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Enrollment
767
Middle
DISTRICT 736 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAK HARBOR SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530594000904
Oak Harbor Intermediate School
150 SW Sixth Ave., Oak Harbor, WA 98277 · (360) 279-5300 · Island County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL767 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
343 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 5 | 405 | 53% |
| Grade 6 | 362 | 47% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Oak Harbor Intermediate School→North Whidbey Middle School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Oak Harbor School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
58.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -5.6pp since 2014
Math
44.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -11.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 58 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 down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.4% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 37.7% |
| 2022-23 | 52.5% | 37.3% |
| 2021-22 | 44.6% | 32.5% |
| 2018-19 | 59.6% | 46.0% |
| 2017-18 | 56.1% | 44.4% |
| 2016-17 | 58.4% | 52.2% |
| 2015-16 | 62.3% | 54.5% |
| 2014-15 | 64.0% | 55.4% |
% 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
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Oak Harbor Intermediate School
Oak Harbor Intermediate School's state test result (51.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Harbor Intermediate School this school | 767 | 44.7% | 51.1% |
| North Whidbey Middle School Oak Harbor | 705 | 42.3% | 46.2% |
| Aylen Jr High Puyallup | 720 | 43.9% | 42.9% |
| Frontier Middle School Vancouver | 767 | 43.5% | N/A |
| Ferrucci Jr High Puyallup | 815 | 50.3% | 44.6% |
| Cedarcrest School Marysville | 704 | 49.9% | 39.0% |
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 Oak Harbor Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #84 of 294 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #109 of 357 ▲ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #101 of 357 ▲ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.7pp | #8 of 290 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 767 | #86 of 377 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #60 of 340 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #116 of 340 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.7% | #224 of 359 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #70 of 192 |
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
767
+60 (+8%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 859
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
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 | 767 | 44.1 | 17.4:1 | 45% (343) |
| 2023-24 | 758 | 46.8 | 16.2:1 | 48% (365) |
| 2022-23 | 768 | 53 | 14.5:1 | 49% (376) |
| 2020-21 | 707 | 42 | 16.8:1 | 38% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 900 | 44.8 | 20.1:1 | 41% (371) |
| 2015-16 | 616 | 30 | 20.5:1 | 36% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 604 | 27 | 22.4:1 | 37% (222) |
| 2000-01 | 681 | 33 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 859 | 40 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Harbor Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (900 to 767); teachers down 1% (44.8 to 44.1).
About Oak Harbor Intermediate School
Oak Harbor Intermediate School is a mid-sized middle school based in Oak Harbor, Washington. In all, 767 students attend the school in grades 5 through 6. The school is 33% above the average for middle schools in Washington.
Oak Harbor School District is the local district for Oak Harbor Intermediate School. It runs 11 schools with 5,635 students.
White students are 51% of those enrolled at Oak Harbor Intermediate School. Other reported shares: 22% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 5% Black. That compares with about 78% White among all Island County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
With 44.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.4:1. Statewide, middle schools in Washington average 18.9:1. Roughly 45% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Test results at Oak Harbor Intermediate School are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (51.1% actual, 50.2% predicted).
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Island County show that median household income comes to about $90,551, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Island County counts 26 public schools with about 8,561 students.
Homeconnection sits about 0.2 miles from Oak Harbor Intermediate School. Oak Harbor Intermediate School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Oak Harbor Intermediate School comes in 3rd of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 60 students, from 707 to 767.
The discussion board for Oak Harbor Intermediate School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Island County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
86,836
Census ACS
Median income
$90,551
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
8,561 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oak Harbor School District
- Oak Harbor High SchoolHigh · 1,562 students
- North Whidbey Middle SchoolMiddle · 705 students
- Hillcrest ElementaryElementary · 460 students
- Crescent Harbor ElemElementary · 419 students
- Oak Harbor ElementaryElementary · 411 students
- Olympic View ElemElementary · 411 students
Other schools in Oak Harbor
- Oak Harbor High SchoolHigh · 1,562 students
- North Whidbey Middle SchoolMiddle · 705 students
- Hillcrest ElementaryElementary · 460 students
- Crescent Harbor ElemElementary · 419 students
- Oak Harbor ElementaryElementary · 411 students
- Olympic View ElemElementary · 411 students
Other Oak Harbor Intermediate schools
One other US public school is named Oak Harbor Intermediate. Oak Harbor Intermediate School is the largest of the 2.
- Oak Harbor Intermediate SchoolOak Harbor, OH · 315 students
Nearby schools
- Homeconnection0.2 mi · 385
- Special Education0.2 mi · 135
- Broad View Elementary0.3 mi · 369
- iGrad Academy0.7 mi · 11
- Oak Harbor High School0.7 mi · 1,562
- North Whidbey Middle School0.7 mi · 705
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Harbor Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Oak Harbor Intermediate School?
Oak Harbor Intermediate School enrolls approximately 767 students in grades 05-06.
Is Oak Harbor Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oak Harbor Intermediate School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does Oak Harbor Intermediate School have?
Oak Harbor Intermediate School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
How diverse is Oak Harbor Intermediate School?
Oak Harbor Intermediate School reports a student body of 51% White, 22% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Oak Harbor Intermediate School in?
Oak Harbor Intermediate School is part of Oak Harbor School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.