Kent School District Calendar 2026-2027

Kent School District serves nearly 25,000 students in forty-four schools and academies, making it one of Washington’s largest and most culturally diverse public systems. Its boundary reaches across the Kent Valley, East Hill, Covington and surrounding suburban and semi-rural communities. Twenty-nine elementary schools and seven middle schools feed four comprehensive high schools—Kent-Meridian, Kentridge, Kentwood and Kentlake—whose identities reflect different parts of that broad territory.

Many families use languages other than English at home, so multilingual education and interpretation are central operating responsibilities. Dual-language classrooms develop bilingual academic skills, and students who already know another language can demonstrate proficiency for high-school credit. Free breakfast and lunch across the district, family support and a growing interpreter network reduce practical barriers to participation in a system where no single cultural experience represents the whole community.

Career and technical education begins in middle school and continues through the high schools, pairing academic work with technical and employability skills. CTE dual credit, Running Start, advanced courses and college-admissions partnerships give students several ways to prepare for life after graduation. Kent Laboratory Academy supplies a grades 3–12 project-based choice, while other academies add specialized settings. Those programs are valuable, but Kent’s deeper character comes from the scale and diversity of its neighborhood network: four comprehensive high schools serving communities that range from dense urban neighborhoods to the eastern edge of the district.