Fisher Elementary School

Fisher Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary campus in LYNDEN, Washington, run under Lynden School District, hosts 546 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Fisher Elementary School sits 44% larger than that benchmark.

Lynden School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,646 students. Fisher Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Fisher Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, Whatcom County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Fisher Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 51% of students at Fisher Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fisher Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.4%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Whatcom County) logs that median household income runs about $81,784, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Whatcom County's 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,779 students), Fisher Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Isom Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fisher Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 28%: 426 students in 2018 compared to 546 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

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