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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the North Kitsap High School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,098
High
DISTRICT 585 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH KITSAP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530576000852
North Kitsap High School
1780 NE Hostmark St, Poulsbo, WA 98370 · (360) 396-3100 · Kitsap County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,098 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Washington public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
25.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
305 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 263 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 275 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 259 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 301 | 27% |
Student demographics
55%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
70.2%
WA avg 58.4% . +60.9pp since 2014
Math
43.7%
WA avg 51.2% . +38.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 61 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 38 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.2% | 43.7% |
| 2023-24 | 68.6% | 34.5% |
| 2022-23 | 71.9% | 41.8% |
| 2021-22 | 72.0% | 36.8% |
| 2018-19 | 80.8% | 46.6% |
| 2017-18 | 77.2% | 53.7% |
| 2016-17 | 10.9% | 24.7% |
| 2015-16 | 24.2% | 31.3% |
| 2014-15 | 9.4% | 5.6% |
% 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
53.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 North Kitsap High School
North Kitsap High School's state test result (53.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Kitsap High School this school | 1,098 | 27.8% | 53.9% |
| Sehome High School Bellingham | 1,116 | 29.9% | 50.2% |
| Cavelero Mid High School Lake Stevens | 1,490 | 29.7% | 46.7% |
| Columbia River High VANCOUVER | 1,138 | 32.6% | N/A |
| Tumwater High School Tumwater | 1,117 | 30.6% | 49.2% |
| A G West Black Hills High School Tumwater | 753 | 31.2% | 47.5% |
Matched among Washington high 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 North Kitsap High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Kitsap County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #52 of 271 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #56 of 321 ▲ 48 | #2 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #76 of 327 ▲ 19 | #5 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #77 of 259 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,098 | #144 of 570 | #6 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.4:1 | #305 of 311 | #9 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #157 of 316 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.8% | #333 of 386 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #140 of 164 | #6 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,098
+123 (+13%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 970
Student : Teacher
25.4:1
was 25.0:1
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 | 1,098 | 43.3 | 25.4:1 | 28% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 1,097 | 44.1 | 24.9:1 | 29% (321) |
| 2022-23 | 1,063 | 47.8 | 22.3:1 | 29% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 975 | 39 | 25.0:1 | 22% (217) |
| 2017-18 | 1,131 | 47.9 | 23.6:1 | 21% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 1,133 | 51 | 22.2:1 | 21% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 1,339 | 60 | 22.3:1 | 21% (285) |
| 2000-01 | 1,497 | 75 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 970 | 54 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Kitsap High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (1,131 to 1,098); teachers down 10% (47.9 to 43.3).
About North Kitsap High School
North Kitsap High School is a high school located in Poulsbo, Washington, in Kitsap County. The latest federal count shows 1,098 students in grades 9 through 12. Against the 573-student average for high schools in Washington, enrollment here is 92% higher.
North Kitsap School District counts 5,330 students in its 13 schools, and North Kitsap High School is one of them.
North Kitsap High School's enrollment is 63% White. Next come 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. That compares with about 75% White among all Kitsap County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at North Kitsap High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 25.4:1, with 43.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among high schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 21.6:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at North Kitsap High School is 28%. That rate is below the 41% average among public schools in Kitsap County.
North Kitsap High School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 70% of Washington public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Washington schools that have similar shares of low-income students, North Kitsap High School's results are 7.7 points below predicted: 53.9% against 61.6%.
County data help place the school in context: in Kitsap County, median household income is about $104,158, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. North Kitsap High School is among the 77 public schools in Kitsap County.
Poulsbo Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, North Kitsap High School ranks 5th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Mid-size. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 1,098 was 13% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 975.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at North Kitsap High School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Poulsbo Middle SchoolMiddle · 713 students
- Kingston High SchoolHigh · 602 students
- Vinland ElementaryElementary · 527 students
- Poulsbo Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Kingston Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
- Richard Gordon ElementaryElementary · 361 students
Other schools in Poulsbo
- Poulsbo Middle SchoolMiddle · 713 students
- Vinland ElementaryElementary · 527 students
- Poulsbo Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Hilder Pearson ElementaryElementary · 286 students
- Chief Kitsap AcademyCombined · 74 students
Nearby schools
- Poulsbo Middle School0.2 mi · 713
- Poulsbo Elementary School0.4 mi · 487
- Hilder Pearson Elementary2.4 mi · 286
- Chief Kitsap Academy2.9 mi · 74
- Vinland Elementary3.0 mi · 527
- Suquamish Elementary School3.2 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About North Kitsap High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at North Kitsap High School?
North Kitsap High School enrolls approximately 1,098 students in grades 09-12.
Is North Kitsap High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
North Kitsap High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at North Kitsap High School?
Approximately 25.4:1 students per teacher at North Kitsap High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at North Kitsap High School?
At North Kitsap High School, the student body is approximately 63% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is North Kitsap High School public or private?
North Kitsap High School 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.