Enrollment
154
Combined
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530285003703
Ferndale Virtual Academy
5830 Golden Eagle Drive, Ferndale, WA 98248 · (360) 383-9210 · Whatcom County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL154 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
,
0 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 33.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
93 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
19.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -25.9pp since 2021
Math
5.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -9.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 26 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 9 points.
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
17.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% 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 →
About Ferndale Virtual Academy
Ferndale Virtual Academy is a compact combined-grade school in Ferndale, Washington, run under Ferndale School District. The school works with 154 students in grades K through 12. That puts it 25% leaner than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 204 students.
Ferndale School District comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 4,746 students; Ferndale Virtual Academy is among them.
On the student-mix side, Ferndale Virtual Academy logs that White students make up the majority at 56%. Beyond that, the school reports 29% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Native American. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.
On the resource side, Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Whatcom County (around 47%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Ferndale Virtual Academy sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.7%; actual is 17.9%, a gap of -21.8 points.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Whatcom County) shows that median household income runs about $81,784, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Whatcom County runs 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,779 students), of which Ferndale Virtual Academy is one.
Nearest neighbor: Ferndale High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ferndale Virtual Academy comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.0%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
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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 Ferndale School District
- Ferndale High SchoolHigh · 1,325 students
- Vista Middle SchoolMiddle · 550 students
- Skyline Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
- Eagleridge ElementaryElementary · 457 students
- Cascadia ElementaryElementary · 440 students
- Horizon Middle SchoolMiddle · 433 students
Other schools in Ferndale
- Ferndale High SchoolHigh · 1,325 students
- Vista Middle SchoolMiddle · 550 students
- Skyline Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
- Eagleridge ElementaryElementary · 457 students
- Cascadia ElementaryElementary · 440 students
- Horizon Middle SchoolMiddle · 433 students
Nearby schools
- Ferndale High School0.0 mi · 1,325
- Central Elementary0.4 mi · 315
- Mountain View Elementary0.6 mi · 101
- Ferndale Special Services0.7 mi · 20
- Ferndale Re-Engagement0.7 mi · 33
- Vista Middle School0.7 mi · 550
Frequently asked questions
About Ferndale Virtual AcademyHow large is Ferndale Virtual Academy?
Ferndale Virtual Academy enrolls approximately 154 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does Ferndale Virtual Academy serve?
Ferndale Virtual Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many teachers does Ferndale Virtual Academy have?
Ferndale Virtual Academy employs 0 FTE teachers.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ferndale Virtual Academy?
At Ferndale Virtual Academy, the student body is approximately 56% White, 29% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Ferndale Virtual Academy?
Ferndale Virtual Academy is overseen by Ferndale School District in Whatcom County.
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