Richard Gordon Elementary

Richard Gordon Elementary is an elementary campus of mid-sized scale in Kingston, Washington, one of the schools within North Kitsap School District, enrolling 361 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 13 schools in North Kitsap School District (5,330 students total), Richard Gordon Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Richard Gordon Elementary records that 70% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Richard Gordon Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Richard Gordon Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Richard Gordon Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.2%, the actual is 56.9%, a residual of +0.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Kitsap County shows median household earnings sit near $104,158, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Kitsap County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,233 students), of which Richard Gordon Elementary is one.

Kingston High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Richard Gordon Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 48.2%.

Richard Gordon Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 21%: 459 students in 2018 compared to 361 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 10% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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