Ocean Park Elementary

Ocean Park Elementary is a public school in Ocean Park, Washington, serving 212 students in grades 3–5. It is part of the Ocean Beach School District, which ranks at the 27th percentile statewide. The school serves a high-need community, with 67.92% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Its student-teacher ratio is 17.1:1, and its most recent statewide ranking is 999th out of 1,138 schools, placing it at the 12th percentile with a one-star rating.

Recent academic results are below Washington averages in all three tested subjects. In 2025–26, 34.03% of students were proficient in English Language Arts, 28.27% in math, and 40.79% in science. Results declined across every subject from the prior year by roughly 7 percentage points. Math is a relative strength compared with the district average—28.27% versus 22.47%—but it remains well below the state’s 43.11%. Science had been nearly equal to the state average in 2024–25 before falling in the latest year. The most urgent subgroup concern is special education effectiveness, which ranked at the 1st percentile statewide. Male students, Hispanic students, White students, and students from low-income households also had below-midpoint subgroup rankings.

Nearby schools with similarly high levels of economic need are performing better. Mike Morris Elementary serves grades K–6 and outperformed Ocean Park in ELA, math, and science; it also has a lower student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. Naselle-Grays River Valley Elementary had substantially higher proficiency, especially in math, while serving a similar student population and spending slightly less per student. Long Beach Elementary School is in the same district but serves grades K–2, so it is better viewed as a feeder-school comparison. Overall, the data point to a need for broad improvement in instruction, interventions, attendance, grade-level transitions, and special education services.