Summary:
Northport School District is a very small Washington district serving about 185 students across three schools covering kindergarten through grade 12, with the K–8 elementary school also serving middle-grade students and a separate K–12 alternative program. The district is ranked 106th of 238 Washington districts, placing it near the state’s 55th percentile with a three-star rating. Families should expect a small-school environment, low reported student-teacher ratios, and close attention to individual student needs.
Northport High School is the strongest academic standout in the available data. In 2025–2026, 56.25% of students were proficient in math, compared with 43.11% statewide, and the school’s 2024–2025 science proficiency rate was 71.43%, well above the state rate. The high school also ranked in the 96th percentile in 2023–2024. However, several current results, including English, science, graduation, and dropout data, are unavailable because they were suppressed. With only 58 students, results may vary noticeably from year to year. In comparison, Northport Elementary School, which serves 105 students in grades K–8, has more mixed results. Its math performance exceeded the state, but English was slightly below the state and science was substantially lower. Its ranking fell from the 64th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 29th percentile in 2025–2026.
The clearest area for families and district leaders to investigate is grade 5 at Northport Elementary School, where proficiency was low in English, math, and science. Grade 8 was a relative strength, exceeding state results in all available subjects, suggesting that performance differs considerably by grade and cohort. The elementary school’s science results also declined sharply year over year. Northport Homelink Program serves 22 students in a small alternative setting with a reported 4.4:1 student-teacher ratio, but its academic results are suppressed and cannot be evaluated. Overall, the district offers a highly personal small-school setting, with the high school showing promising outcomes and the elementary school warranting the closest review.
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