2024 Compare Cities Education:
Port Orchard, WA vs Oak Harbor, WA

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Highlights
- Oak Harbor spends 13.4% less per student than Port Orchard.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.4% lower in Oak Harbor than in Port Orchard. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oak Harbor had 0.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Port Orchard
 Port Orchard, WAOak Harbor, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,675$15,301$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,783$14,331$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,929$8,735$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.8216.1416.23
 Students per Librarian83512684573
 Students per Counselor382397530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%3.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.8%94.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.8%28.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.1%14.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.2%28.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.4%9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%0.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.3%0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Port Orchard    8 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

A bit boring but still a cool antique  More

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Over 5 years ago

We moved here from Phx, AZ. Big change. Hate being hot. I'm not hot, anymore. I haute snakes and scorpions. Don't have any poisonous snakes here, and no scorpions in  More

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Over 11 years ago

High crime rate. High house prices. High cost of  More

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Reviews for Oak Harbor    6 Reviews

The new high school addition looks great, but the quality of the education is lacking. The worst I would have to say, is the English dept. All of the senior parents were  More

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Over 16 years ago

I have found Oak Harbor to be a nice place to live in general, but still feel it is too secluded for me personally. There is not a lot to do as far as night life or  More

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Over 16 years ago

Windy, dreary, wet and noisy. A great place if you're a slug or  More

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