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Best Elementary Schools in Whatcom County, WA

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Schools

12,450

Students

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Top rankedSilver Beach Elementary School214^th of 1,138 Washington elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Wade King Elementary School up 214 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Lummi Nation Tribal School 5.7 students per teacher

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				WCAS Science (2026)			SBAC English Language Arts (2026)							SBAC Math (2026)							Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WCAS Science 5th Grade	WCAS Science 8th Grade	WCAS Science All Grades	SBAC English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 4th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 5th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 6th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 7th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 8th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts All Grades	SBAC Math 3rd Grade	SBAC Math 4th Grade	SBAC Math 5th Grade	SBAC Math 6th Grade	SBAC Math 7th Grade	SBAC Math 8th Grade	SBAC Math All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners complete for all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Alderwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3400 Hollywood Ave	Bellingham	98225	Whatcom County	Bellingham School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 676-6404	305	22	14.1	65.6%	149 (48.9%)	4 (1.3%)	113 (37.0%)	4 (1.3%)	5 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	28 (9.2%)	13.5	985^th of 1138 public elementary schools	13.4%		11.2	1074^th of 1160 public elementary schools	7.4%	89	37.5		37.5	6.4	38.9	32.5				26.2	10.9	26.4	20.0				19.4	88.2%	2.9%	$22,963	$2,161	$20,802
Birchwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3200 Pinewood Ave	Bellingham	98225	Whatcom County	Bellingham School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 676-6466	335	24	13.9	58.5%	134 (40.0%)	4 (1.2%)	152 (45.4%)	6 (1.8%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (10.4%)	14.7	966^th of 1138 public elementary schools	15.1%		20.2	964^th of 1160 public elementary schools	16.9%	2	38.1		38.1	28.6	30.9	32.8				30.9	28.6	27.3	15.9				23.6	82.4%	2.9%	$20,255	$1,908	$18,347
Carl Cozier Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1330 Lincoln St	Bellingham	98229	Whatcom County	Bellingham School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 676-6410	325	23	14.3	53.2%	192 (59.1%)	2 (0.6%)	81 (24.9%)	8 (2.5%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	38 (11.7%)	40	678^th of 1138 public elementary schools	40.4%		34.5	759^th of 1160 public elementary schools	34.6%	81	65.1		65.1	20.0	40.7	60.5				40.1	34.1	31.0	51.2				37.9	85.7%	0%	$19,532	$624	$18,907
Columbia Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2508 Utter St	Bellingham	98225	Whatcom County	Bellingham School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 676-6413	187	11	16.9	24.6%	145 (77.5%)	2 (1.1%)	23 (12.3%)	7 (3.7%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.3%)								(n/a)				75.9	70.0	82.1				75.3	69.0	52.5	57.1				58.8	95.8%	0%	$22,437	$311	$22,126
Geneva Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1401 Geneva St	Bellingham	98229	Whatcom County	Bellingham School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 676-6416	412	23	18.1	32.0%	300 (72.8%)	6 (1.5%)	50 (12.1%)	8 (1.9%)	4 (1.0%)	3 (0.7%)	41 (10.0%)	68.4	328^th of 1138 public elementary schools	71.2%		63.1	398^th of 1160 public elementary schools	65.7%	70	68.1		68.1	69.2	57.6	68.1				64.7	56.4	42.4	44.4				47.2	87.5%	0%	$16,989	$313	$16,675
