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Enrollment
575
Middle
DISTRICT 602 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530042001739
Kulshan Middle School
1250 Kenoyer Dr, Bellingham, WA 98229 · (360) 676-4886 · Whatcom County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL575 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
165 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 204 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 179 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 192 | 33% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
65.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -3.7pp since 2014
Math
51.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -2.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 down about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.5% | 51.7% |
| 2023-24 | 64.6% | 55.7% |
| 2022-23 | 63.1% | 55.0% |
| 2021-22 | 60.4% | 46.4% |
| 2018-19 | 60.7% | 45.2% |
| 2017-18 | 57.0% | 46.8% |
| 2016-17 | 57.6% | 48.4% |
| 2015-16 | 66.8% | 57.1% |
| 2014-15 | 69.2% | 53.9% |
% 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
60.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Kulshan Middle School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kulshan Middle School this school | 575 | 28.7% | 60.1% |
| Alki Middle School VANCOUVER | 594 | 29.3% | N/A |
| Sunset Ridge Intermediate School Ridgefield | 616 | 27.3% | N/A |
| View Ridge Middle School RIDGEFIELD | 666 | 29.6% | N/A |
| Anacortes Middle School Anacortes | 617 | 32.7% | 54.5% |
| Port Susan Middle School STANWOOD | 530 | 32.8% | 53.1% |
Matched among Washington middle 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 Kulshan Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Whatcom County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #51 of 294 | #1 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #69 of 357 ▼ 18 | #1 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #62 of 357 ▼ 7 | #1 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.2pp | #75 of 290 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 575 | #208 of 377 | #5 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #79 of 340 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #277 of 340 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.7% | #304 of 359 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #175 of 192 | #8 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
575
-67 (-10%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 645
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 575 | 32.6 | 17.6:1 | 29% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 599 | 32.7 | 18.3:1 | 32% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 623 | 37.3 | 16.7:1 | 30% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 642 | 33 | 19.4:1 | 41% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 32.8 | 17.9:1 | 41% (240) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 31 | 17.9:1 | 44% (244) |
| 2010-11 | 709 | 34 | 20.9:1 | 29% (208) |
| 2000-01 | 645 | 32 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kulshan Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (587 to 575); teachers down 1% (32.8 to 32.6).
About Kulshan Middle School
The public middle school Kulshan Middle School is located in Bellingham, Washington. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 575 students.
Kulshan Middle School is a school in Bellingham School District. The district has 25 schools and 11,337 students.
The share of White students at Kulshan Middle School is 73%, a majority. The remaining students are 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. A diversity index of 43% means there is a 43% chance two randomly chosen students at Kulshan Middle School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.6:1. The school has 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Washington is 18.9:1. In all, 29% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 47% average among public schools in Whatcom County.
In Washington, Kulshan Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 60.1% actual against a predicted 61.0%.
For Whatcom County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $81,784, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 78 public schools and about 27,779 students.
Measured in a straight line, Carl Cozier Elementary School is about 1.3 miles from Kulshan Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Kulshan Middle School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Kulshan Middle School as City: Small.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 642 (2020-21) to 575 (2024-25). Federal data show the ratio falling from 19.4:1 to 17.6:1.
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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 Bellingham School District
- Squalicum High SchoolHigh · 1,273 students
- Bellingham High SchoolHigh · 1,165 students
- Sehome High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
- Whatcom Middle SchoolMiddle · 637 students
- Shuksan Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Fairhaven Middle SchoolMiddle · 588 students
Other schools in Bellingham
- Squalicum High SchoolHigh · 1,273 students
- Bellingham High SchoolHigh · 1,165 students
- Sehome High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
- Whatcom Middle SchoolMiddle · 637 students
- Shuksan Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Fairhaven Middle SchoolMiddle · 588 students
Nearby schools
- Carl Cozier Elementary School1.3 mi · 325
- Geneva Elementary School1.4 mi · 412
- Roosevelt Elementary School1.7 mi · 348
- Silver Beach Elementary School1.7 mi · 357
- Visions (Seamar Youth Center)1.8 mi · 11
- Options High School1.9 mi · 176
Frequently asked questions
About Kulshan Middle SchoolHow many students attend Kulshan Middle School?
Kulshan Middle School enrolls approximately 575 students in grades 06-08.
Is Kulshan Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kulshan Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Kulshan Middle School have?
Kulshan Middle School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
How diverse is Kulshan Middle School?
Kulshan Middle School reports a student body of 73% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Kulshan Middle School?
Kulshan Middle School is overseen by Bellingham School District in Whatcom County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.