Jenkins Creek Elementary School

Jenkins Creek Elementary sits in Covington, a quiet, suburban corner of King County where newer housing developments blend with the wooded Pacific Northwest landscape — the kind of place where families move when they want more space without straying too far from the Seattle metro. Academics here are a work in progress, with test scores currently sitting below the state midpoint, though science shows a bit more promise relative to the other subjects. Families who are engaged and looking to be active partners in their child's education — rather than assuming the school will do all the heavy lifting — tend to thrive in communities like this one.