Happy Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1041 24th St	Bellingham	98225	Whatcom County	Bellingham School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 676-6420	455	26	17.6	45.5%	304 (66.8%)	6 (1.3%)	75 (16.5%)	16 (3.5%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	48 (10.5%)	57.6	451^st of 1138 public elementary schools	60.4%		53	516^th of 1160 public elementary schools	55.5%	65	50.7		50.7	41.6	53.5	55.1				49.8	63.6	55.1	43.5				54.4	77.4%	0%	$16,848	$351	$16,497
Lowell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	914 15th St	Bellingham	98225	Whatcom County	Bellingham School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 676-6430	338	20	17.3	34.3%	239 (70.7%)	5 (1.5%)	43 (12.7%)	11 (3.3%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (10.4%)	77.7	241^st of 1138 public elementary schools	78.8%		70.5	306^th of 1160 public elementary schools	73.6%	65	66.7		66.7	51.1	61.8	76.9				63.8	62.2	63.6	54.9				60.3	91.2%	0%	$18,643	$1,164	$17,479
Parkview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3030 Cornwall Ave	Bellingham	98225	Whatcom County	Bellingham School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 676-6433	422	25	16.7	44.3%	269 (63.7%)	6 (1.4%)	88 (20.9%)	26 (6.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.6%)	58.8	442^nd of 1138 public elementary schools	61.2%		58.8	450^th of 1160 public elementary schools	61.2%	8	69.0		69.0	51.5	47.1	63.8				53.6	47.0	42.3	53.5				47.2	84.9%	3.8%	$19,517	$363	$19,154
Roosevelt Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2900 Yew St	Bellingham	98226	Whatcom County	Bellingham School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 676-6440	348	24	14.3	49.4%	222 (63.8%)	11 (3.2%)	81 (23.3%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (8.0%)	38.1	705^th of 1138 public elementary schools	38.0%		28.1	850^th of 1160 public elementary schools	26.7%	145	60.0		60.0	51.0	30.5	44.1				41.4	54.0	30.5	26.3				36.1	83.3%	0%	$20,422	$1,435	$18,987
Silver Beach Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4101 Academy St	Bellingham	98226	Whatcom County	Bellingham School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 676-6443	357	18	20.3	23.8%	269 (75.4%)	2 (0.6%)	44 (12.3%)	6 (1.7%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (9.0%)	81.1	214^th of 1138 public elementary schools	81.2%		80.2	208^th of 1160 public elementary schools	82.1%	6	79.7		79.7	46.3	61.2	80.7				65.1	61.0	67.4	57.8				61.7	79.5%	2.6%	$17,184	$605	$16,579
Sunnyland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2800 James St	Bellingham	98225	Whatcom County	Bellingham School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 676-6446	288	20	14.5	44.1%	170 (59.0%)	5 (1.7%)	65 (22.6%)	12 (4.2%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (11.5%)	61.9	404^th of 1138 public elementary schools	64.5%		55.7	490^th of 1160 public elementary schools	57.8%	86	48.7		48.7	68.5	65.2	35.1				58.4	62.3	60.9	27.0				52.2	85.4%	0%	$20,783	$539	$20,244
Northern Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4000 Magrath Rd	Bellingham	98226	Whatcom County	Bellingham School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 647-6820	396	25	15.6	35.9%	254 (64.1%)	1 (0.3%)	59 (14.9%)	21 (5.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	55 (13.9%)	47.9	575^th of 1138 public elementary schools	49.5%		57.1	468^th of 1160 public elementary schools	59.7%	107	57.0		57.0	50.8	58.5	44.3				50.7	46.9	47.7	26.6				39.4	86.8%	2.6%	$18,262	$325	$17,937
