WashingtonSchoolsCedar Heights Middle School

Cedar Heights Middle School

PublicRegular
PORT ORCHARD, Washington · South Kitsap School District
Teachers35.0FTE
Ratio18.9:1students per teacher
Students660enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students660
Grade Span6–8
Student:Teacher18.9:1
Free/Reduced Lunch47%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
1.6%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
37
5.7%vs prior yr
Enrollment
689
4.4%vs prior yr
Years of Data
5
2020–2024
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

15.1:115.9:116.7:117.6:118.4:119.2:12020202120222023202417.5:117.1:118.7:118.9:118.6:1This schoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

625639653666680694353536363737202020212022202320246306316536606893637353537EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment630631653660689
Teacher FTE3637353537
Pupil : Teacher ratio17.5:117.1:118.7:118.9:118.6:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.