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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 393 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH KITSAP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530816002360
Sidney Glen Elementary School
500 SW BIRCH RD, PORT ORCHARD, WA 98366 · (360) 443-3400 · Kitsap County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Washington public elementary 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.
- AThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
212 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
52.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -2.4pp since 2014
Math
49.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -13.3pp 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 49 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.4% | 49.1% |
| 2023-24 | 44.5% | 45.4% |
| 2022-23 | 46.9% | 40.3% |
| 2021-22 | 42.9% | 38.4% |
| 2018-19 | 58.4% | 61.2% |
| 2017-18 | 53.2% | 51.5% |
| 2016-17 | 51.8% | 52.8% |
| 2015-16 | 55.2% | 50.6% |
| 2014-15 | 54.8% | 62.4% |
% 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
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Sidney Glen Elementary School
Sidney Glen Elementary School's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney Glen Elementary School this school | 502 | 42.2% | 46.9% |
| Woodland Elementary Lacey | 458 | 42.4% | 51.2% |
| Lakes Elementary School Lacey | 495 | 41.4% | 57.2% |
| Sunnyslope Elementary School PORT ORCHARD | 503 | 41.7% | 54.7% |
| South Bay Elementary Lacey | 595 | 42.4% | 53.6% |
| John D. Bud Hawk Elementary at Jackson Park BREMERTON | 464 | 37.9% | 51.1% |
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 Sidney Glen Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Kitsap County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #486 of 936 | #27 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #458 of 1,103 ▲ 63 | #19 of 38 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #458 of 1,102 ▲ 156 | #24 of 38 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.1pp | #84 of 928 | #4 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #283 of 1,268 | #4 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #125 of 1,085 | #8 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #433 of 1,088 | #14 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.2% | #770 of 1,169 | #19 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #468 of 778 | #14 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
502
+81 (+19%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 592
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 502 | 36.6 | 13.7:1 | 42% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 34.3 | 14.1:1 | 45% (219) |
| 2022-23 | 463 | 33.5 | 13.8:1 | 47% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 32 | 13.2:1 | 37% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 584 | 33 | 17.7:1 | 48% (283) |
| 2015-16 | 679 | 33 | 20.6:1 | 53% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 659 | 34 | 19.4:1 | 36% (234) |
| 2000-01 | 682 | 35 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 592 | 27 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sidney Glen Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (584 to 502); teachers up 11% (33 to 36.6).
About Sidney Glen Elementary School
Sidney Glen Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in PORT ORCHARD, Washington. Enrollment is 502 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. Against the 380-student average for elementary schools in Washington, enrollment here is 32% higher.
South Kitsap School District serves 9,326 students across 17 schools.
Sidney Glen Elementary School's enrollment is 54% White. The remaining shares are 18% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Kitsap County's population at about 75%. By the diversity index, Sidney Glen Elementary School comes in at 64%.
The school employs the equivalent of 36.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.7:1. Among elementary schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 17.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 42%. Across public schools in Kitsap County, the average is about the same, 41%.
Sidney Glen Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 39% of Washington public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Sidney Glen Elementary School is 5.0 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 46.9% actual, 51.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Washington.
Across Kitsap County, median household income is about $104,158, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Sidney Glen Elementary School is among the 77 public schools in Kitsap County.
Cedar Heights Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Sidney Glen Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Sidney Glen Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Small.
Federal counts put enrollment at 421 in 2020-21 and 502 in 2024-25, a 19% increase.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Sidney Glen Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 South Kitsap School District
- South Kitsap High SchoolHigh · 2,448 students
- John Sedgwick Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Cedar Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 689 students
- Marcus Whitman Middle SchoolMiddle · 623 students
- Orchard Heights ElementaryElementary · 529 students
- Sunnyslope Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
Other schools in PORT ORCHARD
- South Kitsap High SchoolHigh · 2,448 students
- John Sedgwick Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Cedar Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 689 students
- Marcus Whitman Middle SchoolMiddle · 623 students
- Orchard Heights ElementaryElementary · 529 students
- Sunnyslope Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Heights Middle School0.7 mi · 689
- Kitsap Co Detention Ctr1.1 mi · 2
- Hidden Creek Elementary School1.7 mi · 439
- East Port Orchard Elementary1.8 mi · 423
- Explorer Academy2.6 mi · 286
- South Kitsap High School2.6 mi · 2,448
Frequently asked questions
About Sidney Glen Elementary SchoolHow large is Sidney Glen Elementary School?
Sidney Glen Elementary School enrolls approximately 502 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sidney Glen Elementary School serve?
Sidney Glen Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Sidney Glen Elementary School have?
Sidney Glen Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
How diverse is Sidney Glen Elementary School?
Sidney Glen Elementary School reports a student body of 54% White, 18% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 17% Two or more.
What district is Sidney Glen Elementary School in?
Sidney Glen Elementary School is part of South Kitsap School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.