Wade King Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2155 Yew Street Rd	Bellingham	98229	Whatcom County	Bellingham School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 676-6840	297	18	16.3	21.9%	232 (78.1%)	1 (0.3%)	32 (10.8%)	11 (3.7%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.7%)	78.6	232^nd of 1138 public elementary schools	79.6%		59.2	446^th of 1160 public elementary schools	61.6%	214	74.5		74.5	69.6	60.0	64.7				64.8	65.2	53.3	54.9				57.8	92.9%	0%	$20,706	$314	$20,392
Cordata Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4420 Aldrich Rd	Bellingham	98226	Whatcom County	Bellingham School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 676-6461	357	29	12.4	68.3%	115 (32.2%)	13 (3.6%)	134 (37.5%)	59 (16.5%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (9.0%)	7.1	1069^th of 1138 public elementary schools	6.1%		12.9	1052^nd of 1160 public elementary schools	9.3%	17	18.6		18.6	19.6	32.3	18.6				24.5	17.4	21.0	7.0				15.9	79%	1.6%	$23,284	$2,731	$20,552
Blaine Elementary School	Public	3-5	836 Mitchell Ave	Blaine	98230	Whatcom County	Blaine School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 332-5213	469	24	19.7	47.1%	300 (64.0%)	0 (0.0%)	91 (19.4%)	21 (4.5%)	4 (0.9%)	6 (1.3%)	35 (7.5%)								(n/a)	44.3		44.3	30.8	42.9	31.0				35.3	39.2	42.2	26.8				35.8			$17,336	$620	$16,716
Point Roberts Primary	Public	K-2	2050 Benson Rd	Point Roberts	98281	Whatcom County	Blaine School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 945-2223	5	1	5.4	—	3 (60.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (40.0%)								(n/a)																				$52,859	$186	$52,672
Blaine Primary School	Public	PK, KG-2	820 Boblett St	Blaine	98230	Whatcom County	Blaine School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 332-1300	419	25	16.6	45.8%	260 (62.1%)	3 (0.7%)	83 (19.8%)	27 (6.4%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	28 (6.7%)								(n/a)																				$21,025	$1,149	$19,876
Blaine HomeConnection	Public	K-8	580 C Street	Blaine	98230	Whatcom County	Blaine School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 332-5881	39	1	32.5	43.6%	30 (76.9%)	1 (2.6%)	1 (2.6%)	1 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (10.3%)								(n/a)			30.8							34.5							20.7			$12,505	$186	$12,319
Beach Elementary	Public	K-5	3786 Centerview Road	Lummi Island	98262	Whatcom County	Ferndale School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 383-9440	30	2	15.0	53.3%	19 (63.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (13.3%)	1 (3.3%)	4 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (6.7%)								(n/a)										37.5							43.8			$25,885	$940	$24,945
Central Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5610 Second Avenue	Ferndale	98248	Whatcom County	Ferndale School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 383-9600	315	18	17.4	65.1%	184 (58.4%)	5 (1.6%)	77 (24.4%)	18 (5.7%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (9.2%)	53.5	500^th of 1138 public elementary schools	56.1%		40.1	680^th of 1160 public elementary schools	41.4%	180	60.0		60.0	48.4	41.4	54.0				47.5	64.5	43.1	46.0				48.9	73.9%	8.7%	$19,875	$1,337	$18,538
Custer Elementary	Public	K-5	7660 Custer School Road	Custer	98240	Whatcom County	Ferndale School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 383-9500	392	23	17.3	54.3%	273 (69.6%)	1 (0.3%)	102 (26.0%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.8%)	42.4	646^th of 1138 public elementary schools	43.2%		37.4	712^th of 1160 public elementary schools	38.6%	66	64.8		64.8	36.9	32.8	48.2				38.9	36.9	54.1	40.7				43.9	80%	10%	$20,787	$860	$19,926
