Explorer Academy
PORT ORCHARD · WA · South Kitsap School District · Public · K-12 combined
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South Kitsap High School → Discovery → Kitsap Co Detention Ctr → Bremerton High School → Morgan Center School → West Sound Technical Skills Center → Washington Youth Academy → Barker Creek Community School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 3 AP courses offered — Moderate
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 3 calculus classes · 4 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 50% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 4% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Explorer Academy compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyWA sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: South Kitsap High School, Discovery, Kitsap Co Detention Ctr and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 50% of US high schools
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 4% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
📊 State assessment · WA Smarter Balanced · grade 10
SBAC grade 10 — met or exceeded standard
School year 2024-25. Levels 3 + 4 combined ("at or above grade level"). Cells suppressed by the state when sample is small.
Source: WA state DOE Smarter Balanced results. Levels 1–2 = below standard, 3 = met, 4 = exceeded. Headline = level 3 + level 4 combined.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +2.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 286 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $16,371 per student in district revenue, the 41 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $671,211/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Kitsap High School PORT ORCHARD |
Public | 0.2 | 2,448 | +2.8% |
| Discovery PORT ORCHARD |
Public | 1.0 | 224 | +12.6% |
| Kitsap Co Detention Ctr PORT ORCHARD |
Public | 2.4 | 2 | — |
| Bremerton High School Bremerton |
Public | 2.7 | 1,263 | +6.0% |
| Morgan Center School Bremerton |
Public | 2.7 | — | — |
| West Sound Technical Skills Center Bremerton |
Public | 3.1 | 8 | — |
| Washington Youth Academy Bremerton |
Public | 3.1 | 140 | +29.6% |
| Barker Creek Community School Bremerton |
Public | 6.0 | 379 | +3.8% |