Schools · Oak Harbor

Oak Harbor, WA schools

Oak Harbor’s public schools score close to Washington’s averages: 61% of students are proficient in reading against 61% statewide, and 89% of high schoolers graduate on time against 83%. Kids attend one of 5 elementary schools through grade 4, then North Whidbey Middle School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

B+School Grade #81Highest graduation rate in WA (of 254)

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Oak Harbor’s School Grade: B+

The public schools Oak Harbor’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 65% of Washington’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

BTest scoresB+Graduation

Washington school districts we grade (291)Better than 65%

Lower resultsHigher results

Washington towns with similar household incomes (249)Better than 70%

High confidence. Built on 2,924 tested students and a graduating class of 418; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Washington’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2018–19; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Washington only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Washington with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

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Where Oak Harbor kids go to school

Grades PK–4

5 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Oak Harbor School District

Grades 7–8

North Whidbey Middle School 705 students · Oak Harbor Oak Harbor School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2018–19

Close to the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–8, Oak Harbor School District)61%

State average 61%

Math (grades PK–8, Oak Harbor School District)49%

State average 50.3%

Graduation · class of 2020

89% graduate on time

Graduation rate

89%

WA: 83%

Graduating class

418

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #81 of 254 WA towns →

Districts

The district serving Oak Harbor

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Oak Harbor School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 12 schools · 5,635 students

$18,620 per studentWA $18,444B+

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Oak Harbor

There’s no college in Oak Harbor, but 3 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Skagit Valley College in Mount Vernon, 17.7 miles away.

Skagit Valley CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Mount Vernon17.7 mi2,953 students

Northwest School of Wooden Boat BuildingCommunity college · Private nonprofit · Port Hadlock-Irondale18.8 mi43 students

Everett Community CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Everett27.8 mi3,931 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Oak Harbor. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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