Acme Elementary

Acme Elementary is a close-knit elementary school in ACME, Washington, operated by Mount Baker School District. The school instructs 168 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Acme Elementary sits 56% leaner than that benchmark.

Mount Baker School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 1,580 students; Acme Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Acme Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Native American. By comparison, Whatcom County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Acme Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 45.1%; actual is 33.6%, a gap of -11.4 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Whatcom County shows the typical household earns roughly $81,784 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Whatcom County runs 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,779 students), of which Acme Elementary is one.

Educational Resource Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.4 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Acme Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 45.5%.

Acme Elementary operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Acme Elementary's enrollment has fell 26% since 2018, when it stood at 228 (now 168). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 9% to 18%. Class-load math has rose: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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