Klahowya Secondary

Klahowya Secondary is a high school of sizable scale in SILVERDALE, Washington, operated by Central Kitsap School District, hosting 1,016 students in grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 573 students each, so Klahowya Secondary sits 77% larger than that benchmark.

Central Kitsap School District comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 11,100 students; Klahowya Secondary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Klahowya Secondary shows that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 12% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Klahowya Secondary records 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Klahowya Secondary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Kitsap County (around 41%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Klahowya Secondary is in the bottom 10% of Washington public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 58.7%; Klahowya Secondary posts 45.7%, -13.0 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Kitsap County put median household earnings sit near $104,158, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kitsap County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,233 students), of which Klahowya Secondary is one.

The closest other public school is Silverdale Elementary, roughly 2.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Klahowya Secondary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Klahowya Secondary at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Klahowya Secondary has ticked down 6%, going from 1,082 students in 2018 to 1,016 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 78% to 74%.

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