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Port Townsend, WA
Public School Ratings




Port Townsend Public Schools

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

Methodology:   Only NeighborhoodScout gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location. Read more about Scout's School Data


Port Townsend School District details

Port Townsend School District
1610 Blaine St.
Port Townsend, WA 98368

1,169 Students enrolled in District

4 Schools in District

17 Students Per Classroom (State average is 18)

Port Townsend School District School Quality Ratings

District Quality Compared to Washington

7

(10 is best)

Better than 65.3% of all WA school districts.

District Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Better than 55.9% of all U.S. school districts.



Public School Test Scores

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
42%
44%
49%
51%
35%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math

Schools in this District

School Grades
Blue Heron Middle School
3939 San Juan Ave
Port Townsend, WA, 98368
01-08
Ocean School
3939 San Juan Ave.
Port Townsend, WA, 98368
01-12
Port Townsend High School
1500 Van Ness St
Port Townsend, WA, 98368
09-12
Salish Coast Elementary School
1637 Grant St
Port Townsend, WA, 98368
PK-08

School District Enrollment by Group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 85.1% 55.0%
Black 1.1% 5.3%
Hispanic 9.9% 27.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.4% 9.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.5% 2.9%
Economic Groups This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 44.1% 42.5%
Free lunch eligible 34.3% 35.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 9.8% 7.2%

Educational Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,780 $10,860,860 50.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,100 $1,360,700 6.4%
Staff $1,040 $1,286,480 6.0%
General Administration $437 $540,569 2.5%
School Administration $660 $816,420 3.8%
Operation $1,386 $1,714,482 8.0%
Transportation $347 $429,239 2.0%
Other $691 $854,767 4.0%
Total Support $5,661 $7,002,657 32.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,829 $3,499,473 16.4%
Total Expenditures $17,270 $21,362,990 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,986 $9,744,631,794 46.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,217 $1,319,633,091 6.3%
Staff $1,134 $1,230,185,842 5.8%
General Administration $148 $160,712,680 0.8%
School Administration $902 $978,095,459 4.6%
Operation $1,153 $1,250,589,826 5.9%
Transportation $569 $616,642,523 2.9%
Other $696 $755,170,389 3.6%
Total Support $5,820 $6,311,213,282 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,630 $5,021,166,137 23.8%
Total Expenditures $19,436 $21,077,045,714 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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