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Enrollment
623
Middle
DISTRICT 681 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH KITSAP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530816001351
Marcus Whitman Middle School
1887 MADRONA DR SE, PORT ORCHARD, WA 98366 · (360) 874-6160 · Kitsap County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL623 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Washington public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
373 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 201 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 212 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 210 | 34% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
38.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -21.0pp since 2014
Math
24.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -19.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 21 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 20 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.3% | 24.9% |
| 2023-24 | 38.5% | 24.2% |
| 2022-23 | 43.5% | 28.5% |
| 2021-22 | 40.7% | 27.6% |
| 2018-19 | 56.1% | 38.9% |
| 2017-18 | 54.0% | 37.9% |
| 2016-17 | 48.7% | 34.0% |
| 2015-16 | 56.8% | 39.3% |
| 2014-15 | 59.3% | 44.4% |
% 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
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Marcus Whitman Middle School
Marcus Whitman Middle School's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Whitman Middle School this school | 623 | 59.9% | 32.1% |
| Westwood Middle School Spokane | 624 | 57.7% | 39.7% |
| Chief Joseph Middle School Richland | 659 | 58.4% | N/A |
| Huntington Middle School Kelso | 559 | 63.9% | N/A |
| Rochester Middle School Rochester | 535 | 60.0% | 44.8% |
| Vista Middle School Ferndale | 550 | 55.6% | 43.3% |
Matched among Washington middle 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 Marcus Whitman Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Kitsap County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #210 of 294 | #10 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #253 of 357 no change | #10 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #262 of 357 ▼ 18 | #10 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #48 of 290 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 623 | #183 of 377 | #6 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #15 of 340 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #141 of 340 | #4 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.9% | #115 of 359 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #141 of 192 | #8 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
623
-81 (-12%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 793
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 623 | 41.6 | 15.0:1 | 60% (373) |
| 2023-24 | 654 | 43 | 15.2:1 | 60% (390) |
| 2022-23 | 686 | 41.4 | 16.6:1 | 60% (411) |
| 2020-21 | 704 | 42 | 16.8:1 | 47% (328) |
| 2017-18 | 665 | 38.7 | 17.2:1 | 46% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 721 | 37 | 19.5:1 | 47% (340) |
| 2010-11 | 763 | 38 | 20.1:1 | 27% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 960 | 44 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 793 | 35 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marcus Whitman Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (665 to 623); teachers up 7% (38.7 to 41.6).
About Marcus Whitman Middle School
Located in PORT ORCHARD, Washington, Marcus Whitman Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school. Its enrollment is 623 students, spread over grades 6 through 8.
South Kitsap School District counts 17 schools and 9,326 students, including Marcus Whitman Middle School.
Of every 100 students at Marcus Whitman Middle School, about 57 are White. The rest of enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Pacific Islander. Among all residents of Kitsap County, the White share is about 75%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 61%.
Marcus Whitman Middle School reports a ratio of 15.0 students per teacher, from 41.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Washington have an average ratio of 18.9:1. At Marcus Whitman Middle School, 60% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 41% average among public schools in Kitsap County.
Marcus Whitman Middle School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 20% of Washington public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Marcus Whitman Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.1%; the prediction is 40.0%.
Census data for Kitsap County show the median household earns about $104,158 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Kitsap County number 77, with about 34,233 students.
Discovery is about 0.1 miles from Marcus Whitman Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Marcus Whitman Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 623, from 704 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 15.0 students per teacher, compared with 16.8 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Marcus Whitman Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 South Kitsap School District
- South Kitsap High SchoolHigh · 2,448 students
- John Sedgwick Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Cedar Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 689 students
- Orchard Heights ElementaryElementary · 529 students
- Sunnyslope Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
- Sidney Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · 502 students
Other schools in PORT ORCHARD
- South Kitsap High SchoolHigh · 2,448 students
- John Sedgwick Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Cedar Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 689 students
- Orchard Heights ElementaryElementary · 529 students
- Sunnyslope Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
- Sidney Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · 502 students
Other Marcus Whitman Middle schools
One other US public school is named Marcus Whitman Middle. Marcus Whitman Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOLRUSHVILLE, NY · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Discovery0.1 mi · 224
- Madrona Heights0.1 mi · 56
- Orchard Heights Elementary0.2 mi · 529
- Explorer Academy0.9 mi · 286
- East Port Orchard Elementary1.2 mi · 423
- South Kitsap High School1.2 mi · 2,448
Frequently asked questions
About Marcus Whitman Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Marcus Whitman Middle School?
Marcus Whitman Middle School enrolls approximately 623 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Marcus Whitman Middle School serve?
Marcus Whitman Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Marcus Whitman Middle School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Marcus Whitman Middle School.
How diverse is Marcus Whitman Middle School?
Marcus Whitman Middle School reports a student body of 57% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Marcus Whitman Middle School?
Marcus Whitman Middle School is overseen by South Kitsap School District in Kitsap County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.