Discovery

PORT ORCHARD, Washington, is home to Discovery, a small high school. Enrollment is 224 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. Against the 573-student average for high schools in Washington, enrollment here is 61% lower.

South Kitsap School District oversees Discovery and 16 other schools, with 9,326 students in total.

Discovery is 63% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 16% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, and 6% Pacific Islander. That compares with about 75% White among all Kitsap County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Its teaching staff equals 10 full-time positions, a ratio of 22.4:1. That is higher than the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 66%. The 41% average for public schools in Kitsap County is 25 points lower.

According to the American Community Survey, in Kitsap County, the median household income is $104,158, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Discovery is one of 77 public schools in the county.

The closest public school to Discovery is Madrona Heights, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Discovery falls in the Suburb: Mid-size locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

In 2020-21, federal data counted 137 students at Discovery; in 2024-25, 224. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. The school's ratio rose from 13.7:1 to 22.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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