Kulshan Middle School
1250 Kenoyer Dr
Bellingham WA, 98229, Whatcom County
Phone: 360-676-4886
Ranking: 
(261 out of 1,485, top 18%)*
(261 out of 1,485, top 18%)*Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Bellingham School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
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 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 31 | 31 | 31 | ||||||
| Total Students: | 597 | 650 | 643 | 709 | 641 | 627 | 623 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 197 | 33.0% | 210 | 32.3% | 192 | 29.9% | 258 | 36.4% | 218 | 34.0% | 208 | 33.2% | 231 | 37.1% |
| Grade 7: | 209 | 35.0% | 196 | 30.2% | 242 | 37.6% | 230 | 32.4% | 210 | 32.8% | 218 | 34.8% | 204 | 32.7% |
| Grade 8: | 191 | 32.0% | 244 | 37.5% | 209 | 32.5% | 221 | 31.2% | 213 | 33.2% | 201 | 32.1% | 188 | 30.2% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 319 | 53.4% | 350 | 53.8% | 340 | 52.9% | 360 | 50.8% | 312 | 48.7% | 283 | 45.1% | 313 | 50.2% |
| Female: | 278 | 46.6% | 300 | 46.2% | 303 | 47.1% | 349 | 49.2% | 321 | 50.1% | 309 | 49.3% | 289 | 46.4% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 7 | 1.2% | 6 | 0.9% | 10 | 1.6% | 12 | 1.7% | 21 | 3.3% | 18 | 2.9% | 13 | 2.1% |
| Asian: | 19 | 3.2% | 25 | 3.8% | 24 | 3.7% | 22 | 3.1% | 29 | 4.5% | 34 | 5.4% | 31 | 5.0% |
| Hispanic: | 111 | 18.6% | 114 | 17.5% | 97 | 15.1% | 105 | 14.8% | 67 | 10.5% | 59 | 9.4% | 57 | 9.1% |
| Black: | 15 | 2.5% | 15 | 2.3% | 25 | 3.9% | 26 | 3.7% | 23 | 3.6% | 14 | 2.2% | 17 | 2.7% |
| White: | 393 | 65.8% | 430 | 66.2% | 485 | 75.4% | 541 | 76.3% | 501 | 78.2% | 475 | 75.8% | 488 | 78.3% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 52 | 8.7% | 59 | 9.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 214 | 35.8% | 225 | 34.6% | 230 | 35.8% | 173 | 24.4% | 188 | 29.3% | 170 | 27.1% | 141 | 22.6% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 35 | 5.9% | 41 | 6.3% | 37 | 5.8% | 35 | 4.9% | 49 | 7.6% | 47 | 7.5% | 49 | 7.9% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | NA | NA | 20.59 | 19.33 | 20.77 | 20.55 | 20.40 | 20.30 | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOC | ||||||
| 2011 | Math Year 1 | End of course | % met std | 86.9% | 71.4% | 62.4% |
| 2012 | Math Year 1 | End of course | % met std | 86.1% | 78.9% | 71% |
| 2013 | Math Year 1 | End of course | % met std | 86.7% | 88.1% | 80.7% |
| 2012 | Math Year 2 | End of course | % met std | 100% | 88.6% | 79.1% |
| 2013 | Math Year 2 | End of course | % met std | 100.0% | 95.0% | 89.4% |
| MSP | ||||||
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.8% | 51.5% | 51.8% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 60.4% | 58.8% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 66% | 63.2% | 61.4% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.4% | 61.8% | 59.3% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 70.8% | 64.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.1% | 77.2% | 70.6% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 70.6% | 75.8% | 70.6% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.3% | 77.0% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 72.8% | 69.5% | 55.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.4% | 70.5% | 56.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 72.4% | 59.2% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 72.1% | 63.7% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.8% | 74% | 63.3% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.3% | 64.1% | 56.4% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.9% | 79.2% | 71.2% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 78.4% | 68.7% |
| 2010 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 76.4% | 70.2% |
| 2011 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 70.4% | 71% |
| 2012 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.9% | 75.4% | 71% |
| 2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.9% | 76.7% | 71.0% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 52.5% | 51.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 65.5% | 50.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 62.9% | 55.4% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 65.0% | 53.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 75% | 77.6% | 69.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 76.9% | 68.6% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 74.5% | 67.2% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.0% | 73.9% | 66.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.9% | 66.7% | 54.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 75% | 61.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 74.9% | 66.3% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.6% | 75.2% | 64.9% |
| WASL | ||||||
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 56% | 56.4% | 49.4% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.2% | 54.6% | 49.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 51.8% | 57.1% | 48.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 59% | 60% | 50.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 74% | 66.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 77.7% | 74.5% | 67.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 76.9% | 68.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 76% | 76.6% | 72% |
| 2004 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 57.4% | 46.3% |
| 2005 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.8% | 59.4% | 50.8% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 59.7% | 48.5% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.5% | 62.4% | 54.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.9% | 56.9% | 50.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 63% | 60.3% | 51.8% |
| 2004 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.2% | 71.4% | 60.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 78.1% | 69% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 72.3% | 72.1% | 61.5% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 76.7% | 68.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 68.1% | 62.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 68.1% | 59.3% |
| 2004 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.6% | 68.3% | 57.9% |
| 2005 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 73.5% | 61.2% |
| 2006 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.2% | 72.4% | 64.5% |
| 2007 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 74.7% | 68.1% |
| 2008 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 76% | 73.6% | 69.7% |
| 2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 74.7% | 69.7% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.4% | 59.9% | 48.8% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 62.2% | 49.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 63.1% | 51.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 61.8% | 50.8% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.6% | 76.2% | 70.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 74.4% | 64.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 71.3% | 65.9% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 75% | 73.4% | 67.5% |
| 2004 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.2% | 51.9% | 39.4% |
| 2005 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 46.2% | 36.4% |
| 2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.4% | 57.2% | 42.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.8% | 54.5% | 44.4% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.2% | 55.9% | 47.9% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 62.6% | 51.1% |
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* Kulshan Middle School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.