Kulshan Middle School

As a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school in Bellingham, Washington, Kulshan Middle School serves 575 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Bellingham School District.

Across the 25 schools in Bellingham School District (11,337 students total), Kulshan Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Kulshan Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.9:1 average. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Whatcom County's rate of about 47%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kulshan Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.0%, the actual is 60.1%, a residual of -0.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Whatcom County indicate the typical household earns roughly $81,784 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Whatcom County runs 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,779 students), of which Kulshan Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Carl Cozier Elementary School, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Kulshan Middle School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kulshan Middle School has held roughly steady, going from 587 students in 2018 to 575 in 2025. The White share of enrollment increased from 68% to 73% over that span.

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