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What's something Vinland Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
527
Elementary
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH KITSAP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530576001626
Vinland Elementary
22104 Rhododendron Ln NW, Poulsbo, WA 98370 · (360) 396-3600 · Kitsap County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
166 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
57.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -4.3pp since 2014
Math
60.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -2.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.5% | 60.4% |
| 2023-24 | 54.8% | 58.7% |
| 2022-23 | 56.8% | 57.8% |
| 2021-22 | 56.9% | 51.1% |
| 2018-19 | 58.2% | 54.5% |
| 2017-18 | 64.3% | 59.2% |
| 2016-17 | 63.2% | 61.8% |
| 2015-16 | 60.5% | 67.1% |
| 2014-15 | 61.8% | 62.5% |
% 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
57.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Vinland Elementary
Vinland Elementary's state test result (57.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vinland Elementary this school | 527 | 31.5% | 57.4% |
| Victor Falls Elementary Bonney Lake | 513 | 32.9% | 65.2% |
| Chautauqua Elementary VASHON | 480 | 35.0% | 59.3% |
| Emerald Hills Elementary Bonney Lake | 551 | 28.9% | 69.9% |
| Shadow Lake Elementary Maple Valley | 479 | 35.5% | 60.7% |
| East Olympia Elementary Olympia | 579 | 35.6% | 58.2% |
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 Vinland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Kitsap County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #303 of 936 | #11 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #250 of 1,103 ▲ 28 | #10 of 38 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #351 of 1,102 ▲ 56 | #15 of 38 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #257 of 928 | #10 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #223 of 1,268 | #2 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #943 of 1,085 | #36 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #631 of 1,088 | #24 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.5% | #914 of 1,169 | #33 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #491 of 778 | #16 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
527
+66 (+14%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 594
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 527 | 29.7 | 17.7:1 | 31% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 30.6 | 16.8:1 | 34% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 523 | 33 | 15.9:1 | 34% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 28 | 16.5:1 | 28% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 35 | 17.4:1 | 31% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 620 | 33 | 18.8:1 | 31% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 22 | 19.9:1 | 26% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 594 | 30 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vinland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (608 to 527); teachers down 15% (35 to 29.7).
About Vinland Elementary
In Poulsbo, Washington, part of Kitsap County, Vinland Elementary is an elementary school. It reported 527 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Washington enroll about 380 students on average.
Vinland Elementary is a school in North Kitsap School District. The district has 13 schools and 5,330 students.
White students are 62% of those enrolled at Vinland Elementary. Other reported shares: 22% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 75% White among all Kitsap County residents. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at Vinland Elementary are from different groups.
The school has 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.7 students per teacher. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is close to this figure. Of all students at Vinland Elementary, 31% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Kitsap County average 41%.
Vinland Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (57.4%) and its predicted rate (59.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools.
For the population of Kitsap County, median household income comes to about $104,158, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Kitsap County's 77 public schools enroll about 34,233 students and include Vinland Elementary.
The closest school to Vinland Elementary is North Kitsap High School, located about 3.0 miles away. In all, 4 other public schools sit within five miles of Vinland Elementary. On proficiency, Vinland Elementary is ahead of the 49.8% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Mid-size. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 527 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 461. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.5:1 in 2020-21, and 17.7:1 in 2024-25.
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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 North Kitsap School District
- North Kitsap High SchoolHigh · 1,098 students
- Poulsbo Middle SchoolMiddle · 713 students
- Kingston High SchoolHigh · 602 students
- Poulsbo Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Kingston Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
- Richard Gordon ElementaryElementary · 361 students
Other schools in Poulsbo
- North Kitsap High SchoolHigh · 1,098 students
- Poulsbo Middle SchoolMiddle · 713 students
- Poulsbo Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Hilder Pearson ElementaryElementary · 286 students
- Chief Kitsap AcademyCombined · 74 students
Other Vinland Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Vinland Elementary. Vinland Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Vinland ElementaryFresno, CA · 595 students
Nearby schools
- North Kitsap High School3.0 mi · 1,098
- Poulsbo Middle School3.2 mi · 713
- Poulsbo Elementary School3.4 mi · 487
- Hilder Pearson Elementary4.2 mi · 286
- Clear Creek Elementary School5.7 mi · 448
- Suquamish Elementary School5.8 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About Vinland ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Vinland Elementary?
Vinland Elementary enrolls approximately 527 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Vinland Elementary serve?
Vinland Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Vinland Elementary have?
Vinland Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Vinland Elementary?
Student demographics at Vinland Elementary are roughly 62% White, 22% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Vinland Elementary?
Vinland Elementary is overseen by North Kitsap School District in Kitsap County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.