Orchard Heights Elementary

Public PK, KG-5

 2288 Fircrest Dr SE
       Port Orchard, WA  98366


(360) 443-3530

District: South Kitsap School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
412th of 1,169 Washington Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $20,857 Help


Students who attend Orchard Heights Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Marcus Whitman Middle School
High:    South Kitsap High School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.9 Help
Number of students:  549

Racial breakdown:

White:
61.9%
Two or more races:
17.1%
Hispanic:
12.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  50.3% Help


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Compare Details Orchard Heights Elementary ranks better than 64.8% of elementary schools in Washington. It also ranks 5th among 10 ranked elementary schools in the South Kitsap School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 61.68. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Orchard Heights Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the South Kitsap School District. Student population at Orchard Heights Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (61.9%), two or more races (17.1%), Hispanic (12%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 50.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Orchard Heights Elementary is 13.9, which is the 3rd best among 10 elementary schools in the South Kitsap School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Orchard Heights Elementary is $20,857, which is the 2nd highest among 10 elementary schools in the South Kitsap School District.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Orchard Heights Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Orchard Heights Elementary 412th of 1169 Washington public elementary schools. (See Orchard Heights Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Multi-racial students:
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Low Socio Economic Status students:
Female students:
Military Connected students:
Male students:
Hispanic students:
White students:


South Kitsap School District:

SchoolDigger ranks South Kitsap School District 92nd of 249 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Orchard Heights Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Orchard Heights Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 38.62 660th 1026 35.7%
2005 38.93 677th 1031 34.3%
2006 48.29 572nd 1051 45.6%
2007 32.62 775th 1069 27.5%
2008 35.25 744th 1067 30.3%
2009 30.21 810th 1072 24.4%
2010 65.14 344th 1088 68.4%
2011 67.65 324th 1092 70.3%
2012 64.18 395th 1097 64.0%
2013 62.26 435th 1106 60.7%
2015 63.06 368th 1067 65.5%
2016 74.45 258th 1053 75.5%
2017 69.52 315th 1056 70.2%
2018 69.04 327th 1054 69.0%
2019 76.27 251st 1130 77.8%
2021 62.84 376th 1107 66.0%
2022 63.16 397th 1169 66.0%
2023 61.68 412th 1169 64.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Orchard Heights Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.56 105th 212 50.5%
2019 68.37 78th 303 74.3%
2021 24.83 97th 128 24.2%
2022 34.20 176th 252 30.2%
2023 54.19 86th 194 55.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Orchard Heights Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.67 276th 637 56.7%
2019 53.45 204th 566 64.0%
2022 21.60 422nd 478 11.7%
2023 17.20 282nd 308 8.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Orchard Heights Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.44 402nd 835 51.9%
2019 73.41 159th 979 83.8%
2021 55.84 304th 854 64.4%
2022 64.81 280th 1019 72.5%
2023 56.60 396th 1013 60.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Orchard Heights Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.53 277th 1004 72.4%
2019 75.40 252nd 1068 76.4%
2021 74.79 221st 1008 78.1%
2022 74.93 254th 1100 76.9%
2023 69.13 303rd 1094 72.3%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Orchard Heights Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 86.12 2nd 50 96.0%
2021 66.42 8th 32 75.0%
2022 78.99 8th 50 84.0%
2023 58.60 13th 48 72.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Orchard Heights Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.01 336th 999 66.4%
2019 76.29 239th 1075 77.8%
2021 51.79 440th 1025 57.1%
2022 53.83 475th 1113 57.3%
2023 53.58 466th 1099 57.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Orchard Heights Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 88.36 48th 697 93.1%
2021 59.24 130th 501 74.1%
2022 61.15 201st 694 71.0%
2023 78.06 77th 633 87.8%
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Rank History for White students at Orchard Heights Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.05 361st 833 56.7%
2019 70.38 304th 1027 70.4%
2021 60.90 340th 943 63.9%
2022 64.73 344th 1031 66.6%
2023 55.96 435th 1011 57.0%
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Data source: test scores: Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Orchard Heights Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 981 24 51 25 32 n/a n/a 0 1113
1989 992 35 51 21 29 n/a n/a 0 1128
1990 994 29 54 20 23 n/a n/a 0 1120
1991 879 21 58 23 11 n/a n/a 0 992
1992 854 27 65 23 9 n/a n/a 0 978
1993 810 41 76 24 14 n/a n/a 0 965
1994 829 30 77 14 14 n/a n/a 0 964
1995 737 42 74 29 25 n/a n/a 0 907
1996 737 42 74 29 25 n/a n/a 0 907
1997 703 63 69 32 22 n/a n/a 0 889
1998 730 59 72 37 21 n/a n/a 0 919
1999 665 53 65 24 16 n/a n/a 0 823
2000 644 63 66 32 30 n/a n/a 0 835
2001 594 55 58 38 30 n/a n/a 0 775
2002 561 47 59 46 33 n/a n/a 0 746
2003 561 47 59 46 33 n/a n/a 0 746
2004 535 37 70 57 23 n/a n/a 0 722
2005 540 30 66 43 19 n/a n/a 0 698
2006 506 36 61 43 18 n/a n/a 14 678
2007 522 31 64 51 15 n/a n/a 30 713
2008 509 26 53 40 17 n/a n/a 40 685
2009 461 30 58 34 11 n/a n/a 37 631
2010 461 23 49 38 13 n/a n/a 42 626
2011 416 10 12 59 6 14 78 0 595
2012 377 17 9 48 8 14 67 0 540
2013 368 13 12 45 7 15 77 0 537
2014 367 10 8 60 6 11 71 0 533
2015 382 16 6 71 5 11 80 0 571
2016 524 14 12 76 4 12 107 0 749
2017 546 10 12 86 4 6 121 0 785
2018 480 8 9 81 3 4 97 0 682
2019 449 6 5 96 2 1 89 0 648
2020 451 10 10 94 6 4 86 0 661
2021 363 12 12 89 5 8 70 0 559
2022 343 10 9 68 10 14 86 0 540
2023 340 13 11 66 12 13 94 0 549