Skyline Elementary School	Public	K-5	2225 Thornton Road	Ferndale	98248	Whatcom County	Ferndale School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 383-9450	496	28	17.7	56.5%	223 (45.0%)	5 (1.0%)	123 (24.8%)	45 (9.1%)	56 (11.3%)	5 (1.0%)	39 (7.9%)	42.5	645^th of 1138 public elementary schools	43.3%		35.1	748^th of 1160 public elementary schools	35.5%	103	59.6		59.6	44.1	35.2	48.3				42.5	48.4	38.5	39.3				42.1	83.6%	1.8%	$18,724	$722	$18,001
Eagleridge Elementary	Public	K-5	2651 Thornton Road	Ferndale	98248	Whatcom County	Ferndale School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 383-9700	457	27	17.0	58.6%	225 (49.2%)	6 (1.3%)	84 (18.4%)	20 (4.4%)	80 (17.5%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (9.0%)	14.7	967^th of 1138 public elementary schools	15.0%		25.7	892^nd of 1160 public elementary schools	23.1%	75	35.9		35.9	20.3	27.3	41.0				29.8	23.2	27.6	22.1				24.5	84%	6.7%	$18,791	$756	$18,035
Cascadia Elementary	Public	K-5	6175 Church Rd	Ferndale	98248	Whatcom County	Ferndale School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 383-2300	440	29	15.3	59.3%	196 (44.5%)	9 (2.0%)	152 (34.5%)	41 (9.3%)	6 (1.4%)	5 (1.1%)	29 (6.6%)	29.4	801^st of 1138 public elementary schools	29.6%		22.8	935^th of 1160 public elementary schools	19.4%	134	52.9		52.9	36.8	27.0	44.1				36.2	32.4	26.6	40.6				33.3	78%	10%	$22,167	$1,253	$20,914
Mountain View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	5780 Hendrickson Rd	Ferndale	98248	Whatcom County	Ferndale School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(360) 383-9289	101	11	9.4	61.4%	61 (60.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (18.8%)	4 (4.0%)	4 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (12.9%)								(n/a)																				$5,532	$444	$5,088
Fisher Elementary School	Public	K-5	501 N 14th St	Lynden	98264	Whatcom County	Lynden School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 354-4291	546	32	17.2	50.7%	305 (55.9%)	11 (2.0%)	199 (36.4%)	12 (2.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.1%)	50.5	540^th of 1138 public elementary schools	52.5%		38.2	707^th of 1160 public elementary schools	39.1%	167	43.8		43.8	54.1	53.3	41.1				50.0	47.7	50.0	46.6				48.2	79.3%	0%	$17,042	$780	$16,262
Isom Elementary School	Public	K-5	8461 Benson Rd	Lynden	98264	Whatcom County	Lynden School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 354-1992	413	25	16.5	46.5%	250 (60.5%)	3 (0.7%)	122 (29.5%)	11 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (6.3%)	76.2	257^th of 1138 public elementary schools	77.4%		66.8	356^th of 1160 public elementary schools	69.3%	99	68.3		68.3	62.3	60.6	67.2				63.2	56.7	58.3	56.7				57.3	84.7%	1.7%	$18,187	$711	$17,476
Vossbeck Elementary School	Public	K-5	1301 Bridgeview Dr	Lynden	98264	Whatcom County	Lynden School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 354-0488	468	30	15.3	51.5%	233 (49.8%)	2 (0.4%)	151 (32.3%)	52 (11.1%)	4 (0.9%)	3 (0.6%)	23 (4.9%)	74.9	270^th of 1138 public elementary schools	76.3%		66.1	363^rd of 1160 public elementary schools	68.7%	93	70.3		70.3	52.0	70.3	59.5				60.5	53.3	64.9	59.5				59.2	80.8%	4.1%	$18,694	$777	$17,917
Irene Reither Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	954 E. Hemmi Road	Everson	98226	Whatcom County	Meridian School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 398-2111	765	47	16.1	49.8%	434 (56.7%)	11 (1.4%)	212 (27.7%)	46 (6.0%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (7.3%)	43.5	630^th of 1138 public elementary schools	44.6%		32.4	791^st of 1160 public elementary schools	31.8%	161	48.7		48.7	34.8	49.2	44.7				42.7	38.4	60.0	40.7				46.5	87.2%	5.5%	$17,042	$808	$16,234
