Summary:
Orting School District has two elementary schools serving grades PK–5 or K–5 in the Orting area: Ptarmigan Ridge Elementary School and Orting Elementary School. Together, they enroll about 1,290 students, and the district ranks 107th of 238 Washington districts, placing it slightly above the statewide midpoint.
Ptarmigan Ridge Elementary School is the stronger overall performer. It ranks 463rd of 1,138 Washington elementary schools and is at the 59th percentile, compared with 553rd and the 51st percentile for Orting Elementary School. Ptarmigan Ridge also had higher all-grades proficiency in English language arts, at 55.26% versus 49.67%, and math, at 47.66% versus 43.67%. It exceeded district and state results in all three tested subjects and has improved substantially over three years, rising from a one-star rating to three stars. The school also reports a lower student-teacher ratio and higher per-student spending, although these figures do not by themselves explain academic outcomes.
Orting Elementary School has important strengths of its own, especially in science and fifth grade. Its all-grades science proficiency was 54.72%, above both the district and state, and science improved nearly 12 percentage points in one year. Fifth-grade results were also strong, with 61.17% proficiency in English language arts and 46.60% in math. Parents may want to note the large fourth-grade weakness at Orting, where proficiency was about 33% in English language arts and 32% in math. At Ptarmigan Ridge, fifth-grade math was the clearest concern, at 35.56%. Overall, both schools improved in 2025–26, but Ptarmigan Ridge currently offers the more consistent academic profile while Orting shows strong recent momentum and upper-grade potential.
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