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Does Irene Reither Elementary School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
765
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530501000766
Irene Reither Elementary School
954 E. Hemmi Road, Everson, WA 98226 · (360) 398-2111 · Whatcom County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL765 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
381 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 | 144 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 140 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (144) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Irene Reither Elementary School→Meridian Middle School
Based on grade levels within Meridian School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
40.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -3.5pp since 2014
Math
40.3%
WA avg 51.2% . +7.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.2% | 40.3% |
| 2023-24 | 40.3% | 35.1% |
| 2022-23 | 33.5% | 27.3% |
| 2021-22 | 36.4% | 27.2% |
| 2018-19 | 49.4% | 41.4% |
| 2017-18 | 47.2% | 39.2% |
| 2016-17 | 46.7% | 37.9% |
| 2015-16 | 44.5% | 43.0% |
| 2014-15 | 43.7% | 33.0% |
% 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
46.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Irene Reither Elementary School
Irene Reither Elementary School's state test result (40.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irene Reither Elementary School this school | 765 | 49.8% | 40.1% |
| Southworth Elementary Yelm | 671 | 46.5% | 44.8% |
| Warren Hunt Elem Puyallup | 681 | 48.9% | 46.2% |
| VALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Cashmere | 638 | 52.0% | N/A |
| Peter G Schmidt Elementary Tumwater | 606 | 44.9% | 49.1% |
| Woodland Elementary Puyallup | 606 | 49.8% | 59.9% |
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 Irene Reither Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Whatcom County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #626 of 936 | #21 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #654 of 1,103 ▲ 87 | #17 of 30 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #744 of 1,102 ▼ 29 | #21 of 30 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #119 of 928 | #2 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 765 | #14 of 1,268 | #1 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #629 of 1,085 | #15 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #538 of 1,088 | #9 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.8% | #644 of 1,169 | #19 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.1% | #127 of 257 | #8 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
765
+174 (+29%) vs 2020
+48% since 1990-91, when it was 518
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 765 | 47.4 | 16.1:1 | 50% (381) |
| 2023-24 | 748 | 48.2 | 15.5:1 | 38% (284) |
| 2022-23 | 707 | 46.2 | 15.3:1 | 48% (339) |
| 2020-21 | 591 | 41 | 14.4:1 | 41% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 695 | 40.9 | 17.0:1 | 43% (299) |
| 2015-16 | 615 | 37 | 16.6:1 | 44% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 338 | 21 | 16.1:1 | 19% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 438 | 23 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 518 | 23 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Irene Reither Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (695 to 765); teachers up 16% (40.9 to 47.4).
About Irene Reither Elementary School
Irene Reither Elementary School is a large elementary school with an address in Everson, Washington. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 765 students. That is 101% bigger than the average of about 380 students for elementary schools in Washington.
Meridian School District is made up of 6 schools with 1,904 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show Irene Reither Elementary School is 57% White. Enrollment also includes 28% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 6% Asian. The school's White share is 21 points below the 78% share among Whatcom County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.1:1. The school has 47.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is 1.2 students per teacher. In all, 50% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Irene Reither Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.1%, compared with a predicted 46.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Whatcom County, home to about 230,503 people, median household income comes to about $81,784, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Whatcom County's 78 public schools enroll about 27,779 students and include Irene Reither Elementary School.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Meridian Middle School, is the closest to Irene Reither Elementary School. Irene Reither Elementary School has 5 other public schools within five miles. The school's 40.1% average proficiency ranks 5th among 6 nearby schools.
Irene Reither Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment increased by 29% across 4 years, from 591 in 2020-21 to 765 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.4:1 to 16.1:1 over the same years.
The Irene Reither Elementary School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Meridian School District
- Meridian High SchoolHigh · 534 students
- Meridian Middle SchoolMiddle · 350 students
- Meridian Parent Partnership ProgramElementary · 208 students
- Meridian Special ProgramsElementary · 26 students
- Meridian Impact Re-EngagementHigh · 21 students
Other schools in Everson
- Nooksack Valley High SchoolHigh · 520 students
- Nooksack Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 469 students
- Nooksack ElementaryElementary · 412 students
- Everson ElementaryElementary · 288 students
- Nooksack Valley Special ServicesElementary · 34 students
- Nooksack ReengagementHigh · 15 students
Nearby schools
- Meridian Middle School0.4 mi · 350
- Meridian High School2.5 mi · 534
- Meridian Special Programs2.5 mi · 26
- Meridian Parent Partnership Program2.6 mi · 208
- Everson Elementary4.7 mi · 288
- Lynden Student Services5.1 mi · 93
Frequently asked questions
About Irene Reither Elementary SchoolHow large is Irene Reither Elementary School?
Irene Reither Elementary School enrolls approximately 765 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Irene Reither Elementary School serve?
Irene Reither Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Irene Reither Elementary School?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Irene Reither Elementary School.
How diverse is Irene Reither Elementary School?
Irene Reither Elementary School reports a student body of 57% White, 28% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Irene Reither Elementary School?
Irene Reither Elementary School is overseen by Meridian School District in Whatcom County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.