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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 98346


At a glance
3
Schools
736
Students
Top rankedRichard Gordon Elementary359th of 1,138 Washington elementary schools
Biggest riser
David Wolfle Elementary up 225 spots statewide this year
Summary:

ZIP code 98346 in Kingston, Washington is home to three elementary schools, all within the North Kitsap School District, which ranks 47th of 238 districts statewide (80th percentile, 4 stars). Richard Gordon Elementary and David Wolfle Elementary both serve grades PK–5, while North Kitsap Options serves grades K–8, so its all-grades test results cover a wider grade span. Together the three schools enroll 736 students.

Academically, the schools differ sharply. North Kitsap Options posts the highest ELA (72.92% proficient) and science (70.00%) results and the second-highest math (55.10%). Richard Gordon Elementary leads in math (56.28%), well above district and state, though its 5th-grade math slips to 38.60%. David Wolfle Elementary trails in every subject (ELA 35.20%, math 28.35%, science 48.84%), with 4th-grade ELA at 21.95%. Many grade-level scores for North Kitsap Options are suppressed by the state, meaning those values are unknown rather than zero.

Family and resource data add context. David Wolfle Elementary has the highest FRPL rate (62.5%) and the highest per-student spending ($23,564). North Kitsap Options has the lowest FRPL rate (34.48%), the lowest spending ($11,847) and the highest student-teacher ratio (20.7). Richard Gordon Elementary sits between them (35.73% FRPL, $18,500, ratio 15.1). Spending and class size do not track simply with results in this small sample. On trends, David Wolfle Elementary gained 15.51 points in science year over year and rose from the 19th to 37th percentile in rank, while Richard Gordon Elementary moved from the 62nd to 68th percentile.

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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.

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