Schools in Zip Code 98368

Zip code 98368 in the Port Townsend area has four schools serving about 1,277 students from preschool through grade 12, including traditional elementary, middle, and high schools plus an alternative K–12 program. All are part of the Port Townsend School District, which ranks 81st among 238 Washington districts, placing it in the 66th percentile.

Port Townsend High School has the strongest overall profile. Its 93.1% graduation rate is well above both the district and state rates, and its recent rankings place it among the better-performing high schools in Washington. Science is a notable strength, with 68.49% of students proficient compared with 50.95% statewide. Its math result is more mixed, while current English language arts data is unavailable because the result was suppressed. Salish Coast Elementary is the strongest elementary option in the data, with science proficiency well above the state and math slightly above the statewide result. Its main concern is that math performance declines from third to fifth grade.

Blue Heron Middle School recently improved its ranking and has reasonably solid English and science results, but math is a significant weakness, particularly in seventh and eighth grades. Ocean, the district’s alternative K–12 school, made the largest year-over-year gains in all three tested subjects, especially science. However, its math performance remains low, and many grade-level results are suppressed. Families should therefore be cautious when comparing Ocean directly with conventional schools. Overall, science is the clearest shared strength across the ZIP code, while improving math—especially in middle and high school—is the most important area for attention.