Summary:
ZIP code 98310 in Kitsap County contains two middle schools serving grades 6–8: Mountain View Middle School (856 students) in Bremerton School District and Fairview Middle School (620 students) in Central Kitsap School District. Though they share a ZIP code, they sit in very different district contexts: Bremerton ranks 172 of 238 districts statewide (28th percentile, 1 star), while Central Kitsap ranks 59 of 238 (75th percentile, 4 stars).
Fairview Middle School is the stronger of the two, outscoring Mountain View in every tested subject and grade. It ranks 285 of 514 schools statewide for 2025–2026 (45th percentile, 2 stars) versus Mountain View’s 453 of 514 (12th percentile, 1 star). Fairview’s clearest strength is 8th grade, where ELA proficiency is 53.29% (above the state’s 50.90%) and science is 48.85% (just above the state’s 48.78%). Its 8th grade math score of 30.36% is below the state’s 38.80% but still far ahead of Mountain View’s 11.65%, the lowest figure in this data set. Fairview’s statewide rank percentile has also crept up over three years, from 42 to 44 to 45.
Mountain View Middle School faces larger challenges, scoring below its own district averages in all all-grades subjects and roughly 22–24 percentage points below the state. Its rank percentile has stayed flat near the bottom (13 → 13 → 12), and it declined slightly in all three subjects year over year. Notably, Mountain View has the higher free/reduced lunch rate (62.15% vs. 50.48%), higher per-student spending ($19,553 vs. $17,420), and smaller classes (17.7 vs. 20.2 students per teacher) — yet lower proficiency, showing that spending and class size alone do not explain the gap. Fairview also declined in ELA and math but posted a 9.28-point science gain.
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