Poulsbo Elementary School

Located at 18531 Noll Rd NE, in Poulsbo, Washington, Poulsbo Elementary School is a reasonably sized primary school that works with 487 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by North Kitsap School District. Enrollment runs roughly 28% above the state mean of about 380.

North Kitsap School District comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 5,330 students; Poulsbo Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Poulsbo Elementary School logs that 63% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 7% Asian. By comparison, Kitsap County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Poulsbo Elementary School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Kitsap County's rate of about 41%.

With demographic context factored in, Poulsbo Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.0%, the actual is 69.3%, a residual of +7.3 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Kitsap County) reports that median household income runs about $104,158, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Poulsbo Elementary School is one of 77 public schools in Kitsap County (combined enrollment of about 34,233 students).

The closest other public school is Poulsbo Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Poulsbo Elementary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 51.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 13%: 558 students in 2018 compared to 487 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Poulsbo Elementary School 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.