Enrollment
168
Elementary
DISTRICT 198 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530531000799
Acme Elementary
5200 TURKINGTON RD, ACME, WA 98220 · (360) 383-2045 · Whatcom County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL168 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
88 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 30% smaller than its 6th grade class (30).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 68% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Mount Baker School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
40.2%
WA avg 58.4% . +1.9pp since 2014
Math
34.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -0.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.2% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 20.4% |
| 2022-23 | 38.7% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.5% | 26.9% |
| 2018-19 | 51.1% | 50.4% |
| 2017-18 | 59.2% | 52.0% |
| 2016-17 | 49.2% | 40.9% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 35.6% |
| 2014-15 | 38.3% | 34.6% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Acme Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acme Elementary this school | 168 | 52.4% | 33.6% |
| Millwood Kindergarten Center SPOKANE | 178 | 52.8% | N/A |
| Cosmopolis Elementary School Cosmopolis | 175 | 57.1% | 40.0% |
| Chimacum Creek Primary School Port Hadlock | 147 | 55.8% | N/A |
| Early Childhood Education Center VANCOUVER | 217 | 49.8% | N/A |
| Long Beach Elementary School Long Beach | 189 | 60.3% | N/A |
Matched among Washington elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Acme Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Whatcom County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #744 of 936 | #26 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #798 of 1,103 ▲ 221 | #23 of 30 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #742 of 1,102 ▲ 60 | #20 of 30 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.4pp | #297 of 928 | #9 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 168 | #1,118 of 1,268 | #33 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.4% | #591 of 1,169 | #16 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #172 of 778 | #3 of 20 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
168
-7 (-4%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 255
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 13.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 168 | 10.2 | 16.4:1 | 52% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 187 | 12.2 | 15.3:1 | 53% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 203 | 14.8 | 13.7:1 | 49% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 175 | 13 | 13.5:1 | 52% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 228 | 14.8 | 15.4:1 | 50% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 222 | 14 | 15.9:1 | 56% (124) |
| 2010-11 | 215 | 14 | 15.4:1 | 47% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 304 | 13 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 255 | 12 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Acme Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (228 to 168); teachers down 31% (14.8 to 10.2).
About Acme Elementary
Acme Elementary is a small elementary school in Washington, with an address in ACME. A federal count lists 168 students at the school, in kindergarten through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Washington) has about 380 students.
Mount Baker School District is responsible for 7 schools, Acme Elementary included, with 1,580 students in all.
White students account for 63% of enrollment at Acme Elementary. Enrollment also includes 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 8% Native American. The school's White share is 15 points below the 78% share among Whatcom County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Acme Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
With 10.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Acme Elementary was 16.4:1. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 52%.
Acme Elementary trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 11.4 points (33.6% versus 45.1%), a bottom-10% result in Washington on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe Whatcom County this way: median household income is about $81,784, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 78 public schools in Whatcom County, with a combined enrollment of about 27,779.
The closest public school to Acme Elementary is Educational Resource Center, about 7.4 miles away. Other public schools within ten miles number 7. The school's 33.6% average proficiency ranks 6th among 7 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment was 175 in 2020-21 and 168 in 2024-25, a decrease of 7 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.4:1.
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Whatcom County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,503
Census ACS
Median income
$81,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
78
27,779 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mount Baker School District
- Mount Baker Senior HighHigh · 513 students
- Kendall ElementaryElementary · 317 students
- Harmony ElementaryElementary · 288 students
- Mount Baker Junior HighMiddle · 244 students
- Mount Baker AcademyCombined · 32 students
- Educational Resource CenterElementary · 18 students
Nearby schools
- Educational Resource Center7.4 mi · 18
- Mount Baker Senior High7.4 mi · 513
- Mount Baker Academy7.4 mi · 32
- Mount Baker Junior High7.4 mi · 244
- Geneva Elementary School9.1 mi · 412
- Harmony Elementary9.2 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About Acme ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Acme Elementary?
Acme Elementary enrolls approximately 168 students in grades KG-06.
Is Acme Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Acme Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Acme Elementary have?
Acme Elementary employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Acme Elementary?
Student demographics at Acme Elementary are roughly 63% White, 18% Hispanic, 10% Two or more.
What district is Acme Elementary in?
Acme Elementary is part of Mount Baker School District.
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