South Kitsap High School
Port Orchard, WA 98366
Phone: (360) 874-5600
District: South Kitsap School District
GreatSchools Rating
public • Grades 9,10,11,12 • 2497 students
South Kitsap High School, a public school located in Port Orchard, WA, serves grades 9-12 in the South Kitsap School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 7 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.
South Kitsap High School is a public school located in Port Orchard, WA. 2497 students attend South Kitsap High School.
School Ratings
| Category | Rating | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Test Scores | 7/10 | 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. |
| College Readiness | 7/10 | The College Readiness Rating uses this high school's graduation rates, college entrance exam participation and performance, or AP, IB, or Dual Enrollment participation to determine how well schools are preparing students for success in college and beyond. The College Readiness Rating was created using 2017 Average SAT score data from Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, using the following data from the 2021 Civil Rights Data Collection: percentage of students enrolled in IB, AP or Dual Enrollment classes in grades 9-12, using 2025 4-year high school graduation rate data from Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, and using 2026 demographic data from Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. |
Posted: August 23, 2024
My son is a senior this year and has done amazing here. His attitude about school has become positive. He has favorite teachers in almost all his classes. They teacher have been so supportive. He loves all the choices they offer to make them ready for a career like automotive and welding. Computer classes and so much more. He has a great counselor who has helped him with situations outside of school
All around a great school. Yes there are a lot of students but they have made this school great.
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Posted: August 28, 2022
This school is a dropout factory. The district changes standards for graduation every other year making nearly impossible to graduate. Kids are harassed by the schools security guards who are heavy handed cornering kids in bathrooms and doing inappropriate searches even against district policy. My son was threatened by another student and the district did an investigation than damaged the polices investigation which caused then perp to go in punished. If I had it to do over again I would have moved elsewhere.
Posted: August 28, 2022
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Posted: November 19, 2021
Aside from it being over-crowded, SK offers AP prep courses for anyone willing to accept the challenge as well as CTE courses to prepare for the workforce. We have been very impressed with the band and orchestra programs
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Posted: January 25, 2019
Kids can hand in homework when ever they want with full credit. They are not held accountable with due dates. Setting them up to fail in college and the real world
Posted: January 25, 2019
Posted: January 25, 2019
Kids don't feel safe with the currant principal. The kids run the school , she doesn't.
Posted: January 25, 2019
Posted: January 25, 2019
Recent stabbing, fights, kids reporting things and their names are revealed.
Posted: January 25, 2019
Terrible, overcrowded, teachers don't care. Horrible school.
Posted: March 1, 2018
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Posted: March 1, 2018
Great teachers, enjoy all the opportunities available
Posted: August 31, 2017
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Posted: August 31, 2017
Excellent. Helpful staff, caring teachers and great kids. Many, many learning opportunities for all kids. It is big and that could be overwhelming to some but my kids thrived here!
Posted: January 22, 2017
We had a young man living with us for one school year while his parents were displaced. He hadn't regularly attended school or gotten passing grades since the 6th grade and he was in the 11th grade the year we got him. They worked with his IEP, communicated with us on a routine basis about his progress and got him caught up with a combination of traditional classes and online classes thought the year.
Posted: December 20, 2016
Posted: December 20, 2016
As senior at this school, I wouldn't recommend south to anybody, the halls are to crowded along with several other reasonside, but the most important is the bullying, administration doesn't do anything to stop it unless it's right in front of their face so they have to, I along with a couple friends have been dealing with two other students who constantly harass us, administration has know about this for almost a month and nothing has gotten better, if anything it has gotten worse, making some of us not want to go and risk graduating
Posted: September 16, 2014
Great teachers, students are very polite and friendly, lots of opportunities for students academically and with after school activities. Very large but that gives students lots of opportunities to be involved. Scheduling is sometimes difficult. Sports teams are good. Some of the building could use updating.
