NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools WA

Best-Resourced Schools in Port Angeles, WA

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13 public K-12 schools in Port Angeles from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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13
Schools
3,844
Students
42.7/100
Avg Resource Index
20.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Port Angeles has more public-school enrollment than 42% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Port Angeles sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

10 of Port Angeles's 13 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Port Angeles's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 59th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 15th percentile. The 44-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 58%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
59th percentile
Teacher staffing
15th percentile

Port Angeles High School accounts for 25.3% of all Port Angeles public-school enrollment

That concentration means Port Angeles-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Port Angeles school enrollment varies 81× across entities

Port Angeles school enrollment ranges from 12 students (lowest) to 974 students (highest), a spread of 962 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Port Angeles reports 54.7% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Port Angeles student-teacher ratio is 20.2:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Jefferson Elementary 57
2. Franklin Elementary 52
3. Hamilton Elementary 50
4. Port Angeles High School 48
5. Crescent School 47
6. Dry Creek Elementary 46
7. Roosevelt Elementary School 44
8. Stevens Middle School 43
9. Lincoln High School 41
10. Seaview Academy 39
11. Special Education 30
12. Olympic Peninsula Homeconnection 15
13. Clallam Co Juvenile Detention -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Port Angeles

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Dry Creek Elementary 59.8/100
  2. 2 Special Education 55.1/100
  3. 3 Lincoln High School 52.8/100
  4. 4 Stevens Middle School 49.9/100
  5. 5 Jefferson Elementary 47.6/100

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Which Port Angeles school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Jefferson Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Port Angeles schools in this federal-data comparison at 57/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Port Angeles, WA? ▼

Port Angeles has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,844 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 20.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.