Summary:
ZIP code 98640 has one listed public school: Ocean Park Elementary, a small grades 3–5 school serving 212 students in Ocean Park, Washington. The school is part of the Ocean Beach School District. With a student-teacher ratio of 17.1 to 1 and 67.92% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, the school serves a community with significant student support needs. Since no other school is listed in the ZIP code, families cannot make a school-to-school comparison within 98640.
Ocean Park Elementary’s clearest relative strength is mathematics. In 2025–2026, 28.27% of students were proficient in math, 5.80 percentage points higher than the district average of 22.47%. Math results were also consistent across grades 3–5, ranging from 26.32% to 29.63%. However, the school remained below the Washington average of 43.11%. English language arts proficiency was 34.03%, below both the district’s 39.55% and the state’s 52.81%. Science proficiency was 40.79%, also below the district’s 44.50% and the state’s 50.95%. Fourth grade was the strongest ELA grade, while third grade had the largest gaps compared with state results.
Results declined across every tested subject from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA fell 6.77 percentage points, math fell 7.08 points, and science fell 7.69 points. Science was especially notable because the school had been nearly aligned with the state the previous year. The school’s statewide ranking also dropped from the 30th percentile to the 12th percentile. For parents, the main issues to watch are whether the broad academic decline continues, how the school supports third-grade reading and math, and whether science performance rebounds. The school’s district-level math advantage is encouraging, but overall performance remains below statewide levels.
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