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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Burley Glenwood Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 393 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH KITSAP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530816001345
Burley Glenwood Elementary
100 SW LAKEWAY BLVD, PORT ORCHARD, WA 98367 · (360) 443-3110 · Kitsap County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Washington public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
190 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
56.6%
WA avg 58.4% . +10.5pp since 2014
Math
51.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -3.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.6% | 51.3% |
| 2023-24 | 50.7% | 51.6% |
| 2022-23 | 51.2% | 52.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.5% | 47.5% |
| 2018-19 | 62.0% | 60.3% |
| 2017-18 | 55.4% | 54.3% |
| 2016-17 | 50.7% | 50.9% |
| 2015-16 | 51.0% | 59.2% |
| 2014-15 | 46.0% | 54.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Burley Glenwood Elementary
Burley Glenwood Elementary's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burley Glenwood Elementary this school | 452 | 42.0% | 53.5% |
| North Fork Elementary School Woodland | 473 | 41.4% | N/A |
| Stanwood Elementary School STANWOOD | 430 | 39.8% | 53.4% |
| Simpson Avenue Elementary Montesano | 402 | 41.3% | 57.6% |
| Eatonville Elementary School Eatonville | 406 | 44.1% | 47.5% |
| Monte Cristo Elementary Granite Falls | 502 | 43.6% | 34.3% |
Matched among Washington elementary 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 Burley Glenwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Kitsap County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #378 of 936 | #18 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #419 of 1,103 ▼ 12 | #16 of 38 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #375 of 1,102 ▲ 108 | #18 of 38 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #323 of 928 | #12 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #444 of 1,268 | #10 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #681 of 1,085 | #34 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.0% | #840 of 1,088 | #34 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.0% | #774 of 1,169 | #20 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #669 of 778 | #24 of 32 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
452
+31 (+7%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 695
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 452 | 27.6 | 16.4:1 | 42% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 27.7 | 17.4:1 | 42% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 446 | 26.7 | 16.7:1 | 41% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 29 | 14.5:1 | 29% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 27.5 | 17.3:1 | 38% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 547 | 27 | 20.3:1 | 48% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 449 | 24 | 18.7:1 | 35% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 623 | 32 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 695 | 33 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burley Glenwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (477 to 452); teachers unchanged (27.5 to 27.6).
About Burley Glenwood Elementary
Burley Glenwood Elementary is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in PORT ORCHARD, Washington. Enrollment stands at 452 students, covering pre-K through 5.
Burley Glenwood Elementary is in South Kitsap School District, a district with 9,326 students across 17 schools.
More than half of enrollment at Burley Glenwood Elementary is White: 71%. Other groups include 13% multiracial and 12% Hispanic. In Kitsap County overall, the White share is about 75%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Burley Glenwood Elementary scores 46%.
On staff are 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. Burley Glenwood Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 42%. The average for public schools in Kitsap County is similar, at 41%.
On the allk12 Grade, Burley Glenwood Elementary lands at B, ahead of 58% of Washington public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Burley Glenwood Elementary is 52.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 53.5%.
In the wider Kitsap County area, median household income comes to about $104,158, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Kitsap County's 77 public schools enroll about 34,233 students and include Burley Glenwood Elementary.
Mullenix Ridge Elementary School sits about 2.9 miles from Burley Glenwood Elementary. Burley Glenwood Elementary has 6 other public schools within five miles. The school's 53.5% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was 452 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 421. The ratio was 14.5:1 in 2020-21 and 16.4:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Burley Glenwood Elementary can post about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 South Kitsap School District
- South Kitsap High SchoolHigh · 2,448 students
- John Sedgwick Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Cedar Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 689 students
- Marcus Whitman Middle SchoolMiddle · 623 students
- Orchard Heights ElementaryElementary · 529 students
- Sunnyslope Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
Other schools in PORT ORCHARD
- South Kitsap High SchoolHigh · 2,448 students
- John Sedgwick Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Cedar Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 689 students
- Marcus Whitman Middle SchoolMiddle · 623 students
- Orchard Heights ElementaryElementary · 529 students
- Sunnyslope Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
Nearby schools
- Mullenix Ridge Elementary School2.9 mi · 372
- Olalla Elementary School3.6 mi · 315
- Peninsula High School3.8 mi · 1,345
- Purdy Elementary School4.0 mi · 483
- Hidden Creek Elementary School4.4 mi · 439
- Sidney Glen Elementary School4.7 mi · 502
Frequently asked questions
About Burley Glenwood ElementaryHow many students attend Burley Glenwood Elementary?
Burley Glenwood Elementary enrolls approximately 452 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Burley Glenwood Elementary serve?
Burley Glenwood Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Burley Glenwood Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Burley Glenwood Elementary is approximately 16.4:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Burley Glenwood Elementary?
Burley Glenwood Elementary reports a student body of 71% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Burley Glenwood Elementary in?
Burley Glenwood Elementary is part of South Kitsap School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.