Special Services

Special Services, a very small elementary-level community in Bremerton, Washington, run under Bremerton School District, works with 15 students, covering grade pre-K. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Special Services sits 96% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Bremerton School District, which oversees 12 schools and 4,383 students, Special Services is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Special Services lists that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Black, 7% Native American, 7% Pacific Islander. That composition is broadly in line with Kitsap County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Kitsap County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Kitsap County indicate median household earnings sit near $104,158, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kitsap County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,233 students), Special Services is one campus in the mix.

Renaissance Alternative High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Special Services.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Special Services has fell 81%, going from 79 students in 2018 to 15 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 15% to 0%.

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