Barker Creek Community School

Barker Creek Community School is a multi-level school of high-enrollment scale in Bremerton, Washington, one of the schools within Central Kitsap School District, teacheing 551 students in grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 170% bigger than the state mean of about 204.

Central Kitsap School District runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 11,100 students. Barker Creek Community School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Barker Creek Community School logs that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 17% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Barker Creek Community School has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 40.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 33.2:1 average. Roughly 42% of students at Barker Creek Community School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, Kitsap County reports that the typical household earns roughly $104,158 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Barker Creek Community School is one of 77 public schools in Kitsap County (combined enrollment of about 34,233 students).

Pinecrest Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Barker Creek Community School.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 54%: 357 students in 2018 compared to 551 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 73% to 65% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 40.2:1 today.

On this page, members of the Barker Creek Community School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.