Summary:
The North Kitsap School District serves 13 schools — seven elementary, two middle, three high, and one alternative school — with 5,330 students across the Poulsbo and Kingston area of Washington's Kitsap Peninsula. As a district it ranks 47th of 238 in the state, placing it in the 80th percentile with 4 stars, but performance varies widely from school to school, with individual school rankings running from the 37th to the 89th percentile.
The academic standouts are clear. North Kitsap High School ranks in the 89th percentile with a 93.2% graduation rate, and Kingston High School follows at the 84th percentile with a 90.2% graduation rate — both well above the district's 89.8% and the state's 82.6%. Among elementaries, Poulsbo Elementary School leads at the 88th percentile with the district's highest math proficiency (73.08%), while North Kitsap Options posts strong scores in a small K–8 setting. Poulsbo Middle School is the stronger middle school at the 77th percentile. Several schools are trending up, including Kingston Middle School and David Wolfle Elementary.
Schools needing the most attention include David Wolfle Elementary, which has the district's lowest proficiency (35.20% ELA, 28.35% math) and its highest per-student spending at $23,564, plus Suquamish Elementary School and Kingston Middle School, which remain below district and state averages. Science is a district strength overall. Note that the state suppresses some scores for privacy, and small alternative schools like North Kitsap Online Academy & Parent Assisted Learning and Choice Academy report volatile numbers that should be read cautiously.
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