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The most racially diverse public middle schools in Whatcom County, Washington

11 public middle schools in Whatcom County, Washington appear in this ranking of the most racially diverse public middle schools, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Vista Middle School leads the list at 66.9%, against a median of 57.2% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Whatcom County, Washington

Top Diversity index

66.9%

Median Diversity index

57.2%

MOST DIVERSE · WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Vista Middle School	Ferndale, WA	550	66.9%	50.4%(277)	2.2%(12)	24.7%(136)	5.8%(32)
2	Horizon Middle School	Ferndale, WA	433	63.8%	53.8%(233)	1.4%(6)	23.3%(101)	3.0%(13)
3	Shuksan Middle School	Bellingham, WA	606	61.4%	52.5%(318)	2.0%(12)	30.7%(186)	4.1%(25)
4	Whatcom Middle School	Bellingham, WA	637	58.3%	58.9%(375)	0.9%(6)	20.9%(133)	7.5%(48)
5	Nooksack Valley Middle School	Everson, WA	469	57.7%	52.9%(248)	0.2%(1)	37.3%(175)	0.8%(4)
6	Meridian Middle School	LYNDEN, WA	350	57.2%	59.4%(208)	0.6%(2)	25.1%(88)	7.1%(25)
7	Lynden Middle School	LYNDEN, WA	705	55.3%	59.4%(419)	0.8%(6)	29.8%(210)	5.8%(41)
8	Blaine Middle School	BLAINE, WA	471	54.3%	63.3%(298)	1.3%(6)	22.1%(104)	5.5%(26)
9	Fairhaven Middle School	Bellingham, WA	588	51.5%	66.8%(393)	1.4%(8)	15.5%(91)	5.6%(33)
10	Mount Baker Junior High	DEMING, WA	244	49.9%	68.0%(166)	2.0%(5)	16.8%(41)	1.2%(3)
11	Kulshan Middle School	Bellingham, WA	575	43.2%	73.4%(422)	0.7%(4)	12.7%(73)	2.3%(13)

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