Abstract: Writing is an activity of putting thoughts or ideas into writing so that other people can read and understand them. Writing is the act of making notes or information on media using handwriting. Writing is an activity for us to be able to express what is in our feelings and encourage individuals to express what we are thinking or feeling. The problem in this research is the students' writing ability in descriptive text at SMPN 4 Kotabumi. The purpose of this study was to determine students' ability to write descriptive texts. This study used a descriptive quantitative method with a sample that the researcher took, namely 30 students. In collecting the data, the researcher used writing and documentation test instruments. Data analysis was carried out by processing data using the average student score, the results of data processing from the writing test obtained from the overall recapitulation of student scores with a score of 61 in the sufficient category. And it can be concluded that the ability of students' writing tests at SMPN 4 Kotabumi is in the sufficient category.