Isom Elementary School

Set in LYNDEN, Washington, Isom Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary campus, run under Lynden School District. It educates 413 students across grades K through 5.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Isom Elementary School logs that 61% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 30% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Isom Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 46% of students at Isom Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Isom Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.0%; this one delivers 54.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Whatcom County shows median household income runs about $81,784, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Whatcom County's 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,779 students), Isom Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Fisher Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Isom Elementary School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 46.1%.

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

Five-year trend. Isom Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 515 (now 413). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 66% to 61%.

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