Posted: September 25, 2013
South Kitsap High school seems like a very good school so far. My daughter is a sophomore. The school is just so crowded. There should really be another High school in the area.
Posted: September 25, 2013
south kitsap highis very crowed. staff seems to have a good handle on running the school
Posted: July 20, 2013
Amazing school I have never been to a school where all the teachers are willing to help every student out. There are so many choices of classes and opportunities to take advanced class that earn college credit. I went to Vashon island but was very disappointed they have a major drug problem and teachers are not willing to help out or provide extended learning opportunities and extra-curricular programs. South Kitsap is by far one of the best schools on the peninsula. Many of my friends went to gig harbor h.s. and peninsula h.s. and they all wish they would have never gone there because south cared and allowed for greater opportunities.
Posted: July 5, 2013
Graduate of 2010. Suffered severe health issues in my senior year and because of the 7-absence penalty I almost didn't graduate on time even with documents on my poor health caused by the social anxieties of the school's overcrowding issue. Major drug problem with the kids on campus. Too many kids fall through the cracks because teachers didn't have the time to help them out. My sister is going through the same nightmare I went through, and she's in poorer health than me (it runs in the family). So far they've lost her health records twice, and she's had to purchase books outside of school because of the constant shortage regardless of the endless amount of fundraiser events. All they ever talk about is why there shouldn't be another school even though it's heavily overcrowded, because it would cause conflict between the sports teams. Speaking of sports, their physical education curriculum is outdated by 46 years.
Reviews provided by GreatSchools™
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| 1 | Manette | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Bremerton | WA | 2.3 mi | |
| 2 | The Ridge at McCormick Woods | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Port Orchard | WA | 3.4 mi | |
| 3 | McCormick Woods | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Port Orchard | WA | 3.9 mi | |
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| 5 | Blueberry Meadows | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Bremerton | WA | 5.5 mi | |
| 6 | Fairway Lane | Apartment Complex | Bremerton | WA | 5.5 mi | |
| 7 | Whisper Ridge | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Bremerton | WA | 7.9 mi | |
| 8 | The Reserve at Bucklin Hill | Apartment Complex | Silverdale | WA | 8.2 mi | |
| 9 | Meredith Heights | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Poulsbo | WA | 13 mi | |
| 10 | Caldart Cottages | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Poulsbo | WA | 13.8 mi | |
| 11 | Woods and Meadows | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Poulsbo | WA | 16.5 mi | |
| 12 | North End | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Tacoma | WA | 19.8 mi | |
| 13 | Stadium District | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Tacoma | WA | 20.4 mi | |
| 14 | westridge apartments | Apartment Complex | Tacoma | WA | 20.9 mi | |
| 15 | The Carriages at Fairwood Downs | Apartment Complex | Renton | WA | 23.5 mi | |
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| # | Name | City | State | Overall Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port Orchard | Port Orchard | WA | 0.6 mi | |
| 2 | East Bremerton | Bremerton | WA | 6.6 mi | |
| 3 | Bainbridge Island | Bainbridge Island | WA | 7.8 mi | |
| 4 | Silverdale | Silverdale | WA | 8.1 mi | |
| 5 | Ridgetop | Silverdale | WA | 9.6 mi | |
| 6 | Naval Base Kitsap | Poulsbo | WA | 11.9 mi | |
| 7 | Poulsbo | Poulsbo | WA | 13.7 mi | |
| 8 | Downtown Seattle | Seattle | WA | 14.4 mi | |
| 9 | Lakeness Meadows/ Vinland Area | Poulsbo | WA | 16.5 mi |
| Base | Distance |
|---|---|
| Naval Base Kitsap - Bremerton | 2 mi. |
| Naval Base Kitsap Bangor | 13 mi. |
| Coast Guard Seattle | 13.8 mi. |
| McChord AFB | 29.3 mi. |
| Fort Lewis | 31.5 mi. |
| Everett Naval Station | 36.4 mi. |
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