Marcus Whitman Junior High School

Port Orchard, WA 98366

Phone: (360) 874-6160
District: South Kitsap School District

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GreatSchools Rating

public • Grades 6,7,8 • 626 students

Marcus Whitman Junior High School, a public school located in Port Orchard, WA, serves grades 6-8 in the South Kitsap School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 3 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

Marcus Whitman Junior High School is a public school located in Port Orchard, WA. 626 students attend Marcus Whitman Junior High School.

School Ratings

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Test Scores 3/10 The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Smarter Balanced Assessment data from Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, and using 2025 Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science data from Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Student Growth 3/10 The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Posted: June 5, 2021

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Posted: June 5, 2021

Posted: June 5, 2021

The teachers at Marcus Whitman Middle School mostly are very difficult to deal with. I say deal with because trying to work with them to help your student is a HUGE challenge. My boys have been attending this school now for two years and we're seriously considering pulling both boys out of school to do home schooling. I get that it's the pandemic and all and we're trying to learn via remote learning, but some of these teachers have ridiculous standards!! A 6th grade teacher that only allows SEVEN days to fix homework issues (unless it's turned in blank, in which case you get a big fat zero). As a parent, we aren't getting updates on our students for 2 weeks. At this point, the assignments can't be fixed regardless, so what's the point of the update?? These teachers are treating 6th graders (that are new to having multiple teachers mind you!!) like they are in college. Some teachers do care and are willing to help the 6th graders learn and work with the parent. These other teachers are ruining it for students though when they have such harsh rules and don't actually want to help the student or work with the parent. I actually had a teacher refuse to meet with me via zoom after my son's class and then gave me some longwinded answer that wasn't even addressing my question that I sent via email (because this teacher refused to meet via zoom with both my son and myself). I'll be taking a complaint to the school on Monday to show them how much communication I've had with just this one teacher (let alone the rest) and how much time I've had to spend communicating with her. I see now why many are doing homeschooling. It's just too frustrating trying to "work with" these teachers.

Posted: June 5, 2021

Posted: June 5, 2021

Posted: February 13, 2020

Posted: February 13, 2020

There are several teachers at Marcus Whitman that are wonderful. Many who do try to be effective and engaging with students are not able to teach effectively due to overly large class size and ineffective administrators who do not provide support for discipline issues with disruptive students.

Posted: February 13, 2020

Posted: February 13, 2020

Posted: February 13, 2020

Posted: February 13, 2020

Posted: February 13, 2020

Overall, I would rate this school a 2/10. There are many excellent teachers and staff at this school, who are enthusiastic, compassionate and dedicated to the students. However, there is a serious lack of leadership and diligence by the Principal and Dean of students at this school. The students are not guided to care about their school community or those in the service positions around the school, for example the custodian. During lunches students are allowed to leave food, trays and trash behind at their tables for the custodian to clean up. The hallways are often seen having trash and wrappers left behind by students. Students are not dealt with by admin when they disrupt the learning environment or bully others. Disruptive students who are removed from classrooms are left in the front office with staff who are then unable to complete their assigned job. Parents are not always contacted when their students are knowingly harassed by other students. Overall, I would rate this school a 2/10. There are many excellent teachers and staff at this school, who are enthusiastic, compassionate and dedicated to the students. However, there is a serious lack of leadership and diligence by the Principal and Dean of students at this school. The students are not guided to care about their school community or those in the service positions around the school, for example the custodian. During lunches students are allowed to leave food, trays and trash behind at their tables for the custodian to clean up. The hallways are often seen having trash and wrappers left behind by students. Students are not dealt with by admin when they disrupt the learning environment or bully others. Disruptive students who are removed from classrooms are left in the front office with staff who are then unable to complete their assigned job. Parents are not always contacted when their students are knowingly harassed by other students.

Posted: December 29, 2019

I would rate this school a 2.

Posted: December 29, 2019

No assigned homework. No way for a child to practice concepts he/she was taught in school and therefore ask questions. How can a child know what questions to ask if he/she has not been able to try/practice on their own? New grading system just tells parents how well (or not) their children are learning. Just shows what subjects are a child’s strengths and weaknesses. No incentives for a child to learn because no letter grades are offered.

Posted: December 29, 2019

Posted: December 29, 2019

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Posted: April 29, 2013

My student has excelled in the Special Education area, and for classes she integrates with others, she's also done quite well. The teachers are easy to connect with (e.g. email, conferences), and progress tracking can be done online (i.e. we know assignments and due dates, and what's been missed).

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