Irene Reither Elementary School

Irene Reither Elementary School, a large K-5 school in Everson, Washington, one of the schools within Meridian School District, works with 765 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 101% bigger than the state mean of about 380.

Irene Reither Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Meridian School District, a district that enrolls 1,904 students overall.

On demographics, Irene Reither Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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), Irene Reither Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.1%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Whatcom County put the typical household earns roughly $81,784 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Whatcom County runs 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,779 students), of which Irene Reither Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Meridian Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. 5 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), Irene Reither Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.7%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 10%: 695 students in 2018 compared to 765 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 65% to 57%.

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