Ridgetop Middle School

Located at 10600 HILLSBORO DR, in SILVERDALE, Washington, Ridgetop Middle School is an average-sized 6-8 campus that instructs 784 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Central Kitsap School District. Enrollment runs roughly 36% above the state mean of about 577.

Within Central Kitsap School District, which oversees 19 schools and 11,100 students, Ridgetop Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Ridgetop Middle School logs that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 18% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 6% Asian, 4% Black. By comparison, Kitsap County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Ridgetop Middle School records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.9:1, putting Ridgetop Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ridgetop Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.5%, the actual is 48.4%, a residual of -6.1 points.

Across the wider county, 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 roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ridgetop Middle School is one of 77 public schools in Kitsap County (combined enrollment of about 34,233 students).

Nearest neighbor: Silver Ridge Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ridgetop Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ridgetop Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.0%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 8%: 729 students in 2018 compared to 784 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 56% to 52% over that span.

Inside the community feed, members of the Ridgetop Middle School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.