Summary:
ZIP code 98247, which includes the Everson area, has one listed high school—Nooksack Valley High School—serving students in grades 7–12 through the Nooksack Valley School District.
Because it is the only high school in the ZIP code, Nooksack Valley High School does not have a nearby in-ZIP competitor for comparison. It enrolls about 520 students and has several important strengths. The 2024–2025 graduation rate was 91.1%, well above Washington’s 82.6% average. English Language Arts is the school’s strongest academic area: 63.0% of students reached proficiency in 2025–2026, compared with 52.8% statewide and 50.2% in the district. ELA performance has remained remarkably steady across the two most recent years, suggesting a consistent strength for students and families to consider.
Math is improving, rising from 36.8% proficiency to 42.5% in the latest year, which is nearly equal to the state average; 10th-grade math was especially encouraging, outperforming the state by 7.1 percentage points. Science is the main concern: proficiency fell sharply from 55.8% to 40.2%, placing the school below both the district and state. The school’s overall ranking also declined from the 72nd to the 61st percentile over the past three reported years, and its rating is currently three stars. With a student-teacher ratio of 18.9 to 1 and spending of $18,530 per student, families may want to ask about science instruction, recent staffing or curriculum changes, and plans to sustain math gains while preserving the school’s strong graduation and ELA results.
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