Enrollment
357
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530042003358
Cordata Elementary School
4420 Aldrich Rd, Bellingham, WA 98226 · (360) 676-6461 · Whatcom County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL357 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
244 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 102% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
72%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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
18.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -24.2pp since 2014
Math
15.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -31.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 24 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 31 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.2% | 15.6% |
| 2023-24 | 18.6% | 13.6% |
| 2022-23 | 14.7% | 13.4% |
| 2021-22 | 9.3% | 8.5% |
| 2018-19 | 25.9% | 23.1% |
| 2017-18 | 32.0% | 28.1% |
| 2016-17 | 30.5% | 39.0% |
| 2015-16 | 40.1% | 46.1% |
| 2014-15 | 42.4% | 46.8% |
% 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
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% 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 Cordata Elementary School
Cordata Elementary School's state test result (20.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cordata Elementary School this school | 357 | 68.3% | 20.9% |
| Cascade Elementary Marysville | 382 | 64.4% | 42.4% |
| Liberty Elementary Marysville | 398 | 68.8% | 34.5% |
| Alpac Elementary School PACIFIC | 534 | 62.0% | 47.9% |
| View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy Bremerton | 388 | 65.7% | 36.5% |
| Fawcett Elementary School Tacoma | 426 | 65.3% | 32.4% |
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 Cordata Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Whatcom County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #903 of 936 | #30 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #1,076 of 1,103 ▲ 4 | #30 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #1,077 of 1,102 ▼ 9 | #30 of 30 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #131 of 928 | #3 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 357 | #782 of 1,268 | #17 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #40 of 1,085 | #2 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.9% | #225 of 1,088 | #1 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.3% | #287 of 1,169 | #3 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #695 of 778 | #17 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
357
+24 (+7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 357 | 28.6 | 12.5:1 | 68% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 31 | 11.4:1 | 75% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 32.5 | 12.1:1 | 75% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 333 | 30 | 11.1:1 | 60% (199) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 28.7 | 12.9:1 | 66% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 65% (266) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cordata Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (371 to 357); teachers unchanged (28.7 to 28.6).
About Cordata Elementary School
Cordata Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Bellingham, Washington. Enrollment is 357 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
Bellingham School District includes 25 schools. Together they enroll 11,337 students.
Cordata Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 38%. After that, the student body is 32% White, 17% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 4% Black. Among all residents of Whatcom County, the Hispanic share is about 11%. By the diversity index, Cordata Elementary School comes in at 72%.
A ratio of 12.5:1 comes from the school's 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 68% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Whatcom County, the average eligibility rate is 47%.
Compared with Washington schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Cordata Elementary School scores 13.4 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 20.9%; the prediction is 34.4%.
Federal survey data for Whatcom County show that median household income is about $81,784, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Cordata Elementary School is among the 78 public schools in Whatcom County.
Nearby, Intergenerational High School is about 1.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 40.4%; Cordata Elementary School's is 20.9%, ranking 7th of 7.
Cordata Elementary School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 357, 7% above the 333 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 12.5 students per teacher, compared with 11.1 in 2020-21.
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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
- Intergenerational High School1.3 mi · 107
- Shuksan Middle School1.6 mi · 606
- Birchwood Elementary School1.8 mi · 335
- Alderwood Elementary School1.9 mi · 305
- Parkview Elementary School2.4 mi · 422
- Blaine Re-Engagement2.5 mi · 14
Frequently asked questions
About Cordata Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cordata Elementary School?
Cordata Elementary School enrolls approximately 357 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cordata Elementary School serve?
Cordata Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cordata Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cordata Elementary School is approximately 12.5:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Cordata Elementary School?
Cordata Elementary School reports a student body of 32% White, 38% Hispanic, 4% Black, 17% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Cordata Elementary School public or private?
Cordata Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bellingham School District.
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