Enrollment
350
Middle
DISTRICT 317 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530501000767
Meridian Middle School
861 TEN MILE ROAD, LYNDEN, WA 98264 · (360) 398-2291 · Whatcom County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL350 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Washington public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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
16.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
186 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 108 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 108 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 134 | 38% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Meridian School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
53.6%
WA avg 58.4% . +3.8pp since 2014
Math
38.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -14.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.6% | 38.9% |
| 2023-24 | 48.5% | 31.1% |
| 2022-23 | 47.5% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.9% | 22.9% |
| 2018-19 | 54.0% | 49.6% |
| 2017-18 | 46.6% | 54.8% |
| 2016-17 | 42.6% | 51.5% |
| 2015-16 | 50.5% | 48.8% |
| 2014-15 | 49.8% | 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
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Meridian Middle School
Meridian Middle School's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meridian Middle School this school | 350 | 53.1% | 43.2% |
| Horizon Middle School Ferndale | 433 | 55.4% | 35.1% |
| Sultan Middle School Sultan | 462 | 52.8% | 41.7% |
| Pleasant Valley Middle VANCOUVER | 447 | 49.2% | N/A |
| Kingston Middle School Kingston | 455 | 48.8% | 37.4% |
| Mt. Solo Middle School Longview | 401 | 59.1% | 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 Meridian Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Whatcom County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #130 of 294 | #5 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #141 of 357 ▲ 51 | #5 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #130 of 357 ▲ 31 | #4 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.3pp | #7 of 290 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 350 | #300 of 377 | #10 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #32 of 340 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #168 of 340 | #6 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.1% | #164 of 359 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.5% | #35 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
350
-10 (-3%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 400
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 350 | 21.5 | 16.3:1 | 53% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 22.8 | 15.7:1 | 32% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 382 | 22.6 | 16.9:1 | 48% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 36% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 303 | 16.3 | 18.6:1 | 46% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 290 | 16 | 18.1:1 | 53% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 320 | 15 | 21.3:1 | 17% (54) |
| 2000-01 | 381 | 20 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 400 | 19 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meridian Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (303 to 350); teachers up 32% (16.3 to 21.5).
About Meridian Middle School
Federal records list Meridian Middle School as a middle school in LYNDEN, Washington. It enrolled 350 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 39% lower than the average for middle schools in Washington, which is about 577.
Meridian Middle School belongs to Meridian School District, a district of 6 schools and 1,904 students.
Meridian Middle School's enrollment is 59% White. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 7% multiracial. By comparison, Whatcom County residents are about 78% White. By the diversity index, Meridian Middle School comes in at 57%.
The school reported 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 16.3:1. For comparison, middle schools in Washington average 18.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 53%.
Meridian Middle School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 71% of Washington public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Meridian Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Washington is predicted to score 44.5%. Meridian Middle School scores 43.2%, 1.4 points below that line.
County data help place the school in context: in Whatcom County, median household income is about $81,784, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The public schools of Whatcom County number 78 and enroll about 27,779.
Nearest public school: Irene Reither Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Meridian Middle School holds 6 other public schools. Meridian Middle School's average proficiency of 43.2% compares with 39.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Meridian Middle School went from 360 students to 350.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Meridian School District
- Irene Reither Elementary SchoolElementary · 765 students
- Meridian High SchoolHigh · 534 students
- Meridian Parent Partnership ProgramElementary · 208 students
- Meridian Special ProgramsElementary · 26 students
- Meridian Impact Re-EngagementHigh · 21 students
Other schools in LYNDEN
- Lynden High SchoolHigh · 1,002 students
- Lynden Middle SchoolMiddle · 705 students
- Fisher Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
- Vossbeck Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
- Lynden AcademyCombined · 419 students
- Isom Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
Other Meridian Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Meridian Middle. Meridian Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Meridian Middle SchoolKent, WA · 647 students
- MERIDIAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMERIDIAN, ID · 960 students
- Meridian Middle SchoolMacon, IL · 195 students
Nearby schools
- Irene Reither Elementary School0.4 mi · 765
- Meridian High School2.3 mi · 534
- Meridian Special Programs2.3 mi · 26
- Meridian Parent Partnership Program2.4 mi · 208
- Everson Elementary4.8 mi · 288
- Lynden Student Services4.9 mi · 93
Frequently asked questions
About Meridian Middle SchoolHow many students attend Meridian Middle School?
Meridian Middle School enrolls approximately 350 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Meridian Middle School serve?
Meridian Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Meridian Middle School have?
Meridian Middle School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
How diverse is Meridian Middle School?
Meridian Middle School reports a student body of 59% White, 25% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Meridian Middle School public or private?
Meridian Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Meridian School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.