Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 403 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL KITSAP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530108000182
Esquire Hills Elementary
2650 NE John Carlson RD, Bremerton, WA 98311 · (360) 662-8600 · Kitsap County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
163 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 13 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
54.9%
WA avg 58.4% . +4.6pp since 2014
Math
45.8%
WA avg 51.2% . +1.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.9% | 45.8% |
| 2023-24 | 45.9% | 36.6% |
| 2022-23 | 45.9% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.5% | 32.3% |
| 2018-19 | 58.6% | 49.7% |
| 2017-18 | 57.4% | 46.3% |
| 2016-17 | 61.9% | 48.3% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 40.9% |
| 2014-15 | 50.2% | 44.1% |
% 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
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Esquire Hills Elementary
Esquire Hills Elementary's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esquire Hills Elementary this school | 288 | 56.6% | 44.9% |
| Crownhill Elementary School Bremerton | 317 | 58.0% | 47.8% |
| Suquamish Elementary School Suquamish | 314 | 55.7% | 45.3% |
| Spinning Elementary Puyallup | 299 | 54.8% | 56.6% |
| Garfield Elementary School OLYMPIA | 314 | 60.5% | 37.9% |
| Stewart Elementary Puyallup | 343 | 58.9% | 40.8% |
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 Esquire Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Kitsap County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #521 of 936 | #30 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #514 of 1,103 ▲ 199 | #23 of 38 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #410 of 1,102 ▲ 170 | #21 of 38 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.4pp | #50 of 928 | #2 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #987 of 1,268 | #32 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #65 of 1,085 | #2 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #234 of 1,088 | #1 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.6% | #510 of 1,169 | #9 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #416 of 778 | #10 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
288
+53 (+23%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 580
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 288 | 22.2 | 13.0:1 | 57% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 298 | 22 | 13.6:1 | 60% (178) |
| 2022-23 | 273 | 21 | 13.0:1 | 53% (144) |
| 2020-21 | 235 | 18 | 13.1:1 | 38% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 341 | 22.3 | 15.3:1 | 35% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 378 | 26 | 14.5:1 | 56% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 436 | 26 | 16.8:1 | 34% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 423 | 25 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 580 | 24 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Esquire Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (341 to 288); teachers down 1% (22.3 to 22.2).
About Esquire Hills Elementary
Esquire Hills Elementary is one of the public schools in Bremerton, Washington. It is a low-enrollment elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 288 students. Against the 380-student average for elementary schools in Washington, enrollment here is 24% lower.
Central Kitsap School District counts 11,100 students in its 19 schools, and Esquire Hills Elementary is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Esquire Hills Elementary, at 43%. Other groups make up 23% Hispanic, 20% multiracial, 5% Pacific Islander, and 4% Asian. County-wide, 75% of Kitsap County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 72% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Esquire Hills Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.0:1. That is 4.3 students per teacher below the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 57%. On average, public schools in Kitsap County report 41%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Esquire Hills Elementary is +2.6 points: 44.9% actual, 42.2% predicted.
Across Kitsap County, the median household income is $104,158, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. In all, Kitsap County has 77 public schools and roughly 34,233 students.
Nearby, Brownsville Elementary is about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Esquire Hills Elementary ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 44.9% versus a 46.2% average.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment has grown by 53 students since 2020-21, to 288.
The Esquire Hills Elementary community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Central Kitsap School District
- Central Kitsap High SchoolHigh · 1,564 students
- Olympic High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Klahowya SecondaryHigh · 1,016 students
- Ridgetop Middle SchoolMiddle · 784 students
- Fairview Middle SchoolMiddle · 620 students
- Central Kitsap Middle SchoolMiddle · 564 students
Other schools in Bremerton
- Bremerton High SchoolHigh · 1,263 students
- Olympic High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- Fairview Middle SchoolMiddle · 620 students
- Barker Creek Community SchoolCombined · 551 students
- Catalyst Public SchoolsCombined · 504 students
Nearby schools
- Brownsville Elementary0.7 mi · 422
- Barker Creek Community School1.1 mi · 551
- Woodlands Elementary1.5 mi · 379
- Cottonwood Elementary School1.6 mi · 362
- Pinecrest Elementary1.7 mi · 410
- Fairview Middle School1.7 mi · 620
Frequently asked questions
About Esquire Hills ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Esquire Hills Elementary?
Esquire Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 288 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Esquire Hills Elementary serve?
Esquire Hills Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Esquire Hills Elementary?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Esquire Hills Elementary.
How diverse is Esquire Hills Elementary?
Esquire Hills Elementary reports a student body of 43% White, 23% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 20% Two or more.
Who oversees Esquire Hills Elementary?
Esquire Hills Elementary is overseen by Central Kitsap School District in Kitsap County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.