Summary:
ZIP code 98295 contains one listed school, Sumas Elementary, serving about 295 students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in the Sumas area. There are no listed middle schools, high schools, or alternative schools within the ZIP code, so families will need to look beyond the area for later grades. The school is part of the Nooksack Valley School District.
Sumas Elementary has a mixed academic profile. Math is its strongest subject overall: 46.56% of students were proficient in 2025–2026, slightly above the district and state rates. Third-grade math was especially encouraging at 56.1%, exceeding both comparison groups. However, fifth-grade math was much weaker at 31.91%, suggesting that performance varies considerably by grade. English language arts is the clearest schoolwide challenge. Overall proficiency was 37.4%, below both the district and Washington, with fourth-grade ELA particularly low at 32.56%. Science proficiency was 40.43%, also below district and state results.
Recent trends offer both positive and concerning signals for families. Math improved by 5.74 percentage points from the prior year, while science was nearly unchanged and ELA declined by 4.1 points. The school’s ranking improved from the 32nd to the 37th percentile, although it remains below the statewide midpoint; the district ranks considerably higher, at the 64th percentile. About 62% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that the school serves many families who may benefit from additional academic and community supports. Parents may want to ask about reading intervention, fourth-grade literacy plans, fifth-grade math and science support, class-size and staffing arrangements, and how the school is sustaining its recent math gains.
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