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Enrollment
713
Middle
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH KITSAP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530576000851
Poulsbo Middle School
2003 NE Hostmark St, Poulsbo, WA 98370 · (360) 396-3200 · Kitsap County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL713 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Washington public middle schools
- B+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
246 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 6 | 232 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 224 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 257 | 36% |
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
56.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -6.7pp since 2014
Math
50.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -5.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 50.8% |
| 2023-24 | 50.5% | 48.3% |
| 2022-23 | 53.5% | 49.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 42.5% |
| 2018-19 | 59.4% | 55.6% |
| 2017-18 | 54.6% | 55.2% |
| 2016-17 | 58.6% | 58.3% |
| 2015-16 | 60.9% | 58.6% |
| 2014-15 | 62.6% | 56.2% |
% 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
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Poulsbo Middle School
Poulsbo Middle School's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poulsbo Middle School this school | 713 | 34.5% | 50.8% |
| Enterprise Middle School West Richland | 745 | 34.0% | N/A |
| Tumwater Middle School Tumwater | 665 | 35.6% | 50.0% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School VANCOUVER | 786 | 35.2% | N/A |
| Haller Middle School Arlington | 576 | 37.0% | 38.1% |
| George Bush Middle School Tumwater | 762 | 39.0% | 49.4% |
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 Poulsbo Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Kitsap County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #88 of 294 | #5 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #73 of 357 ▲ 5 | #3 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #114 of 357 ▲ 32 | #6 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.1pp | #62 of 290 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 713 | #124 of 377 | #4 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #306 of 340 | #11 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #190 of 340 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.5% | #279 of 359 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #96 of 192 | #5 of 9 |
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
713
+127 (+22%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 794
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 713 | 32.5 | 22.0:1 | 35% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 670 | 32.5 | 20.6:1 | 33% (224) |
| 2022-23 | 685 | 33.7 | 20.3:1 | 30% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 586 | 29 | 20.2:1 | 26% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 806 | 41.3 | 19.5:1 | 30% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 840 | 41 | 20.5:1 | 32% (269) |
| 2010-11 | 750 | 38 | 19.7:1 | 28% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 815 | 41 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 794 | 39 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Poulsbo Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (806 to 713); teachers down 21% (41.3 to 32.5).
About Poulsbo Middle School
Poulsbo Middle School is a middle school in Poulsbo, Washington, and it is part of North Kitsap School District. The school counted 713 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. That is 24% above the average of about 577 students for middle schools in Washington.
North Kitsap School District has 5,330 students in 13 schools, and Poulsbo Middle School is one of those schools.
The share of White students at Poulsbo Middle School is 62%, a majority. The school is also 21% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is lower than the 75% White share among all Kitsap County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
The school had 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 22.0:1. The gap from the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington is 3.1 students per teacher. The school reported 35% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among Washington public middle schools, Poulsbo Middle School outscored 65%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Poulsbo Middle School is 6.3 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Washington schools.
For Kitsap County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $104,158, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 77 public schools in the county, enrolling about 34,233, Poulsbo Middle School among them.
North Kitsap High School is the nearest public school to Poulsbo Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Poulsbo Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Poulsbo Middle School comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Poulsbo Middle School the locale Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A 22% rise took enrollment from 586 in 2020-21 to 713 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 20.2:1 to 22.0:1.
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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
- North Kitsap High SchoolHigh · 1,098 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
- North Kitsap High SchoolHigh · 1,098 students
- Vinland ElementaryElementary · 527 students
- Poulsbo Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Hilder Pearson ElementaryElementary · 286 students
- Chief Kitsap AcademyCombined · 74 students
Nearby schools
- North Kitsap High School0.2 mi · 1,098
- Poulsbo Elementary School0.2 mi · 487
- Hilder Pearson Elementary2.4 mi · 286
- Chief Kitsap Academy2.7 mi · 74
- Suquamish Elementary School3.1 mi · 314
- Vinland Elementary3.2 mi · 527
Frequently asked questions
About Poulsbo Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Poulsbo Middle School?
Poulsbo Middle School enrolls approximately 713 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Poulsbo Middle School serve?
Poulsbo Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Poulsbo Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Poulsbo Middle School is approximately 22.0:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Poulsbo Middle School?
At Poulsbo Middle School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Poulsbo Middle School public or private?
Poulsbo Middle 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.