Beach Elem

Beach Elem is a rural-scale elementary campus in Lummi Island, Washington, part of Ferndale School District. The school caters to 30 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Beach Elem sits 92% leaner than that benchmark.

Ferndale School District runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 4,746 students. Beach Elem is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Beach Elem lists that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 13% Native American, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Beach Elem has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Beach Elem sits in the top 10% of Washington schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 44.4%; actual is 58.4%, +14.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Whatcom County) records that the typical household earns roughly $81,784 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Whatcom County runs 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,779 students), of which Beach Elem is one.

The closest other public school is Lummi Nation Tribal School, roughly 1.5 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Beach Elem ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Beach Elem's enrollment has shrank 30% since 2018, when it stood at 43 (now 30). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 5% to 13% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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