Enrollment
325
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530042000101
Carl Cozier Elementary School
1330 Lincoln St, Bellingham, WA 98229 · (360) 676-6410 · Whatcom County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Washington public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
173 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
34.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -26.9pp since 2014
Math
28.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -36.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 27 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 36 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.1% | 28.9% |
| 2023-24 | 44.6% | 37.3% |
| 2022-23 | 40.7% | 40.3% |
| 2021-22 | 46.5% | 44.2% |
| 2018-19 | 49.3% | 37.3% |
| 2017-18 | 44.8% | 36.4% |
| 2016-17 | 45.8% | 48.9% |
| 2015-16 | 68.4% | 62.4% |
| 2014-15 | 61.0% | 65.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Carl Cozier Elementary School
Carl Cozier Elementary School's state test result (40.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Cozier Elementary School this school | 325 | 53.2% | 40.1% |
| Burnt Bridge Creek Elementary Sch Vancouver | 312 | 51.3% | N/A |
| English Crossing Elementary Marysville | 331 | 54.1% | 41.6% |
| Ida Nason Aronica Elementary Ellensburg | 361 | 55.7% | 39.3% |
| Mt. Stuart Elementary Ellensburg | 336 | 50.0% | 41.8% |
| Lackamas Elementary Yelm | 290 | 52.4% | 39.1% |
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 Carl Cozier Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Whatcom County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #621 of 936 | #20 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #894 of 1,103 ▼ 194 | #26 of 30 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #878 of 1,102 ▼ 269 | #26 of 30 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -13.8pp | #12 of 928 | #1 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #877 of 1,268 | #21 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #201 of 1,085 | #7 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #583 of 1,088 | #12 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.2% | #573 of 1,169 | #15 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.9% | #226 of 257 | #13 of 13 |
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
325
+22 (+7%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 325 | 22.6 | 14.4:1 | 53% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 342 | 24.6 | 13.9:1 | 52% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 321 | 23.9 | 13.4:1 | 43% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | 25 | 12.1:1 | 45% (136) |
| 2017-18 | 319 | 22.9 | 13.9:1 | 56% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 261 | 17 | 15.3:1 | 55% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 398 | 19 | 20.9:1 | 34% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 459 | 21 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 25 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carl Cozier Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (319 to 325); teachers down 1% (22.9 to 22.6).
About Carl Cozier Elementary School
Carl Cozier Elementary School, located in Bellingham, Washington, is a medium-sized elementary school. It serves 325 students in pre-K through 5.
The district for Carl Cozier Elementary School is Bellingham School District, with 25 schools and 11,337 students.
By race and ethnicity, Carl Cozier Elementary School is 59% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 25% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Whatcom County overall, about 78% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Carl Cozier Elementary School comes in at 57%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.4:1, with 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 53% of enrollment.
Measured against Washington public elementary schools, Carl Cozier Elementary School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Carl Cozier Elementary School is 4.3 points below its prediction. Actual: 40.1%. Predicted: 44.5%.
Among Whatcom County residents, median household income is about $81,784, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Carl Cozier Elementary School is one of 78 public schools in Whatcom County, which together enroll about 27,779 students.
Options High School is the public school closest to Carl Cozier Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Carl Cozier Elementary School ranks 6th of 6 on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Carl Cozier Elementary School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 7%, from 303 to 325. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.1:1 to 14.4:1 over the same years.
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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 Bellingham School District
- Squalicum High SchoolHigh · 1,273 students
- Bellingham High SchoolHigh · 1,165 students
- Sehome High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
- Whatcom Middle SchoolMiddle · 637 students
- Shuksan Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Fairhaven Middle SchoolMiddle · 588 students
Other schools in Bellingham
- Squalicum High SchoolHigh · 1,273 students
- Bellingham High SchoolHigh · 1,165 students
- Sehome High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
- Whatcom Middle SchoolMiddle · 637 students
- Shuksan Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Fairhaven Middle SchoolMiddle · 588 students
Nearby schools
- Options High School0.9 mi · 176
- Bellingham High School0.9 mi · 1,165
- Whatcom Co Detention Center1.0 mi · 4
- Whatcom Middle School1.2 mi · 637
- Kulshan Middle School1.3 mi · 575
- Sunnyland Elementary School1.5 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About Carl Cozier Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Carl Cozier Elementary School?
Carl Cozier Elementary School enrolls approximately 325 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Carl Cozier Elementary School serve?
Carl Cozier Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Carl Cozier Elementary School have?
Carl Cozier Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carl Cozier Elementary School?
At Carl Cozier Elementary School, the student body is approximately 59% White, 25% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Carl Cozier Elementary School in?
Carl Cozier Elementary School is part of Bellingham School District.
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