The top reported proficiency rate is 59% in Math. The lowest is 49% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Crestwood Elementary School
Crestwood Elementary School serves prekindergarten through fifth grade in Covington, part of the Kent School District. It sits in a suburban bedroom community of southern King County, roughly a short commute southeast of Seattle. Covington is a car-dependent place built around major highways, with retail development concentrated along its main arterial corridor. There is no traditional downtown; civic life centers on city hall, parks, and an aquatic center. The city has grown steadily since incorporation and now functions as a regional commercial and medical hub for southeast King County, anchored by a multi-story hospital and other healthcare facilities. Public schools here are part of the broader Kent School District, not a locally controlled Covington district.
Crestwood itself is a regular public elementary school. Its enrollment is moderate for a school serving these early grades. The student body is racially and ethnically varied. White students make up the largest share, followed by Asian students, then students who identify as two or more races, Hispanic students, Black students, and smaller shares of Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and American Indian or Alaska Native students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on special education identification and English learner status were not available in the record; a parent may want to ask the school directly about those supports.
Academically, Crestwood posts a mixed picture. On the state's Smarter Balanced assessment, third-grade math and English language arts both show a majority of students meeting proficiency. Fourth-grade math also reaches above the midpoint, though fourth-grade English language arts hovers around half proficient. Fifth-grade math and English language arts each sit below half of students reaching proficiency. On the Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science, which is administered in fifth grade, about half of students met the bar. Across all tested subjects and grades combined, the school's overall proficiency index lands above the midpoint among districts in King County. That is a solid position, but the pattern is uneven: early elementary grades show higher rates than the upper elementary grades, and the fifth-grade results are the weakest point in the profile. Only a single year of testing data was available in the record, so there is no trend to examine yet.
Because Crestwood serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report. No chronic absenteeism data was available in the record either.
The Kent School District has been through recent changes that affect Crestwood families. In April 2023, voters approved a major capital bond after two prior attempts failed, funding a new middle school and systemwide safety and security improvements. A technology levy and an enrichment levy also passed in the same election after earlier failures, providing per-pupil technology funding and supporting extracurricular programs. In November 2024, voters approved a levy lid lift that increases local property-tax revenue for school programs. On a more difficult note, the school board voted in June 2024 to close two elementary schools for the coming school year, driven by a budget shortfall from declining enrollment, inflation, and the expiration of pandemic relief funds. The district has also moved to standards-based grading in its elementary schools, which changes how academic progress is reported to families, focusing on specific learning standards rather than traditional letter grades.
For a family considering Crestwood, the school offers a student body that reflects the area's diversity, a suburban setting with a regional commercial and medical infrastructure nearby, and academic performance that is above the county midpoint overall but with a noticeable drop-off by fifth grade. The district context includes recent construction and technology investments alongside budget-driven school closures, so attendance boundaries and feeder patterns are worth confirming. The housing market in the area carries a high price tag relative to national benchmarks, consistent with the broader Seattle region's costs. Crestwood is a school where the early grades look stronger than the upper elementary results, and a parent may want to discuss with the school how it supports students as they move through the intermediate years.
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