Silver Beach Elementary School
4101 Academy St
Bellingham WA, 98226, Whatcom County
Phone: 360-676-6443
Ranking: (199 out of 1,485, top 13%)*
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 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | ||||||
Total Students: | 430 | 420 | 428 | 428 | 435 | 432 | 400 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 16 | 3.7% | 12 | 2.8% | 15 | 3.4% | 19 | 4.4% | 18 | 4.5% |
Kindergarten: | 73 | 17.0% | 58 | 13.8% | 67 | 15.7% | 69 | 16.1% | 64 | 14.7% | 51 | 11.8% | 63 | 15.8% |
Grade 1: | 52 | 12.1% | 71 | 16.9% | 74 | 17.3% | 67 | 15.7% | 67 | 15.4% | 69 | 16.0% | 47 | 11.8% |
Grade 2: | 74 | 17.2% | 85 | 20.2% | 71 | 16.6% | 70 | 16.4% | 70 | 16.1% | 57 | 13.2% | 71 | 17.8% |
Grade 3: | 86 | 20.0% | 64 | 15.2% | 72 | 16.8% | 68 | 15.9% | 61 | 14.0% | 79 | 18.3% | 75 | 18.8% |
Grade 4: | 66 | 15.3% | 78 | 18.6% | 66 | 15.4% | 63 | 14.7% | 79 | 18.2% | 79 | 18.3% | 64 | 16.0% |
Grade 5: | 78 | 18.1% | 64 | 15.2% | 62 | 14.5% | 78 | 18.2% | 79 | 18.2% | 78 | 18.1% | 62 | 15.5% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 231 | 53.7% | 226 | 53.8% | 217 | 50.7% | 218 | 50.9% | 224 | 51.5% | 206 | 47.7% | 205 | 51.3% |
Female: | 199 | 46.3% | 194 | 46.2% | 211 | 49.3% | 210 | 49.1% | 203 | 46.7% | 187 | 43.3% | 172 | 43.0% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.7% | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.5% | 5 | 1.2% | 9 | 2.1% | 10 | 2.3% | 8 | 2.0% |
Asian: | 15 | 3.5% | 18 | 4.3% | 15 | 3.5% | 13 | 3.0% | 13 | 3.0% | 12 | 2.8% | 20 | 5.0% |
Hispanic: | 32 | 7.4% | 28 | 6.7% | 27 | 6.3% | 29 | 6.8% | 21 | 4.8% | 21 | 4.9% | 20 | 5.0% |
Black: | 2 | 0.5% | 5 | 1.2% | 9 | 2.1% | 9 | 2.1% | 10 | 2.3% | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.5% |
White: | 346 | 80.5% | 331 | 78.8% | 375 | 87.6% | 372 | 86.9% | 382 | 87.8% | 356 | 82.4% | 331 | 82.8% |
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: | 32 | 7.4% | 36 | 8.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 77 | 17.9% | 101 | 24.0% | 113 | 26.4% | 67 | 15.7% | 91 | 20.9% | 64 | 14.8% | 23 | 5.8% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 13 | 3.0% | 14 | 3.3% | 13 | 3.0% | 12 | 2.8% | 23 | 5.3% | 17 | 3.9% | 21 | 5.3% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | NA | NA | 21.71 | 22.41 | 22.77 | 23.51 | 24.00 | 22.20 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
MSP | ||||||
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 61.7% | 61.7% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 52.2% | 64.2% | 61.5% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 65.6% | 65.3% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 67.7% | 65.2% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77% | 73.9% | 72% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 77.7% | 73.1% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 73.2% | 68.7% |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 78.9% | 73.0% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.7% | 55.2% | 53.6% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 63.2% | 59.3% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.3% | 67% | 59.3% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.3% | 63.6% | 62.5% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 68.6% | 67.1% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 74.5% | 67.3% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 76.2% | 71.4% |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 76.4% | 72.4% |
2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 58% | 58% | 61% |
2011 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 65.8% | 61.4% |
2012 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 46% | 66.8% | 61.3% |
2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 67.8% | 62.1% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 58.3% | 53.6% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 67.3% | 61.2% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 69.4% | 63.7% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.0% | 69.5% | 62.6% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 77.3% | 69.5% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80% | 74.2% | 67.6% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 76.9% | 71% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 82.5% | 72.6% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.8% | 46.8% | 34% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.3% | 68.6% | 55.6% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 77.3% | 66.1% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 77.1% | 66.5% |
WASL | ||||||
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 69.1% | 64.2% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 72.6% | 69.4% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 76.4% | 68.3% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 69% | 66.3% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 76% | 68.2% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.1% | 75.9% | 70.7% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 77% | 70.4% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 70.3% | 71.3% |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.8% | 64.1% | 59.9% |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 64.5% | 60.8% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.7% | 65.3% | 58.9% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 69.2% | 57.9% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 58.1% | 53.4% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 60.3% | 52.3% |
2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 81.3% | 74.4% |
2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 82.8% | 79.5% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 88.9% | 81.1% |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 84.2% | 76.4% |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.8% | 77% | 72.3% |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 74.6% | 73.5% |
2004 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.2% | 64.1% | 55.8% |
2005 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 65.1% | 57.7% |
2006 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 65% | 60.3% |
2007 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 66.8% | 60.1% |
2008 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 65.4% | 62.1% |
2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 63.6% | 60.3% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 59.4% | 55.8% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.7% | 68.6% | 59.3% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 79% | 65.9% | 61% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 64.7% | 61.9% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.1% | 80.2% | 76.2% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88% | 81.2% | 71.7% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 80.8% | 75.3% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.7% | 79.5% | 73.9% |
2004 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 41% | 37.8% | 28.2% |
2005 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.6% | 44.4% | 35.6% |
2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 48.9% | 35.7% |
2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 50.6% | 36.4% |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.1% | 56.2% | 42.9% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.6% | 54% | 44.9% |
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* Silver Beach Elementary 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.