Capt Johnston Blakely Elem Sch

As a moderately sized elementary campus in Bainbridge Island, Washington, Capt Johnston Blakely Elem Sch enrolls 356 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by Bainbridge Island School District.

Across the 10 schools in Bainbridge Island School District (3,514 students total), Capt Johnston Blakely Elem Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Capt Johnston Blakely Elem Sch logs that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Capt Johnston Blakely Elem Sch has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Capt Johnston Blakely Elem Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kitsap County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Capt Johnston Blakely Elem Sch sits in the top 10% of Washington schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 71.5%; actual is 86.9%, +15.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Kitsap County indicate median household income runs about $104,158, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Kitsap County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,233 students), Capt Johnston Blakely Elem Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mosaic Home Education Partnership, around 2.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Capt Johnston Blakely Elem Sch comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 78.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 367 students in 2018 compared to 356 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 85% to 79%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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