View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy

Set in Bremerton, Washington, View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy is a mid-sized primary school, one of the schools within Bremerton School District. It teaches 388 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Bremerton School District comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 4,383 students; View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy is among them.

Demographically, View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy records that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 28% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 6% Asian, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Kitsap County's rate of about 41%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Kitsap County indicate 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. In all, Kitsap County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,233 students), of which View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Armin Jahr Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy. On composite proficiency, View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 34.7%.

View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy's enrollment has ticked down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 465 (now 388). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 20% to 28%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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