Orchard Heights Elementary

Orchard Heights Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in PORT ORCHARD, Washington, operated by South Kitsap School District. The school hosts 529 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Orchard Heights Elementary sits 39% above that benchmark.

South Kitsap School District runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 9,326 students. Orchard Heights Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Orchard Heights Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder comes out to 17% multiracial, 14% Hispanic, 3% Pacific Islander, 3% Black. By comparison, Kitsap County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kitsap County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Orchard Heights Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Kitsap County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $104,158 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Orchard Heights Elementary is one of 77 public schools in Kitsap County (combined enrollment of about 34,233 students).

Nearest neighbor: Madrona Heights, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Orchard Heights Elementary comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 43.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 22%: 682 students in 2018 compared to 529 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 58% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Orchard Heights Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.