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Enrollment
468
Elementary
DISTRICT 380 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530462002605
Vossbeck Elementary School
1301 BRIDGEVIEW DR, LYNDEN, WA 98264 · (360) 354-0488 · Whatcom County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of Washington public elementary schools
- B+Test 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.
- B+Three-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
15.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
241 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 36% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Vossbeck Elementary School→Lynden Middle School
Based on grade levels within Lynden School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
55.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -12.4pp since 2014
Math
57.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -12.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.9% | 57.8% |
| 2023-24 | 59.6% | 55.2% |
| 2022-23 | 52.4% | 41.7% |
| 2021-22 | 52.9% | 50.4% |
| 2018-19 | 65.5% | 63.0% |
| 2017-18 | 69.8% | 65.3% |
| 2016-17 | 60.9% | 67.6% |
| 2015-16 | 67.8% | 71.5% |
| 2014-15 | 68.3% | 70.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 12 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 Vossbeck Elementary School
Vossbeck Elementary School's state test result (57.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vossbeck Elementary School this school | 468 | 51.5% | 57.9% |
| Lewis & Clark Elementary School Richland | 471 | 53.5% | N/A |
| Sifton Elementary School Vancouver | 484 | 49.6% | N/A |
| Pinecrest Elementary BREMERTON | 410 | 49.3% | 41.2% |
| Skyline Elementary School Ferndale | 496 | 56.5% | 45.1% |
| Daffodil Valley Elementary Sumner | 524 | 53.4% | 57.6% |
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 Vossbeck Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Whatcom County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #292 of 936 | #4 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #296 of 1,103 ▲ 46 | #2 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #390 of 1,102 ▼ 80 | #6 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.2pp | #250 of 928 | #8 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #391 of 1,268 | #5 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #444 of 1,085 | #12 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #450 of 1,088 | #6 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.5% | #611 of 1,169 | #17 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #181 of 257 | #11 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
468
+47 (+11%) vs 2020
+43% since 2000-01, when it was 327
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 468 | 30.4 | 15.4:1 | 51% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 31 | 15.4:1 | 49% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 33.9 | 14.4:1 | 49% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 36 | 11.7:1 | 32% (134) |
| 2017-18 | 448 | 27.4 | 16.3:1 | 33% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 25 | 17.8:1 | 36% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 20 | 20.3:1 | 40% (160) |
| 2000-01 | 327 | 17 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vossbeck Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (448 to 468); teachers up 11% (27.4 to 30.4).
About Vossbeck Elementary School
Students in LYNDEN, Washington, attend Vossbeck Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school serves 468 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Washington is roughly 380 students; this school is 23% larger than that.
Lynden School District runs Vossbeck Elementary School along with 6 other schools, enrolling 3,646 students in total.
White students form the largest group at Vossbeck Elementary School, 50% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 32% Hispanic, 11% Asian, and 5% multiracial. In Whatcom County overall, about 78% of residents are White. Vossbeck Elementary School has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.4:1, with 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 17.3:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Vossbeck Elementary School is 51%.
Measured against Washington public elementary schools, Vossbeck Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school in Washington with Vossbeck Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 45.6%. Vossbeck Elementary School scores 57.9%.
Census Bureau estimates for Whatcom County show that median household income is about $81,784, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Vossbeck Elementary School is one of 78 public schools in Whatcom County, which together enroll about 27,779 students.
Nearby, Lynden Middle School is about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 7. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Vossbeck Elementary School ranks 1st of 7 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Fringe.
Federal counts put enrollment at 421 in 2020-21 and 468 in 2024-25, an 11% gain. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.7:1 in 2020-21 to 15.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Lynden School District
- Lynden High SchoolHigh · 1,002 students
- Lynden Middle SchoolMiddle · 705 students
- Fisher Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
- Lynden AcademyCombined · 419 students
- Isom Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Lynden Student ServicesElementary · 93 students
Other schools in LYNDEN
- Lynden High SchoolHigh · 1,002 students
- Lynden Middle SchoolMiddle · 705 students
- Fisher Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
- Lynden AcademyCombined · 419 students
- Isom Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Meridian Middle SchoolMiddle · 350 students
Nearby schools
- Lynden Middle School0.4 mi · 705
- Lynden High School0.5 mi · 1,002
- Isom Elementary School1.9 mi · 413
- Fisher Elementary School2.1 mi · 546
- Lynden Student Services2.2 mi · 93
- Lynden Academy2.7 mi · 419
Frequently asked questions
About Vossbeck Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Vossbeck Elementary School?
Vossbeck Elementary School enrolls approximately 468 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Vossbeck Elementary School serve?
Vossbeck Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vossbeck Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vossbeck Elementary School is approximately 15.4:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Vossbeck Elementary School?
At Vossbeck Elementary School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 32% Hispanic, 0% Black, 11% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Vossbeck Elementary School in?
Vossbeck Elementary School is part of Lynden School District.
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