Skyline Elementary School

Skyline Elementary School, a mid-sized K-5 school in Ferndale, Washington, operated by Ferndale School District, works with 496 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 31% bigger than typical.

Ferndale School District runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 4,746 students. Skyline Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Skyline Elementary School shows that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 25% Hispanic, 11% Native American, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

Looking at school resources, Skyline Elementary School lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 56% of students are eligible 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 residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Skyline Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.3%, the actual is 45.1%, a residual of +2.7 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Whatcom County put median household earnings sit near $81,784, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Skyline Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Vista Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Skyline Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.3%.

Skyline Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 15%: 433 students in 2018 compared to 496 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 13% to 25% over that span.

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