408 Balmer St SW
Orting, WA 98360

As a parent of multiple Orting graduates, I look back on our K-12 experience with a grateful heart. Living in a densely populated area allows access to so much in the South Sound. We have arts, museums, professional athletics, and a myriad of retailers to choose from, but that typically means sending my kids to a huge school system. Not in Orting! Orting has a niche that I do not see elsewhere in our region. They have schools where the principal knows my student by name and cares deeply about their mission. It is common to talk regularly with teachers, principals, and even district administrators. If you want to meet with the superintendent, you can! The stories of staff and how they go above and beyond in their community are endless. Staff who work there could choose to go elsewhere for more, but they don't! It is not the most affluent area, and the people in our community have more blue-collar jobs. I think that gave my kids a balanced perspective on the world and allowed us to be part of one of the last truly American experiences of public school. The diversity is growing quickly, the test scores continue to grow, and they employ some of the best humans in the world. I would 1000% send my kids through this district. If you are lucky enough to get inside their boundaries, your kids will benefit. Mine are flourishing in college right now!

Orting middle school is the best best teachers we love it but the kids in the school they don't have manners spacialy Russian and afgani kids they really bad I think there parents don't teach how to respect the other kids they don't have manners they fighting all the time so so bad because theere parents teach them hate others

Disappointed in Ptarmigan Ridge. State test scores are never sent home, little to no communication from teachers in the higher grade levels- it’s as if they don’t want families to see just how this school is failing their children. There is a lack of discipline from administrators so repeat problematic behaviors are never punished nor corrected. Reward charts are given for those with problematic behaviors and there is never any recognition for students who actually do what is expected of them. Staff kids are treated with privileges, even if they have disruptive behaviors. This school is overcrowded. Students can get away with a lot because resources are stretched thin. You can tell the teachers are burnt out and the school year has only just begun. Kids can’t use the bathrooms during the day because they are unclean and unsanitary. The lunchroom is loud and students don’t have any time to eat. If you have an option to choose a different school, do it. Students fall behind because their entire day is FILLED with disruptive behaviors from others. Admin doesn’t care.