Vossbeck Elementary School

Vossbeck Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in LYNDEN, Washington, overseen by Lynden School District, with 468 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Vossbeck Elementary School sits 23% bigger than that benchmark.

Vossbeck Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Lynden School District, a district that educates 3,646 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Vossbeck Elementary School logs that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 32% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Whatcom County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Vossbeck Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 51% of students at Vossbeck Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Vossbeck Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 45.6%; this one delivers 57.9%, a residual of +12.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Whatcom County) reports that median household earnings sit near $81,784, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Whatcom County's 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,779 students), Vossbeck Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lynden Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Vossbeck Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 45.1%.

Vossbeck Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 4%: 448 students in 2018 compared to 468 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 64% to 50% across the same window.

On the community side, the feed for Vossbeck Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.