Meridian Parent Partnership Program	Public	K-8	240 W Laurel Rd	Bellingham	98226	Whatcom County	Meridian School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 398-9324	208	8	26.3	24.5%	178 (85.6%)	1 (0.5%)	11 (5.3%)	2 (1.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (6.7%)	58.1	449^th of 1138 public elementary schools	60.5%		55.5	491^st of 1160 public elementary schools	57.7%	42				59.1	55.6		57.7			67.4	50.0	48.2	47.4	26.9	40.0	43.8	42.2	54.2%	33.3%	$11,592	$78	$11,515
Acme Elementary	Public	K-6	5200 Turkington Rd	Acme	98220	Whatcom County	Mount Baker School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 383-2045	168	10	16.4	52.4%	105 (62.5%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (17.9%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (8.3%)	2 (1.2%)	17 (10.1%)								(n/a)	33.3		33.3	58.3	43.5	39.1	29.4			43.7	62.5	34.8	21.7	17.7			35.6	42.1%	15.8%	$20,753	$1,551	$19,202
Harmony Elementary	Public	K-6	5060 Sand Road	Bellingham	98226	Whatcom County	Mount Baker School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 383-2050	288	19	14.9	46.5%	222 (77.1%)	3 (1.0%)	35 (12.2%)	2 (0.7%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (7.3%)	48.5	563^rd of 1138 public elementary schools	50.5%		44.5	620^th of 1160 public elementary schools	46.6%	57	52.5		52.5	40.5	44.2	42.5	75.0			49.7	42.9	41.9	32.5	58.3			43.5	84.4%	6.3%	$22,630	$1,081	$21,549
Kendall Elementary	Public	K-6	7547 Kendall Rd	Maple Falls	98266	Whatcom County	Mount Baker School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 383-2055	317	22	14.2	73.2%	209 (65.9%)	4 (1.3%)	63 (19.9%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.2%)	2 (0.6%)	28 (8.8%)	22.9	877^th of 1138 public elementary schools	22.9%		20.3	963^rd of 1160 public elementary schools	17.0%	86	48.8		48.8	18.2	34.1	41.9	47.6			35.3	29.6	20.5	23.3	21.4			23.7	67.9%	10.7%	$20,693	$1,556	$19,138
Sumas Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1024 Lawson Street	Sumas	98295	Whatcom County	Nooksack Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 988-9423	295	19	15.2	62.4%	181 (61.4%)	3 (1.0%)	95 (32.2%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.4%)	37	719^th of 1138 public elementary schools	36.8%		32.9	783^rd of 1160 public elementary schools	32.5%	64	40.4		40.4	34.2	32.6	44.7				37.4	56.1	53.5	31.9				46.6	73.3%	6.7%	$19,077	$1,114	$17,963
Everson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	216 Everson Goshen Rd.	Everson	98247	Whatcom County	Nooksack Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 966-2030	288	18	16.1	59.0%	128 (44.4%)	1 (0.3%)	105 (36.5%)	5 (1.7%)	21 (7.3%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (9.4%)	55.8	482^nd of 1138 public elementary schools	57.6%		44.6	618^th of 1160 public elementary schools	46.7%	136	53.7		53.7	27.9	65.9	56.1				49.6	48.8	53.7	51.2				51.2	88.9%	0%	$19,942	$1,157	$18,784
Nooksack Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3333 Breckenridge Rd.	Everson	98247	Whatcom County	Nooksack Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 966-3321	412	26	15.5	55.1%	253 (61.4%)	1 (0.2%)	145 (35.2%)	4 (1.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	67.1	342^nd of 1138 public elementary schools	69.9%		51.9	538^th of 1160 public elementary schools	53.6%	196	62.1		62.1	48.1	67.5	54.6				58.1	50.0	60.0	48.5				53.5	80%	0%	$17,671	$1,131	$16,540
Lummi Nation Tribal School	Public	K-8	2334 Lummi View Drive	Bellingham	98226	Whatcom County	Lummi Nation Tribal School	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(360) 758-4300	297	51	5.7	—	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	297 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

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