Enrollment
320
Elementary
DISTRICT 253 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAINBRIDGE ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530033000047
Ordway Elementary
8555 Madison Ave NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 · (206) 780-1470 · Kitsap County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% of Washington public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
55 students
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 33% smaller than its 4th grade class (66).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Based on grade levels within Bainbridge Island School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
72.7%
WA avg 58.4% . +4.3pp since 2014
Math
73.5%
WA avg 51.2% . +2.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.7% | 73.5% |
| 2023-24 | 75.2% | 73.9% |
| 2022-23 | 81.2% | 74.5% |
| 2021-22 | 84.5% | 82.4% |
| 2018-19 | 84.6% | 83.1% |
| 2017-18 | 71.0% | 75.7% |
| 2016-17 | 68.5% | 78.0% |
| 2015-16 | 70.9% | 77.8% |
| 2014-15 | 68.5% | 70.7% |
% 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
73.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Ordway Elementary
Ordway Elementary's state test result (73.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ordway Elementary this school | 320 | 17.2% | 73.8% |
| Lawton Elementary School SEATTLE | 309 | 13.6% | 74.7% |
| Alki Elementary School SEATTLE | 269 | 14.1% | 74.2% |
| North Beach Elementary School SEATTLE | 344 | 14.0% | 71.2% |
| Edmonds Elementary EDMONDS | 310 | 15.2% | 66.7% |
| Lacamas Lake Elementary Camas | 348 | 19.8% | N/A |
Matched among Washington elementary 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 Ordway Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Kitsap County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #100 of 936 | #4 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #99 of 1,103 ▼ 6 | #4 of 38 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #123 of 1,102 ▼ 21 | #5 of 38 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.3pp | #32 of 928 | #3 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #896 of 1,268 | #28 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #191 of 1,085 | #13 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #746 of 1,088 | #27 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.2% | #1,058 of 1,169 | #35 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #502 of 778 | #17 of 32 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
320
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 320 | 22.4 | 14.3:1 | 17% (55) |
| 2023-24 | 346 | 23.4 | 14.8:1 | 17% (58) |
| 2022-23 | 364 | 23.8 | 15.3:1 | 12% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 318 | 23 | 13.8:1 | 9% (28) |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 22.2 | 16.6:1 | 10% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 400 | 24 | 16.7:1 | 11% (44) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 22 | 18.4:1 | 13% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 448 | 22 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 496 | 24 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ordway Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (367 to 320); teachers up 1% (22.2 to 22.4).
About Ordway Elementary
Ordway Elementary sits in Bainbridge Island, Washington, and is classified as an elementary school. The school's 320 students are in kindergarten through 4.
Ordway Elementary is one of the 10 schools that make up Bainbridge Island School District (3,514 students in total).
Ordway Elementary's enrollment is 66% White. The remaining shares are 16% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Kitsap County's population at about 75%. By the diversity index, Ordway Elementary comes in at 51%.
The teaching staff at Ordway Elementary is 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1, higher than at this school. About 17% of students, or 55, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 41% average for public schools in Kitsap County is 24 points.
Ordway Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 75% of Washington public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Ordway Elementary is 5.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (73.8% versus 68.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Washington.
Among Kitsap County residents, median household income is about $104,158, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Ordway Elementary is one of 77 public schools in Kitsap County, which together enroll about 34,233 students.
Nearest public school: Bainbridge Special Education Services, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Ordway Elementary places 6th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
Under the NCES locale system, Ordway Elementary is Suburb: Mid-size.
Federal data show 318 students in 2020-21 and 320 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
Discussions about Ordway Elementary may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Bainbridge Island School District
- Bainbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
- Woodward Middle SchoolMiddle · 479 students
- Sonoji Sakai IntermediateMiddle · 456 students
- Capt Johnston Blakely Elem SchElementary · 356 students
- Halilts Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- Odyssey Multiage ProgramElementary · 177 students
Other schools in Bainbridge Island
- Bainbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
- Woodward Middle SchoolMiddle · 479 students
- Sonoji Sakai IntermediateMiddle · 456 students
- Capt Johnston Blakely Elem SchElementary · 356 students
- Halilts Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- Odyssey Multiage ProgramElementary · 177 students
Nearby schools
- Bainbridge Special Education Services0.1 mi · 27
- Bainbridge High School0.1 mi · 1,208
- Odyssey Multiage Program0.2 mi · 177
- Eagle Harbor High School0.3 mi · 81
- Mosaic Home Education Partnership0.3 mi · 57
- Woodward Middle School0.5 mi · 479
Frequently asked questions
About Ordway ElementaryHow many students attend Ordway Elementary?
Ordway Elementary enrolls approximately 320 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Ordway Elementary serve?
Ordway Elementary serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ordway Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ordway Elementary is approximately 14.3:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ordway Elementary?
At Ordway Elementary, the student body is approximately 66% White, 13% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees Ordway Elementary?
Ordway Elementary is overseen by Bainbridge Island School District in Kitsap County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.