Cedar Heights Middle School

Cedar Heights Middle School is an intermediate school of mid-tier scale in PORT ORCHARD, Washington, one of the schools within South Kitsap School District, works with 689 students in grades 6 through 8.

South Kitsap School District runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 9,326 students. Cedar Heights Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Cedar Heights Middle School shows that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.3:1. The state averages about 18.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cedar Heights Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.5%; this one delivers 51.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Kitsap County put median household earnings sit near $104,158, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Cedar Heights Middle School is one of 77 public schools in Kitsap County (combined enrollment of about 34,233 students).

Nearest neighbor: Kitsap Co Detention Ctr, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cedar Heights Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cedar Heights Middle School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.2%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cedar Heights Middle School's enrollment has edged down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 801 (now 689). White enrollment moved from 69% to 58% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

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