Carl Cozier Elementary School

Carl Cozier Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary-level communitys in Bellingham, Washington, one of the schools within Bellingham School District, with 325 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within Bellingham School District, which oversees 25 schools and 11,337 students, Carl Cozier Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Carl Cozier Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 25% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Carl Cozier Elementary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Carl Cozier Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.1%.

Across the wider county, 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 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 Carl Cozier Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Options High School, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Carl Cozier Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.5%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Carl Cozier Elementary School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 319 (now 325). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 14% to 25% over that span.

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