Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 257 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NOOKSACK VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530567002699
Nooksack Elementary
3333 Breckenridge Rd., Everson, WA 98247 · (360) 966-3321 · Whatcom County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of Washington public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
227 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 88 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Nooksack Elementary→Nooksack Valley Middle School
Based on grade levels within Nooksack Valley School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
49.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -30.0pp since 2014
Math
51.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -22.3pp 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 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 30 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 22 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.1% | 51.9% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 58.2% |
| 2022-23 | 50.9% | 51.5% |
| 2021-22 | 57.1% | 54.3% |
| 2018-19 | 70.5% | 69.4% |
| 2017-18 | 80.1% | 72.8% |
| 2016-17 | 79.4% | 68.0% |
| 2015-16 | 79.0% | 66.5% |
| 2014-15 | 79.0% | 74.2% |
% 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
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Nooksack Elementary
Nooksack Elementary's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nooksack Elementary this school | 412 | 55.1% | 53.8% |
| Bay View Elementary BURLINGTON | 418 | 52.2% | 34.9% |
| Columbia Elementary BURBANK | 367 | 53.1% | 35.1% |
| Belfair Elementary Belfair | 392 | 57.4% | 39.4% |
| Tapteal Elementary School West Richland | 458 | 53.5% | N/A |
| Central Elementary School Sedro-Woolley | 476 | 56.3% | 41.5% |
Matched among Washington elementary 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 Nooksack Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Whatcom County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #368 of 936 | #8 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #407 of 1,103 ▼ 121 | #5 of 30 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #530 of 1,102 ▼ 77 | #12 of 30 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.2pp | #134 of 928 | #3 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #590 of 1,268 | #13 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #477 of 1,085 | #13 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #771 of 1,088 | #23 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.1% | #538 of 1,169 | #13 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.9% | #160 of 257 | #9 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
412
+42 (+11%) vs 2020
+26% since 2000-01, when it was 328
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 412 | 26.5 | 15.6:1 | 55% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 25.1 | 15.1:1 | 58% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 27 | 13.1:1 | 59% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 370 | 25 | 14.8:1 | 46% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 25.2 | 15.4:1 | 49% (192) |
| 2015-16 | 348 | 21 | 16.6:1 | 51% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 262 | 16 | 16.4:1 | 53% (139) |
| 2000-01 | 328 | 18 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nooksack Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (389 to 412); teachers up 5% (25.2 to 26.5).
About Nooksack Elementary
Nooksack Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Everson, Washington. Its enrollment is 412 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
Nooksack Valley School District has 7 schools and 2,033 students, and Nooksack Elementary is one of those schools.
White students are 61% of those enrolled at Nooksack Elementary. The rest of enrollment is 35% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Whatcom County's population at about 78%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
Its staff includes 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.6 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Washington, 17.3:1, is higher. Nooksack Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 55%. The average for public schools in Whatcom County is 47%.
On the allk12 Grade, Nooksack Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 67% of Washington public elementary schools.
In Washington, Nooksack Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 53.8% actual against a predicted 43.2%.
Whatcom County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $81,784 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Nooksack Elementary shares Whatcom County with 77 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Nooksack Valley Middle School is closest at about 1.0 miles. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles. Nooksack Elementary places 1st of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was 412 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 370.
People who know Nooksack Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Nooksack Valley School District
- Nooksack Valley High SchoolHigh · 520 students
- Nooksack Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 469 students
- Sumas ElementaryElementary · 295 students
- Everson ElementaryElementary · 288 students
- Nooksack Valley Special ServicesElementary · 34 students
- Nooksack ReengagementHigh · 15 students
Other schools in Everson
- Irene Reither Elementary SchoolElementary · 765 students
- Nooksack Valley High SchoolHigh · 520 students
- Nooksack Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 469 students
- Everson ElementaryElementary · 288 students
- Nooksack Valley Special ServicesElementary · 34 students
- Nooksack ReengagementHigh · 15 students
Nearby schools
- Nooksack Valley Middle School1.0 mi · 469
- Nooksack Reengagement2.7 mi · 15
- Nooksack Valley High School2.7 mi · 520
- Nooksack Valley Special Services2.7 mi · 34
- Everson Elementary2.7 mi · 288
- Sumas Elementary5.2 mi · 295
Frequently asked questions
About Nooksack ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Nooksack Elementary?
Nooksack Elementary enrolls approximately 412 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Nooksack Elementary serve?
Nooksack Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nooksack Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nooksack Elementary is approximately 15.6:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nooksack Elementary?
At Nooksack Elementary, the student body is approximately 61% White, 35% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Nooksack Elementary in?
Nooksack Elementary is part of Nooksack Valley School District.
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