Hidden Creek Elementary School

Located at 5455 CONVERSE ROAD SE, in PORT ORCHARD, Washington, Hidden Creek Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that caters to 439 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of South Kitsap School District.

South Kitsap School District comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 9,326 students; Hidden Creek Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Hidden Creek Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 59%. Beyond that, the school reports 21% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 4% Asian, 2% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Hidden Creek Elementary School reports 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hidden Creek Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.0%, the actual is 42.5%, a residual of -5.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, Kitsap County reports that 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%. Hidden Creek Elementary School is one of 77 public schools in Kitsap County (combined enrollment of about 34,233 students).

Sidney Glen Elementary School 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. On composite proficiency, Hidden Creek Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Hidden Creek Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 454 (now 439). The White share of enrollment shrank from 69% to 59% over that span.

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