Enrollment
286
Elementary
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH KITSAP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530576000853
Hilder Pearson Elementary
15650 Central Valley Rd NW, Poulsbo, WA 98370 · (360) 396-3750 · Kitsap County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
96 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 | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
55.6%
WA avg 58.4% . -8.2pp since 2014
Math
49.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -5.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.6% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 51.7% |
| 2022-23 | 61.8% | 54.9% |
| 2021-22 | 56.4% | 46.4% |
| 2018-19 | 64.7% | 54.7% |
| 2017-18 | 63.0% | 50.7% |
| 2016-17 | 67.3% | 61.8% |
| 2015-16 | 65.5% | 60.6% |
| 2014-15 | 63.8% | 54.9% |
% 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
55.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Hilder Pearson Elementary
Hilder Pearson Elementary's state test result (55.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilder Pearson Elementary this school | 286 | 33.6% | 55.8% |
| Lake Shore Elementary VANCOUVER | 300 | 31.3% | N/A |
| Vancouver Innovation Technology and Arts Elementary Vancouver | 300 | 31.7% | N/A |
| Lincoln Elementary School OLYMPIA | 300 | 33.3% | 47.8% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School OLYMPIA | 340 | 35.6% | 58.0% |
| Lowell Elementary School Bellingham | 338 | 34.3% | 58.9% |
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 Hilder Pearson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Kitsap County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #328 of 936 | #14 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #461 of 1,103 ▼ 56 | #21 of 38 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #398 of 1,102 ▼ 45 | #20 of 38 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.9pp | #504 of 928 | #19 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #995 of 1,268 | #34 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #391 of 1,085 | #24 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #710 of 1,088 | #26 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.6% | #890 of 1,169 | #29 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #577 of 778 | #20 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
286
+53 (+23%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 485
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 286 | 18.8 | 15.2:1 | 34% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 19 | 15.7:1 | 38% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 19.8 | 14.5:1 | 33% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 233 | 16 | 14.6:1 | 25% (58) |
| 2017-18 | 315 | 16.8 | 18.7:1 | 28% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 335 | 17 | 19.7:1 | 36% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 306 | 17 | 18.0:1 | 34% (104) |
| 2000-01 | 362 | 18 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 485 | 20 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hilder Pearson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (315 to 286); teachers up 12% (16.8 to 18.8).
About Hilder Pearson Elementary
Hilder Pearson Elementary, located in Poulsbo, Washington, is a low-enrollment elementary school. It reports enrollment of 286 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Washington enroll around 380, and this school is 25% below that mark.
North Kitsap School District has a total of 13 schools and 5,330 students, Hilder Pearson Elementary among them.
Federal enrollment data show Hilder Pearson Elementary is 66% White. The remaining shares are 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 2% Native American. Kitsap County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school's share is lower. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at Hilder Pearson Elementary are from different groups.
There are 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Hilder Pearson Elementary, giving a ratio of 15.2:1. The school's 15.2:1 compares with an average of 17.3:1 for elementary schools in Washington. By family income, 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Hilder Pearson Elementary is -1.9 points: 55.8% actual, 57.7% predicted.
The school's county is Kitsap County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $104,158 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Hilder Pearson Elementary shares Kitsap County with 76 other public schools.
Hilder Pearson Elementary is about 2.1 miles from Emerald Heights Elementary, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Hilder Pearson Elementary's average proficiency of 55.8% compares with 53.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal data place Hilder Pearson Elementary in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment rose by 23% across 4 years, from 233 in 2020-21 to 286 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Hilder Pearson Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 North Kitsap School District
- North Kitsap High SchoolHigh · 1,098 students
- Poulsbo Middle SchoolMiddle · 713 students
- Kingston High SchoolHigh · 602 students
- Vinland ElementaryElementary · 527 students
- Poulsbo Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Kingston Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
Other schools in Poulsbo
- North Kitsap High SchoolHigh · 1,098 students
- Poulsbo Middle SchoolMiddle · 713 students
- Vinland ElementaryElementary · 527 students
- Poulsbo Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Chief Kitsap AcademyCombined · 74 students
Nearby schools
- Emerald Heights Elementary2.1 mi · 466
- Poulsbo Middle School2.4 mi · 713
- Poulsbo Elementary School2.4 mi · 487
- North Kitsap High School2.4 mi · 1,098
- Clear Creek Elementary School2.7 mi · 448
- Silver Ridge Elementary3.2 mi · 430
Frequently asked questions
About Hilder Pearson ElementaryHow large is Hilder Pearson Elementary?
Hilder Pearson Elementary enrolls approximately 286 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hilder Pearson Elementary serve?
Hilder Pearson Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hilder Pearson Elementary?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Hilder Pearson Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Hilder Pearson Elementary?
Student demographics at Hilder Pearson Elementary are roughly 66% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Hilder Pearson Elementary public or private?
Hilder Pearson Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by North Kitsap School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.