Enrollment
388
Elementary
DISTRICT 272 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREMERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530066000146
View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy
3250 Spruce Avenue, Bremerton, WA 98310 · (360) 473-4500 · Kitsap County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of Washington public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- C+Three-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
13.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
255 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 28 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy→Mountain View Middle School
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
39.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -11.8pp since 2014
Math
29.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -17.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 17 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.7% | 29.6% |
| 2023-24 | 35.2% | 34.7% |
| 2022-23 | 37.6% | 31.3% |
| 2021-22 | 36.3% | 32.8% |
| 2018-19 | 49.3% | 44.1% |
| 2017-18 | 47.9% | 45.8% |
| 2016-17 | 46.5% | 44.7% |
| 2015-16 | 50.0% | 46.3% |
| 2014-15 | 51.5% | 47.0% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy this school | 388 | 65.7% | 36.5% |
| Cascade Elementary Marysville | 382 | 64.4% | 42.4% |
| Image Elementary School Vancouver | 446 | 61.4% | N/A |
| Endeavour Elementary School Vancouver | 471 | 62.0% | N/A |
| Hazel Dell Elementary School VANCOUVER | 370 | 65.4% | N/A |
| Lacey Elementary Lacey | 368 | 68.2% | 38.2% |
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 View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Kitsap County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #694 of 936 | #34 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #886 of 1,103 ▼ 134 | #33 of 38 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #757 of 1,102 ▲ 84 | #34 of 38 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.1pp | #547 of 928 | #21 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #677 of 1,268 | #19 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #75 of 1,085 | #3 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #336 of 1,088 | #7 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.7% | #342 of 1,169 | #4 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #390 of 778 | #9 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
388
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 507
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 388 | 29.4 | 13.2:1 | 66% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 66% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 28 | 14.2:1 | 68% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 401 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 54% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 31.5 | 14.8:1 | 61% (283) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 32 | 15.2:1 | 67% (324) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | 27 | 17.6:1 | 65% (309) |
| 2000-01 | 382 | 21 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 507 | 18 | 28.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (465 to 388); teachers down 7% (31.5 to 29.4).
About View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy
View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Bremerton, Washington. It has an enrollment of 388 students in pre-K through 5.
View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy belongs to Bremerton School District, a district of 12 schools and 4,383 students.
The biggest share of students at View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy, 46%, is White. After that, the student body is 28% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 4% Black. Census figures show Kitsap County is about 75% White. The diversity index for View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy is 13.2:1, based on 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. Lunch program data show 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Kitsap County average 41%.
Among Washington public elementary schools, View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy outscored 24%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy sits between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.5% and a predicted 36.1%.
In the surrounding county, Kitsap County, median household income comes to about $104,158, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 77 public schools and about 34,233 students.
View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy's nearest public school is Armin Jahr Elementary (about 0.4 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy is 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 401 (2020-21) to 388 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 14.8:1 to 13.2:1.
The discussion board for View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Bremerton School District
- Bremerton High SchoolHigh · 1,263 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- Armin Jahr ElementaryElementary · 495 students
- Kitsap Lake ElementaryElementary · 336 students
- Crownhill Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
- West Hills S.T.E.M. AcademyElementary · 283 students
Other schools in Bremerton
- Bremerton High SchoolHigh · 1,263 students
- Olympic High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- Fairview Middle SchoolMiddle · 620 students
- Barker Creek Community SchoolCombined · 551 students
- Catalyst Public SchoolsCombined · 504 students
Nearby schools
- Armin Jahr Elementary0.4 mi · 495
- Mountain View Middle School1.1 mi · 856
- Pinecrest Elementary1.4 mi · 410
- Bremerton High School1.5 mi · 1,263
- Catalyst Public Schools1.6 mi · 504
- Naval Avenue Elementary School1.9 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About View Ridge Elementary Arts AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy?
View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy enrolls approximately 388 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy serve?
View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy is approximately 13.2:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy?
At View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy, the student body is approximately 46% White, 28% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy public or private?
View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bremerton School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.