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Enrollment
1,263
High
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREMERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530066000139
Bremerton High School
1500 13th Street, Bremerton, WA 98337 · (360) 473-0800 · Kitsap County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,263 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Washington public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public high schools
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
706 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 285 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 318 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 334 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 326 | 26% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 68% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
43.8%
WA avg 58.4% . +25.2pp since 2014
Math
15.5%
WA avg 51.2% . +7.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 25 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.8% | 15.5% |
| 2023-24 | 34.6% | 13.1% |
| 2022-23 | 28.6% | 10.8% |
| 2021-22 | 44.1% | 15.7% |
| 2018-19 | 54.6% | 26.3% |
| 2017-18 | 66.2% | 24.6% |
| 2016-17 | 11.5% | 10.5% |
| 2015-16 | 36.1% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.6% | 8.2% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bremerton High School
Bremerton High School's state test result (25.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bremerton High School this school | 1,263 | 55.9% | 25.6% |
| Everett High School Everett | 1,643 | 59.9% | 49.1% |
| Marysville Pilchuck High School Marysville | 1,182 | 54.9% | 27.6% |
| Bethel High School Spanaway | 1,688 | 50.8% | 42.9% |
| Evergreen High School Vancouver | 1,427 | 50.6% | N/A |
| Heritage High School Vancouver | 1,569 | 51.9% | N/A |
Matched among Washington high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bremerton High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Kitsap County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #247 of 271 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #258 of 321 ▲ 17 | #8 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #263 of 327 ▲ 41 | #8 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.2pp | #139 of 259 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,263 | #126 of 570 | #3 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #185 of 311 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #57 of 316 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.9% | #150 of 386 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.3% | #84 of 136 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,263
+68 (+6%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 1,466
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 18.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,263 | 59.6 | 21.2:1 | 56% (706) |
| 2023-24 | 1,279 | 62.2 | 20.6:1 | 59% (761) |
| 2022-23 | 1,221 | 67.4 | 18.1:1 | 66% (808) |
| 2020-21 | 1,195 | 65 | 18.4:1 | 59% (710) |
| 2017-18 | 1,177 | 62.9 | 18.7:1 | 59% (696) |
| 2015-16 | 1,244 | 65 | 19.1:1 | 61% (755) |
| 2010-11 | 1,291 | 65 | 19.9:1 | 53% (688) |
| 2000-01 | 1,148 | 52 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,466 | 64 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bremerton High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (1,177 to 1,263); teachers down 5% (62.9 to 59.6).
About Bremerton High School
A large high school in Bremerton, Washington, Bremerton High School is part of Bremerton School District. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 1,263 students. For comparison, high schools in Washington average about 573 students.
Bremerton School District has 12 schools; together they serve 4,383 students.
Enrollment at Bremerton High School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 42%. Other reported shares: 27% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 6% Black, and 6% Asian. That compares with about 75% White among all Kitsap County residents. Bremerton High School has a diversity index of 71%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Bremerton High School is 59.6 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 21.2:1. High schools in Washington have a similar average ratio of 21.6:1. Around 56% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 41% for public schools in Kitsap County.
Measured against Washington public high schools, Bremerton High School receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Bremerton High School ranks in the bottom 10% of Washington schools. It scores 25.6%; the prediction is 42.7%.
In the county around the school, Kitsap County, median household income is about $104,158, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. A total of 77 public schools operate in Kitsap County, serving about 34,233 students.
The closest other public school is Naval Avenue Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Bremerton High School ranks 5th of 6 nearby schools, at 25.6% versus a 35.3% average.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 6%, from 1,195 to 1,263. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.4:1 in 2020-21, and 21.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Kitsap County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
277,881
Census ACS
Median income
$104,158
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
34,233 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bremerton School District
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- Armin Jahr ElementaryElementary · 495 students
- View Ridge Elementary Arts AcademyElementary · 388 students
- Kitsap Lake ElementaryElementary · 336 students
- Crownhill Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
- West Hills S.T.E.M. AcademyElementary · 283 students
Other schools in Bremerton
- Olympic High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- Fairview Middle SchoolMiddle · 620 students
- Barker Creek Community SchoolCombined · 551 students
- Catalyst Public SchoolsCombined · 504 students
- Armin Jahr ElementaryElementary · 495 students
Nearby schools
- Naval Avenue Elementary School0.5 mi · 269
- Special Services1.2 mi · 15
- Renaissance Alternative High School1.2 mi · 81
- Bremerton Homelink Program1.2 mi · 72
- Crownhill Elementary School1.2 mi · 317
- Catalyst Public Schools1.2 mi · 504
Frequently asked questions
About Bremerton High SchoolHow many students attend Bremerton High School?
Bremerton High School enrolls approximately 1,263 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Bremerton High School serve?
Bremerton High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Bremerton High School?
Approximately 21.2:1 students per teacher at Bremerton High School.
What is the student diversity at Bremerton High School?
Student demographics at Bremerton High School are roughly 42% White, 27% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Bremerton High School in?
Bremerton High School is part of Bremerton School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.