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Ferndale School District

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Ferndale School District is located in northwest Washington. Ferndale School District has 110.64 square miles of land area and 89.13 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Ferndale School District population is 30,515. Ferndale School District median household income is $58,649 in 2010-2014. Ferndale School District median house value is $254,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Ferndale School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (87 out of 238, top 37%) Elementary/Middle School: (67 out of 274, top 24%)* Rank: #105
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	12
Population	30,515 (2010-2014), rank #57
Population Growth	3.38% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	152.76/sq mi, rank #77
Median Household Income:	$58,649 at 2010-2014—0.28% increase since 2005-2009, rank #90
Median House Price:	$254,300 at 2010-2014—-6.09% increase since 2005-2009, rank #74
Time Zone:	Pacific GMT -8:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	110.64 sq mi, rank #175
Water Area:	89.13 sq mi (44.62%), rank #15
State:	Washington
County:	Whatcom County
City:	Bellingham, Ferndale, Marietta-Alderwood, Birch Bay, Custer, Blaine, Lummi Island
Zip:	98226, 98248, 98230, 98240, 98262
Area:	Bellingham, WA

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Ferndale School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

6041 Vista Dr

Ferndale WA, 98248, Whatcom County

Phone: 360-383-9210

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,856	4,920	4,891	5,001	4,932	5,030	4,949
English Language Learner Students:	247	236	230	234	177	225	221
Total Teachers:	262.76	242.75	251.45	282.26	280.39	279.70	297.30
Prekindergarten:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	12.62	13.53	17.05	16.44	10.65	15.40	14.90
Elementary:	120.61	115.34	114.27	129.62	133.09	103.20	107.50
Secondary:	126.53	110.88	114.88	130.59	133.65	113.80	118.90
Ungraded:	0.00	0.00	2.25	2.61	0.00	47.30	56.00
Total Other Staff:	227.82	213.61	229.45	246.60	257.14	253.30	247.80
Instructional Aides:	54.17	55.50	55.74	63.44	57.69	56.10	51.90
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	6.79	3.29	3.10	2.93	1.93	2.40	3.30
Total Guidance Counselors:	7.10	7.10	6.83	7.16	9.00	10.20	10.60
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.85	2.00	3.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	6.90	7.10	6.83	7.16	7.15	8.20	7.60
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.50	4.50	9.00
Library/Media Support:	4.92	4.43	4.06	4.79	4.69	4.80	5.50
District Administrators:	6.83	2.00	7.00	8.00	6.00	5.00	6.00
District Administrative Support:	9.41	9.86	9.37	8.21	7.00	7.60	7.50
School Administrators:	13.12	0.00	12.00	12.00	13.00	13.00	14.50
School Administrative Support:	25.03	26.69	24.85	27.71	26.95	26.80	26.20
Student Support Services:	13.45	17.25	18.00	19.70	18.30	17.50	16.10
Other Support Services:	87.00	87.49	88.50	92.66	108.08	105.40	97.20
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.48	20.27	19.45	17.72	17.59	17.98	16.65

Schools

Beach Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	3786 Centerview Rd, Lummi Island WA 98262
Cascadia Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	6175 Church Rd, Ferndale WA 98248
Central Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	5610 Second Ave, Ferndale WA 98248
Custer Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	7660 Custer School Rd, Custer WA 98240
Eagleridge Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	2651 Thornton Rd, Ferndale WA 98248
Ferndale High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	5830 Golden Eagle Dr, Ferndale WA 98248
Ferndale Special Services	Prekindergarten to Prekindergarten	6041 Vista Dr, Ferndale WA 98248
Horizon Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	2671 Thornton Rd, Ferndale WA 98248
Mountain View Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	5780 Hendrickson Rd, Ferndale WA 98248
Skyline Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	2225 Thornton Rd, Ferndale WA 98248
Vista Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	6051 Vista Dr, Ferndale WA 98248
Windward High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	5275 Northwest Ave, Ferndale WA 98248

