Schools in Zip Code 98245

Zip code 98245, serving Orcas Island, has five public schools in the Orcas Island School District, educating about 802 students from kindergarten through grade 12. The schools include alternative, traditional elementary, middle, high school, and Montessori programs, giving families several options in a small island community. Overall, the district ranks in the 82nd percentile statewide and has a four-star rating.

Orcas Island Elementary School stands out as the strongest overall performer. It ranks in the 82nd percentile, up sharply from the 39th percentile two years earlier, and exceeds state proficiency rates in English language arts, math, and science. Its science result is especially strong at 75%. Orcas Island Middle School also performs above the state in all three subjects and ranks in the 75th percentile. Families may want to note that elementary third-grade results are weaker than fourth- and fifth-grade results, while middle-school eighth-grade English results are particularly strong.

Oasis K-12 has the highest reported English proficiency, at 66.35%, but its math results are more modest, and its student-teacher ratio is notably higher than at the other schools. Orcas Island High School is strongest in science, at 69.39%, but math is its clearest challenge, with 26.32% proficiency. Its year-to-year results are also more variable, so parents should ask about current trends and course support. Orcas Island Montessori Public serves only 24 students; current results are suppressed because of its small size, although prior-year English and math results were promising. Overall, science and English are district strengths, while high-school math and Oasis’s available dropout data deserve closer attention.