Nooksack Valley Middle School

Located at 404 W. Columbia St., in Everson, Washington, Nooksack Valley Middle School is a small intermediate school that caters to 469 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Nooksack Valley School District.

Nooksack Valley Middle School is one of 7 schools operated by Nooksack Valley School District, a district that works with 2,033 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Nooksack Valley Middle School records that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 37% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Native American. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Whatcom County's rate of about 47%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Nooksack Valley Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.0%, the actual is 40.0%, a residual of -1.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, Whatcom County reports that median household earnings sit near $81,784, 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), Nooksack Valley Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nooksack Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Nooksack Valley Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Nooksack Valley Middle School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 49.4%.

Nooksack Valley Middle School operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Nooksack Valley Middle School's enrollment has climbed 32% since 2018, when it stood at 355 (now 469). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 32% to 37%. Class-load math has rose: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.