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
EOC Test
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	53.7%	64.1%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	85.4%	81.7%
2011	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	58.5%	62.4%
2012	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	71.7%	71%
2013	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	81.4%	80.7%
2011	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	76.6%	72.9%
2012	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	77.3%	79.1%
2013	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	94.7%	89.4%
HSPE Test
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	46.9%	41.6%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.2%	78.8%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83.8%	82.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77.8%	81.1%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.5%	83.5%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	46.9%	44.7%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	47.3%	49.7%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	90.1%	85.9%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	86.8%	86%
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	78.8%	85.2%
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	88.2%	84.9%
MSP Test
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63.4%	61.7%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.3%	61.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59.6%	65.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	54.7%	65.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	72%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.2%	73.1%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	68.7%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.0%	73.0%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	56.9%	53.6%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.7%	59.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	57.3%	59.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	53.5%	62.5%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.2%	67.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.7%	67.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.4%	71.4%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.0%	72.4%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	59.8%	61%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	69.8%	61.4%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	64.5%	61.3%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	58.9%	62.1%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.1%	53.6%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.4%	61.2%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	63.7%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.4%	62.6%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.9%	69.5%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	67.6%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.2%	71%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	72.6%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	32.6%	34%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62.9%	55.6%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	63.9%	66.1%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	61.0%	66.5%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57.9%	51.8%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.2%	58.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.8%	61.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.6%	59.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.6%	64.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.1%	70.6%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	70.6%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.1%	71.4%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60.7%	55.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56.4%	56.9%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.8%	59.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.5%	63.7%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64%	63.3%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.1%	56.4%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.7%	71.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.5%	68.7%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74.7%	70.2%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	72.6%	71%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	76.6%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	73.5%	71.0%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.7%	51.5%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.4%	50.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.7%	55.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.1%	53.2%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.4%	69.2%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77%	68.6%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.4%	67.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.9%	66.2%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.9%	54.4%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65.3%	61.5%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.5%	66.3%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69.7%	64.9%
WASL Test
2004	Math	10th Grade	% met std	46.8%	43.9%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	52.5%	47.5%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	55.3%	51%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	57%	50.2%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	60%	49.3%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	51.6%	45.2%
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	51.3%	64.5%
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73%	72.9%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87.4%	81.9%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.9%	80.6%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82.4%	81.3%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85%	80.9%
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	34.5%	32.2%
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	36.9%	35.8%
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	30.5%	34.9%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	39.1%	36.3%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	46.5%	39.7%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	50.7%	38.6%
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	61%	65.2%
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	63.1%	65.2%
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	82.1%	79.7%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	83.3%	83.6%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	85.4%	86.2%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	85.5%	86.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.2%	64.2%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.2%	69.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	68.3%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	66.3%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.2%	68.2%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	70.7%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	70.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.2%	71.3%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61.7%	59.9%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63.1%	60.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.8%	58.9%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.7%	57.9%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52%	53.4%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52.6%	52.3%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67%	74.4%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.9%	79.5%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.7%	81.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.7%	76.4%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.1%	72.3%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.3%	73.5%
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	47.5%	55.8%
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	43.8%	57.7%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	62.6%	60.3%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	61.3%	60.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	67.5%	62.1%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	59.7%	60.3%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	55.8%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.4%	59.3%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.1%	61%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.9%	61.9%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.1%	76.2%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	71.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	75.3%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.7%	73.9%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	23.5%	28.2%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	40.9%	35.6%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	40.2%	35.7%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	33.5%	36.4%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45.2%	42.9%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	39.7%	44.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59%	49.4%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.6%	49.5%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	54.2%	48.9%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	53.8%	50.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.5%	66.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.5%	67.8%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.6%	68.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.6%	72%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	49.5%	46.3%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62.8%	50.8%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59%	48.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.1%	54.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53.5%	50.3%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.4%	51.8%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.8%	60.4%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79%	69%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.4%	61.5%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.3%	68.5%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.7%	62.8%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.9%	59.3%
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	65.7%	57.9%
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	68.7%	61.2%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	69.7%	64.5%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	65.9%	68.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74.7%	69.7%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	73.9%	69.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62%	48.8%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.9%	49.5%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.1%	51.5%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.2%	50.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.5%	70.1%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.8%	64.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	65.9%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.4%	67.5%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	44.5%	39.4%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46.7%	36.4%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51.3%	42.9%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	49.5%	44.4%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.3%	47.9%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59.5%	51.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$53,719,000	$10,983		$55,626,000	$11,123		$54,902,000	$11,132
Federal:	$4,359,000	$891	8.1%	$6,730,000	$1,346	12.1%	$6,018,000	$1,220	11.0%
State:	$32,646,000	$6,675	60.8%	$31,570,000	$6,313	56.8%	$32,997,000	$6,690	60.1%
Local:	$16,714,000	$3,417	31.1%	$17,326,000	$3,465	31.1%	$15,887,000	$3,221	28.9%
Total Expenditures:	$49,872,000	$10,197		$51,616,000	$10,321		$54,338,000	$11,017
Total Current Expenditures:	$47,829,000	$9,779		$49,169,000	$9,832		$49,150,000	$9,966
Instructional Expenditures:	$29,766,000	$6,086	62.2%	$31,392,000	$6,277	63.8%	$31,678,000	$6,423	64.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$4,801,000	$982	10.0%	$4,443,000	$888	9.0%	$4,928,000	$999	10.0%
Administration:	$4,718,000	$965	9.9%	$4,676,000	$935	9.5%	$4,515,000	$915	9.2%
Operations, Food, Other:	$8,544,000	$1,747	17.9%	$8,658,000	$1,731	17.6%	$8,029,000	$1,628	16.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$287,000	$59		$670,000	$134		$3,408,000	$691
Construction:	$67,000	$14		$323,000	$65		$1,241,000	$252
Total Other:	$12,000	$2		$12,000	$2		$13,000	$3
Interest on Debt:	$1,718,000	$351		$1,719,000	$344		$1,767,000	$358

Total Salary:	$29,018,000	$5,933		$30,397,000	$6,078		$31,288,000	$6,344
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$19,598,000	$4,007	67.5%	$20,834,000	$4,166	68.5%	$21,278,000	$4,314	68.0%
Other Salary:	$9,420,000	$1,926	32.5%	$9,563,000	$1,912	31.5%	$10,010,000	$2,030	32.0%
Total Benefit:	$9,970,000	$2,038		$9,677,000	$1,935		$9,654,000	$1,957
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$6,446,000	$1,318	64.7%	$6,273,000	$1,254	64.8%	$6,261,000	$1,269	64.9%
Other Benefit:	$3,524,000	$721	35.3%	$3,404,000	$681	35.2%	$3,393,000	$688	35.1%

* Ferndale School District was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.