Columbia Elementary School
2508 Utter St
Bellingham WA, 98225, Whatcom County
Phone: 360-676-6413
Ranking: 
(95 out of 1,485, top 6%)*
(95 out of 1,485, top 6%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Bellingham School District
Title I Eligible School: No
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | NA | NA | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Total Students: | 282 | 280 | 273 | 248 | 225 | 221 | 236 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Kindergarten: | 42 | 14.9% | 49 | 17.5% | 53 | 19.4% | 47 | 19.0% | 40 | 17.8% | 22 | 10.0% | 41 | 17.4% |
| Grade 1: | 52 | 18.4% | 52 | 18.6% | 52 | 19.0% | 47 | 19.0% | 31 | 13.8% | 43 | 19.5% | 47 | 19.9% |
| Grade 2: | 56 | 19.9% | 57 | 20.4% | 46 | 16.8% | 32 | 12.9% | 44 | 19.6% | 42 | 19.0% | 32 | 13.6% |
| Grade 3: | 55 | 19.5% | 46 | 16.4% | 35 | 12.8% | 44 | 17.7% | 42 | 18.7% | 38 | 17.2% | 41 | 17.4% |
| Grade 4: | 44 | 15.6% | 33 | 11.8% | 44 | 16.1% | 43 | 17.3% | 32 | 14.2% | 38 | 17.2% | 38 | 16.1% |
| Grade 5: | 33 | 11.7% | 43 | 15.4% | 43 | 15.8% | 35 | 14.1% | 36 | 16.0% | 36 | 16.3% | 37 | 15.7% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 153 | 54.3% | 140 | 50.0% | 137 | 50.2% | 124 | 50.0% | 109 | 48.4% | 96 | 43.4% | 105 | 44.5% |
| Female: | 129 | 45.7% | 140 | 50.0% | 136 | 49.8% | 124 | 50.0% | 108 | 48.0% | 106 | 48.0% | 116 | 49.2% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.7% | 2 | 0.7% | 1 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.4% | 4 | 1.8% | 5 | 2.1% |
| Asian: | 5 | 1.8% | 2 | 0.7% | 3 | 1.1% | 3 | 1.2% | 2 | 0.9% | 3 | 1.4% | 3 | 1.3% |
| Hispanic: | 22 | 7.8% | 18 | 6.4% | 21 | 7.7% | 19 | 7.7% | 15 | 6.7% | 5 | 2.3% | 7 | 3.0% |
| Black: | 3 | 1.1% | 2 | 0.7% | 5 | 1.8% | 5 | 2.0% | 4 | 1.8% | 3 | 1.4% | 2 | 0.8% |
| White: | 239 | 84.8% | 245 | 87.5% | 242 | 88.6% | 220 | 88.7% | 203 | 90.2% | 195 | 88.2% | 208 | 88.1% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 12 | 4.3% | 11 | 3.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 44 | 15.6% | 54 | 19.3% | 59 | 21.6% | 32 | 12.9% | 40 | 17.8% | 43 | 19.5% | 33 | 14.0% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 10 | 3.5% | 6 | 2.1% | 9 | 3.3% | 8 | 3.2% | 10 | 4.4% | 14 | 6.3% | 18 | 7.6% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | NA | NA | 21.49 | 23.33 | 24.55 | 22.84 | 22.10 | 23.60 | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| MSP | ||||||
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 61.7% | 61.7% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 64.2% | 61.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.6% | 65.6% | 65.3% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.0% | 67.7% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.3% | 73.9% | 72% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 77.7% | 73.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.3% | 73.2% | 68.7% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.0% | 78.9% | 73.0% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 55.2% | 53.6% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 63.2% | 59.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 67% | 59.3% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 63.6% | 62.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 80% | 68.6% | 67.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 86% | 74.5% | 67.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 76.2% | 71.4% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 76.4% | 72.4% |
| 2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.9% | 58% | 61% |
| 2011 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.4% | 65.8% | 61.4% |
| 2012 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 66.8% | 61.3% |
| 2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 67.8% | 62.1% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 58.3% | 53.6% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 67.3% | 61.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 69.4% | 63.7% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.0% | 69.5% | 62.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 77.3% | 69.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.3% | 74.2% | 67.6% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 76.9% | 71% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.0% | 82.5% | 72.6% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.6% | 46.8% | 34% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 68.6% | 55.6% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 77.3% | 66.1% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 77.1% | 66.5% |
| WASL | ||||||
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.3% | 69.1% | 64.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 72.6% | 69.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.1% | 76.4% | 68.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.1% | 69% | 66.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 76% | 68.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 75.9% | 70.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 77% | 70.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 70.3% | 71.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 39.3% | 64.1% | 59.9% |
| 2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 64.5% | 60.8% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 75% | 65.3% | 58.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 69.2% | 57.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.1% | 58.1% | 53.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 60.3% | 52.3% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.7% | 81.3% | 74.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 87% | 82.8% | 79.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 88.9% | 81.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 84.2% | 76.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 77% | 72.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.4% | 74.6% | 73.5% |
| 2004 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 46.4% | 64.1% | 55.8% |
| 2005 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.3% | 65.1% | 57.7% |
| 2006 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 65% | 60.3% |
| 2007 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 66.8% | 60.1% |
| 2008 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.1% | 65.4% | 62.1% |
| 2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.7% | 63.6% | 60.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.7% | 59.4% | 55.8% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 68.6% | 59.3% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 65.9% | 61% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 64.7% | 61.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 80.2% | 76.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.8% | 81.2% | 71.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 80.8% | 75.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 79.5% | 73.9% |
| 2004 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 37.8% | 28.2% |
| 2005 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 44.4% | 35.6% |
| 2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.5% | 48.9% | 35.7% |
| 2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 50.6% | 36.4% |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.2% | 56.2% | 42.9% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 54% | 44.9% |
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* Columbia Elementary School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.