Lynden School District

Lynden School District serves about 3,553 students in six schools covering kindergarten through grade 12 in the Lynden area of Washington, including three elementary schools, one middle school, one high school, and one alternative school.

Academic results vary considerably among the schools. Vossbeck Elementary School and Isom Elementary School are the district’s strongest elementary options. Vossbeck led the district in math and science, with 59.19% and 70.27% proficiency, while Isom had the highest elementary ELA result at 63.21%. Both schools ranked in the upper quarter of Washington schools and showed especially strong science improvement. Fisher Elementary School had lower overall results, particularly in science, but its math and ELA scores improved year over year. At the secondary level, Lynden High School had the district’s strongest ELA performance at 71.49% and improved substantially in math, although math proficiency remained just below district and state levels. Its state ranking rose to the 80th percentile.

Lynden Middle School also improved its ranking, but its achievement levels remained below district and state averages, with math declining from 42.41% proficiency in sixth grade to 33.86% in eighth grade. This makes middle-school math a clear area for attention. Lynden Academy reported the district’s highest graduation rate, 90.0%, but lower standardized-test proficiency and a different alternative-school model, so direct comparisons require caution. Overall, the district’s broad ranking gains are encouraging, while the most useful priorities appear to be sharing practices from Vossbeck and Isom, strengthening middle-school math, continuing high-school math progress, and addressing Fisher’s science decline.