Nooksack Elementary

Nooksack Elementary is one of the mid-sized primary schools in Everson, Washington, run under Nooksack Valley School District, with 412 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 7 schools in Nooksack Valley School District (2,033 students total), Nooksack Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Nooksack Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 35% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Nooksack Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Whatcom County (around 47%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Nooksack Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.2%, the actual is 53.8%, a residual of +10.5 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Whatcom County) logs 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%. In all, Whatcom County runs 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,779 students), of which Nooksack Elementary is one.

Nooksack Valley Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Nooksack Elementary comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Nooksack Elementary's enrollment has increased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 389 (now 412).

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.