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How has Lynden Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
705
Middle
DISTRICT 521 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530462000721
Lynden Middle School
8750 LINE RD, LYNDEN, WA 98264 · (206) 354-2952 · Whatcom County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL705 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Washington public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.1:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
335 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 232 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 255 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 218 | 31% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Lynden School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
48.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -16.7pp since 2014
Math
34.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -18.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 19 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.7% | 34.7% |
| 2023-24 | 48.1% | 35.4% |
| 2022-23 | 51.8% | 36.9% |
| 2021-22 | 52.2% | 34.9% |
| 2018-19 | 63.6% | 56.8% |
| 2017-18 | 61.8% | 56.3% |
| 2016-17 | 64.7% | 56.5% |
| 2015-16 | 69.2% | 58.1% |
| 2014-15 | 65.4% | 53.3% |
% 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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Lynden Middle School
Lynden Middle School's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynden Middle School this school | 705 | 47.5% | 41.0% |
| Park Place Middle School Monroe | 755 | 46.8% | 39.0% |
| Lakewood Middle School Marysville | 668 | 50.1% | 30.2% |
| Carmichael Middle School Richland | 791 | 49.6% | N/A |
| Sumner Middle School Sumner | 674 | 43.6% | 59.2% |
| Frontier Middle School Vancouver | 767 | 43.5% | N/A |
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 Lynden Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Whatcom County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #145 of 294 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #173 of 357 ▼ 22 | #8 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #167 of 357 ▼ 2 | #6 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.8pp | #53 of 290 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 705 | #127 of 377 | #1 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #150 of 340 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #187 of 340 | #7 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.5% | #210 of 359 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.7% | #80 of 130 | N/A |
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
705
+92 (+15%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 473
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 705 | 37.3 | 18.9:1 | 48% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 705 | 36.7 | 19.2:1 | 42% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 643 | 36 | 17.9:1 | 52% (332) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 34% (210) |
| 2017-18 | 667 | 35.4 | 18.8:1 | 38% (252) |
| 2015-16 | 591 | 30 | 19.7:1 | 42% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 571 | 28 | 20.4:1 | 41% (232) |
| 2000-01 | 614 | 31 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 473 | 22 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lynden Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (667 to 705); teachers up 5% (35.4 to 37.3).
About Lynden Middle School
Lynden Middle School is one of the public schools in LYNDEN, Washington. It is a mid-sized middle school. It has an enrollment of 705 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Washington enroll around 577, and this school is 22% bigger than that mark.
Lynden School District enrolls 3,646 students, and its 7 schools include Lynden Middle School.
More than half of enrollment at Lynden Middle School is White: 59%. Enrollment also includes 30% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The school's White share is 19 points below the 78% share among Whatcom County residents. The diversity index for Lynden Middle School is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Lynden Middle School, there are about 18.9 students; the school has 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington is close to this figure. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 48%. The average for public schools in Whatcom County is similar, at 47%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lynden Middle School lands at C+, ahead of 38% of Washington public middle schools.
Lynden Middle School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (41.0%) and its predicted rate (48.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools.
The school is in Whatcom County, where median household income comes to about $81,784, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Whatcom County's 78 public schools enroll about 27,779 students and include Lynden Middle School.
Vossbeck Elementary School is the nearest public school to Lynden Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Lynden Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Lynden Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Town: Fringe, means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment was 705 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 613. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.1:1 to 18.9:1 over the same years.
This page is set up for the Lynden Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Lynden School District
- Lynden High SchoolHigh · 1,002 students
- Fisher Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
- Vossbeck Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
- Lynden AcademyCombined · 419 students
- Isom Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Lynden Student ServicesElementary · 93 students
Other schools in LYNDEN
- Lynden High SchoolHigh · 1,002 students
- Fisher Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
- Vossbeck Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
- Lynden AcademyCombined · 419 students
- Isom Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Meridian Middle SchoolMiddle · 350 students
Nearby schools
- Vossbeck Elementary School0.4 mi · 468
- Lynden High School0.7 mi · 1,002
- Isom Elementary School2.3 mi · 413
- Fisher Elementary School2.5 mi · 546
- Lynden Student Services2.5 mi · 93
- Lynden Academy3.1 mi · 419
Frequently asked questions
About Lynden Middle SchoolHow many students attend Lynden Middle School?
Lynden Middle School enrolls approximately 705 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Lynden Middle School serve?
Lynden Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lynden Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lynden Middle School is approximately 18.9:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lynden Middle School?
At Lynden Middle School, the student body is approximately 59% White, 30% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Lynden Middle School public or private?
Lynden Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lynden School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.