Hilder Pearson Elementary

Hilder Pearson Elementary is one of the small elementary campuss in Poulsbo, Washington, operated by North Kitsap School District, with 286 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 25% smaller than the state mean of about 380.

Across the 13 schools in North Kitsap School District (5,330 students total), Hilder Pearson Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hilder Pearson Elementary reports that White students make up the majority at 66%. Beyond that, the school lists 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hilder Pearson Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.7%, the actual is 55.8%, a residual of -1.9 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Kitsap County put the typical household earns roughly $104,158 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Hilder Pearson Elementary is one of 77 public schools in Kitsap County (combined enrollment of about 34,233 students).

The closest other public school is Emerald Heights Elementary, roughly 2.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hilder Pearson Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 53.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hilder Pearson Elementary has shrank 9%, going from 315 students in 2018 to 286 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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