	30.5	19.8	40.2
2011	575	29.0	19.7	36.7
2012	549	27.1	20.2	35.3
2013	593	28.7	20.6	37.9
2014	622	n/a	n/a	34.4
2015	621	36.0	17.2	34.3
2016	608	33.0	18.4	36.3
2017	614	32.8	18.6	32.4
2018	654	33.2	19.6	29.4
2019	639	32.0	19.9	31.3
2020	637	34.3	18.5	32
2021	601	33.9	17.6	30.1
2022	558	31.8	17.5	33.7
2023	568	33.2	17.1	35.7
2024	500	29.4	16.9	38

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Kennydale Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	442	19.0	23.2	0
1989	468	20.0	23.4	n/a
1990	467	19.2	24.3	0
1991	481	21.4	22.4	n/a
1992	472	22.0	21.4	n/a
1993	505	21.0	24.0	n/a
1994	482	22.5	21.4	n/a
1995	462	21.0	22.0	n/a
1996	462	21.0	22.0	n/a
1997	451	21.0	21.5	n/a
1998	359	15.9	22.6	n/a
1999	379	17.5	21.7	n/a
2000	396	17.5	22.6	n/a
2001	382	18.3	20.9	n/a
2002	421	19.5	21.6	33.7
2003	421	19.5	21.6	33.7
2004	428	20.0	21.4	36
2005	432	19.5	22.2	35.2
2006	420	21.0	20.0	35.2
2007	477	28.0	17.0	34
2008	526	27.8	18.9	32.7
2009	573	26.8	21.4	34.4
2010	605	30.5	19.8	40.2
2011	575	29.0	19.7	36.7
2012	549	27.1	20.2	35.3
2013	593	28.7	20.6	37.9
2014	622	n/a	n/a	34.4
2015	621	36.0	17.2	34.3
2016	608	33.0	18.4	36.3
2017	614	32.8	18.6	32.4
2018	654	33.2	19.6	29.4
2019	639	32.0	19.9	31.3
2020	637	34.3	18.5	32
2021	601	33.9	17.6	30.1
2022	558	31.8	17.5	33.7
2023	568	33.2	17.1	35.7
2024	500	29.4	16.9	38

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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