West Hills S.T.E.M. Academy

Located at 520 S National Ave, in Bremerton, Washington, West Hills S.T.E.M. Academy is a compact elementary school that instructs 283 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Bremerton School District. That puts it 26% smaller than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Bremerton School District comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 4,383 students; West Hills S.T.E.M. Academy is among them.

Demographically, West Hills S.T.E.M. Academy records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 34% White, 17% multiracial, 6% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Kitsap County as a whole is about 9% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, West Hills S.T.E.M. Academy records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 71% of students at West Hills S.T.E.M. Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kitsap County (around 41%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), West Hills S.T.E.M. Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.8%; this one delivers 30.7%.

In the broader community, Kitsap County reports that the typical household earns roughly $104,158 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Kitsap County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,233 students), of which West Hills S.T.E.M. Academy is one.

West Sound Technical Skills Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Hills S.T.E.M. Academy ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 39.8%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 57%: 660 students in 2018 compared to 283 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 52% to 34% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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