Crescent Harbor Elem

Crescent Harbor Elem is one of the mid-sized K-5 schools in Oak Harbor, Washington, overseen by Oak Harbor School District, with 419 students on its rolls from grades K through 4.

Crescent Harbor Elem is one of 11 schools operated by Oak Harbor School District, a district that teaches 5,635 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Crescent Harbor Elem shows that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 24% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Black, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Crescent Harbor Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Crescent Harbor Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.9%, the actual is 50.4%, a residual of +2.5 points.

Around the school, census data for Island County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,551 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Island County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,561 students), Crescent Harbor Elem is one campus in the mix.

Olympic View Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Crescent Harbor Elem at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 50.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Crescent Harbor Elem's enrollment has decreased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 493 (now 419). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 61% to 54%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.