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Orchard Heights Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1113 47.0 23.6 0
1989 1128 48.0 23.5 n/a
1990 1120 51.3 21.8 0
1991 992 51.1 19.4 n/a
1992 978 49.4 19.7 n/a
1993 965 49.1 19.7 n/a
1994 964 49.6 19.4 n/a
1995 907 43.8 20.7 n/a
1996 907 43.8 20.7 n/a
1997 889 44.7 19.9 n/a
1998 919 46.2 19.9 n/a
1999 823 42.8 19.2 n/a
2000 835 43.9 19.0 n/a
2001 775 43.4 17.9 n/a
2002 746 43.7 17.1 39.4
2003 746 43.7 17.1 39.4
2004 722 43.0 16.8 39.2
2005 698 43.0 16.2 38.3
2006 678 39.3 17.3 39.6
2007 713 40.2 17.7 40.7
2008 685 40.2 17.0 44.7
2009 631 40.2 15.7 46.6
2010 626 37.3 16.7 48.5
2011 595 34.8 17.0 30.8
2012 540 33.2 16.2 48.3
2013 537 31.1 17.2 35.9
2014 533 n/a n/a 53.7
2015 571 39.0 14.6 60.6
2016 749 42.0 17.8 51
2017 785 44.8 17.5 45.2
2018 682 41.6 16.3 41.9
2019 648 41.2 15.7 46.1
2020 661 41.7 15.8 44.6
2021 559 42.9 13.0 40.4
2022 540 44.1 12.2 41.9
2023 549 39.4 13.9 50.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Orchard Heights Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1113 47.0 23.6 0
1989 1128 48.0 23.5 n/a
1990 1120 51.3 21.8 0
1991 992 51.1 19.4 n/a
1992 978 49.4 19.7 n/a
1993 965 49.1 19.7 n/a
1994 964 49.6 19.4 n/a
1995 907 43.8 20.7 n/a
1996 907 43.8 20.7 n/a
1997 889 44.7 19.9 n/a
1998 919 46.2 19.9 n/a
1999 823 42.8 19.2 n/a
2000 835 43.9 19.0 n/a
2001 775 43.4 17.9 n/a
2002 746 43.7 17.1 39.4
2003 746 43.7 17.1 39.4
2004 722 43.0 16.8 39.2
2005 698 43.0 16.2 38.3
2006 678 39.3 17.3 39.6
2007 713 40.2 17.7 40.7
2008 685 40.2 17.0 44.7
2009 631 40.2 15.7 46.6
2010 626 37.3 16.7 48.5
2011 595 34.8 17.0 30.8
2012 540 33.2 16.2 48.3
2013 537 31.1 17.2 35.9
2014 533 n/a n/a 53.7
2015 571 39.0 14.6 60.6
2016 749 42.0 17.8 51
2017 785 44.8 17.5 45.2
2018 682 41.6 16.3 41.9
2019 648 41.2 15.7 46.1
2020 661 41.7 15.8 44.6
2021 559 42.9 13.0 40.4
2022 540 44.1 12.2 41.9
2023 549 39.4 13.9 50.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Kindergarten Immunization Rates

