Meridian Middle School

Meridian Middle School is a middle school of close-knit scale in LYNDEN, Washington, operated by Meridian School District, hosting 350 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 577 students per school, that is 39% below typical.

Meridian School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,904 students; Meridian Middle School is among them.

On demographics, Meridian Middle School logs that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 25% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Whatcom County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.9:1, putting Meridian Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Meridian Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.5%, the actual is 43.2%, a residual of -1.4 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Whatcom County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $81,784 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Whatcom County's 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,779 students), Meridian Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Irene Reither Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Meridian Middle School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 39.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Meridian Middle School's enrollment has edged up 16% since 2018, when it stood at 303 (now 350). Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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