Lynden Middle School

Lynden Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in LYNDEN, Washington, operated by Lynden School District. The school works with 705 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 577 students each, so Lynden Middle School sits 22% larger than that benchmark.

Within Lynden School District, which oversees 7 schools and 3,646 students, Lynden Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Lynden Middle School records that 59% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 30% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the resource side, On paper, Lynden Middle School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.9:1. The state averages about 18.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 48% of students at Lynden Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lynden Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.3%; this one delivers 41.0%.

In the broader community, census data for Whatcom County shows median household earnings sit near $81,784, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Whatcom County's 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,779 students), Lynden Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Vossbeck Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lynden Middle School. On composite proficiency, Lynden Middle School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.9%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lynden Middle School has expanded 6%, going from 667 students in 2018 to 705 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 65% to 59% over that span.

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