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Enrollment
361
Elementary
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH KITSAP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530576001627
Richard Gordon Elementary
26331 Barber Cut Off Rd NE, Kingston, WA 98346 · (360) 396-3800 · Kitsap County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
129 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
48%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
51.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -20.1pp since 2014
Math
53.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -5.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 20 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 | 51.9% | 53.5% |
| 2023-24 | 58.6% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.8% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 59.1% | 47.5% |
| 2018-19 | 64.2% | 52.5% |
| 2017-18 | 62.3% | 48.4% |
| 2016-17 | 62.9% | 48.9% |
| 2015-16 | 70.3% | 62.1% |
| 2014-15 | 72.0% | 58.9% |
% 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
56.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Richard Gordon Elementary
Richard Gordon Elementary's state test result (56.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Gordon Elementary this school | 361 | 35.7% | 56.9% |
| Sunrise Elementary Enumclaw | 382 | 36.4% | 49.9% |
| Black Lake Elementary Olympia | 382 | 33.8% | 56.1% |
| Southwood Elementary School Enumclaw | 358 | 37.4% | 51.3% |
| Littlerock Elementary School Olympia | 343 | 33.8% | 57.8% |
| White River Early Learning Center Buckley | 360 | 33.6% | 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 Richard Gordon Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Kitsap County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #308 of 936 | #12 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #377 of 1,103 ▼ 31 | #13 of 38 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #469 of 1,102 ▼ 142 | #26 of 38 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.6pp | #350 of 928 | #17 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 361 | #771 of 1,268 | #23 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #386 of 1,085 | #23 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.5% | #816 of 1,088 | #32 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.7% | #858 of 1,169 | #28 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.4% | #260 of 778 | #5 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
361
+68 (+23%) vs 2020
-41% since 2000-01, when it was 612
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 361 | 23.8 | 15.2:1 | 36% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 387 | 23 | 16.8:1 | 39% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 24.1 | 16.8:1 | 40% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 293 | 18 | 16.3:1 | 34% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 24.6 | 18.7:1 | 32% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 25 | 17.3:1 | 32% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 467 | 25 | 18.7:1 | 34% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 612 | 32 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richard Gordon Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (459 to 361); teachers down 3% (24.6 to 23.8).
About Richard Gordon Elementary
Located in Kingston, Washington, Richard Gordon Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 361 students on the rolls.
North Kitsap School District includes 13 schools. Together they enroll 5,330 students.
Federal enrollment data show Richard Gordon Elementary is 70% White. Other groups make up 16% Hispanic and 11% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 48, compared with 70 nationally.
Richard Gordon Elementary has 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. The school's 15.2:1 compares with an average of 17.3:1 for elementary schools in Washington. The school has 36% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Richard Gordon Elementary would be expected to post about 56.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 56.9%.
The county, Kitsap County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $104,158 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Kitsap County has 77 public schools with about 34,233 students, including Richard Gordon Elementary.
Richard Gordon Elementary is about 0.3 miles from Kingston High School, its nearest public school. Richard Gordon Elementary has 7 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Richard Gordon Elementary ranks 3rd of 7 nearby schools, at 56.9% versus a 48.2% average.
Richard Gordon Elementary falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's enrollment increased 23% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 16.3 in 2020-21 to 15.2 in 2024-25.
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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
- Poulsbo Middle SchoolMiddle · 713 students
- Kingston High SchoolHigh · 602 students
- Vinland ElementaryElementary · 527 students
- Poulsbo Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Kingston Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
Other schools in Kingston
- Kingston High SchoolHigh · 602 students
- Kingston Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
- David Wolfle ElementaryElementary · 288 students
- North Kitsap OptionsElementary · 87 students
- North Kitsap Online Academy & Parent Assisted LearningCombined · 58 students
- Choice AcademyHigh · 54 students
Nearby schools
- Kingston High School0.3 mi · 602
- Choice Academy0.4 mi · 54
- North Kitsap Online Academy & Parent Assisted Learning0.4 mi · 58
- Kingston Middle School0.6 mi · 455
- North Kitsap Options1.7 mi · 87
- David Wolfle Elementary1.7 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About Richard Gordon ElementaryHow many students attend Richard Gordon Elementary?
Richard Gordon Elementary enrolls approximately 361 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Richard Gordon Elementary serve?
Richard Gordon Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Richard Gordon Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Richard Gordon Elementary is approximately 15.2:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Richard Gordon Elementary?
Richard Gordon Elementary reports a student body of 70% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Richard Gordon Elementary public or private?
Richard Gordon Elementary 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.