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YearCompletely ImmunizedReligious ExemptionMedical ExemptionConditionalPersonal ExemptionPolioDiphtheriaHepatitis BVaricellaMMRPertussisMeaslesMumpsRubellaTetanus
201697.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%98.6%98.6%95.8%98.6%98.6%98.6%
201792.5%0.0%1.3%2.5%2.5%96.3%95.0%97.5%95.0%95.0%93.8%
201993.1%0.0%0.0%1.2%2.3%94.3%96.6%96.6%95.4%93.1%96.6%
202092.3%0.0%1.1%5.5%1.1%93.4%93.4%94.5%95.6%93.4%98.9%98.9%98.9%93.4%
202193.2%0.0%1.4%1.4%0.0%96.0%94.6%97.3%96.0%94.6%96.0%96.0%96.0%94.6%
202292.3%2.6%0.0%2.6%3.9%94.9%93.6%96.2%93.6%93.6%96.2%94.9%94.9%93.6%
202392.6%1.2%2.5%2.5%0.0%95.1%93.8%93.8%95.1%93.8%95.1%95.1%95.1%93.8%

Data source: Washington State Department of Health

Immunization Rates (Entire school)

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YearCompletely ImmunizedReligious ExemptionMedical ExemptionPersonal ExemptionPolioDiphtheriaHepatitis BVaricellaMMRPertussis
201996.0%0.2%0.5%2.5%97.4%97.5%98.2%97.9%97.7%97.7%

Data source: Washington State Department of Health
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Orchard Heights Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $824 (5.6%) $13,838 (94.4%) $14,661
2020 $428 (3.9%) $10,602 (96.1%) $11,030
2021 $948 (4.9%) $18,301 (95.1%) $19,249
2022 $2,963 (14.2%) $17,894 (85.8%) $20,857

Data source: Washington Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Orchard Heights Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 251st of 1130 Elementary schoolsRanks 412th of 1169 Elementary schools
 13%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Orchard Heights Elementary)70.245.2
 24.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (South Kitsap School District)6348.6
 14.3%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Washington)56.348.9
 7.4%
3rd Grade Math (Orchard Heights Elementary)7944.7
 34.2%
   3rd Grade Math (South Kitsap School District)71.353.1
 18.2%
   3rd Grade Math (Washington)5951.6
 7.4%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Orchard Heights Elementary)58.755.3
 3.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (South Kitsap School District)64.751.2
 13.5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Washington)57.750.1
 7.6%
4th Grade Math (Orchard Heights Elementary)63.951.8
 12.2%
   4th Grade Math (South Kitsap School District)6549.7
 15.4%
   4th Grade Math (Washington)54.949.4
 5.5%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Orchard Heights Elementary)71.565.1
 6.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (South Kitsap School District)67.956.4
 11.5%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Washington)61.353.8
 7.6%
5th Grade Math (Orchard Heights Elementary)64.658.1
 6.5%
   5th Grade Math (South Kitsap School District)55.947.1
 8.8%
   5th Grade Math (Washington)49.142
 7.1%
5th Grade Science (Orchard Heights Elementary)73.664.2
 9.5%
   5th Grade Science (South Kitsap School District)6357.3
 5.8%
   5th Grade Science (Washington)54.152.3
 1.8%
All Grades English Language Arts (Orchard Heights Elementary)66.855.9
 10.8%
   All Grades English Language Arts (South Kitsap School District)64.455.8
 8.6%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Washington)6152.9
 8.1%
All Grades Math (Orchard Heights Elementary)68.552
 16.6%
   All Grades Math (South Kitsap School District)52.242.9
 9.3%
   All Grades Math (Washington)50.141
 9%
All Grades Science (Orchard Heights Elementary)73.664.2
 9.5%
   All Grades Science (South Kitsap School District)54.548.3
 6.2%
   All Grades Science (Washington)52.748.8
 4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students648549
 15.3%
African American613
 116.7%
American Indian212
 500%
Asian511
 120%
Hispanic9666
 31.3%
Pacific Islander113
 1200%
White449340
 24.3%
Two or More Races8994
 5.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients46.1%50.3%
 4.1%


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Orchard Heights Elementary ranks 412th of 1169 Washington elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 549 students attended Orchard Heights Elementary.

Students at Orchard Heights Elementary are 62% White, 17% Two or more races, 12% Hispanic, 2% African American, 2% Pacific Islander, 2% American Indian, 2% Asian.

Students who attend Orchard Heights Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Marcus Whitman Middle School
High : South Kitsap High School


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction. Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.

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