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Port Townsend, WA
Public School Ratings




Port Townsend Public Schools

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:  

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 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

Methodology:   Only Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location.


Port Townsend School District details

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

1,170 Students enrolled in District

4 Schools in District

15 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 64.4% of all WA school districts.

District Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Better than 56.0% of all U.S. school districts.



Public School Test Scores

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
43%
45%
53%
50%
34%
40%
    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
06-08
Ocean School
3939 San Juan Ave.
Port Townsend, WA, 98368
KG-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-05

School District Enrollment by Group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 83.5% 53.3%
Black 1.2% 5.4%
Hispanic 12.0% 28.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.3% 10.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.9% 3.1%
Economic Groups This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 52.9% 49.8%
Free lunch eligible 52.9% 49.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0%

Educational Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,516 $12,304,000 45.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,285 $1,504,000 5.6%
Staff $1,025 $1,199,000 4.5%
General Administration $456 $534,000 2.0%
School Administration $875 $1,024,000 3.8%
Operation $1,897 $2,220,000 8.3%
Transportation $355 $415,000 1.5%
Other $911 $1,066,000 4.0%
Total Support $6,805 $7,962,000 29.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,588 $6,538,000 24.4%
Total Expenditures $22,909 $26,804,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,824 $10,764,786,000 47.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,388 $1,520,446,000 6.7%
Staff $1,197 $1,311,743,000 5.8%
General Administration $173 $189,960,000 0.8%
School Administration $990 $1,085,309,000 4.8%
Operation $1,353 $1,482,398,000 6.5%
Transportation $630 $690,492,000 3.0%
Other $808 $884,903,000 3.9%
Total Support $6,539 $7,165,251,000 31.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,398 $4,818,542,000 21.2%
Total Expenditures $20,761 $22,748,579,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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