Best Public Schools in Zip Code 98310

ZIP code 98310 has five schools serving elementary, middle, and alternative-school students: two elementary schools, two middle schools, and Catalyst Public Schools, an alternative school listed for grades K–9. There are no traditional high schools in the ZIP code, and the schools enroll about 2,863 students across the Bremerton School District, Central Kitsap School District, and Catalyst Public Schools.

Among traditional schools, Fairview Middle School has the strongest overall current profile, with 45.06% proficiency in English language arts, 30.16% in math, and 48.85% in science. It also has the highest reported school ranking and has improved gradually. Catalyst Public Schools has the highest math result in the ZIP code at 36.72% and particularly strong eighth-grade results, while View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy is the strongest elementary school. View Ridge leads the other elementary school by roughly 15 to 21 percentage points across the three subjects and improved in English, math, and science from the prior year.

The greatest academic challenges are at Mountain View Middle School and Armin Jahr Elementary. Mountain View trails Fairview in every reported subject, while Armin Jahr has the lowest all-grade results and the lowest current ranking. Across the ZIP code, all-grade proficiency remains below Washington’s comparison levels, although some individual grades perform at or above state figures—especially eighth-grade English and science at Fairview and Catalyst and fifth-grade English at View Ridge. Fairview and Catalyst also made major science gains, making recent improvement an important positive sign.