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Lynden School District

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Lynden School District is located in northwest Washington. Lynden School District has 67.66 square miles of land area and 0.89 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Lynden School District population is 18,355. Lynden School District median household income is $60,625 in 2010-2014. Lynden School District median house value is $286,800 in 2010-2014. On average, Lynden School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (73 out of 238, top 31%) Elementary/Middle School: (55 out of 274, top 20%)* Rank: #84
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	7
Population	18,355 (2010-2014), rank #85
Population Growth	7.39% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	267.74/sq mi, rank #60
Median Household Income:	$60,625 at 2010-2014—14.81% increase since 2005-2009, rank #79
Median House Price:	$286,800 at 2010-2014—-4.02% increase since 2005-2009, rank #50
Time Zone:	Pacific GMT -8:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	67.66 sq mi, rank #213
Water Area:	0.89 sq mi (1.30%), rank #215
State:	Washington
County:	Whatcom County
City:	Blaine, Lynden, Everson, Custer, Ferndale
Zip:	98230, 98264, 98247, 98240, 98248
Area:	Bellingham, WA

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Lynden School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1203 Bradley Rd

Lynden WA, 98264, Whatcom County

Phone: 360-354-4443

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,890	2,846	2,856	2,851	2,857	2,846	2,838
English Language Learner Students:	238	226	235	234	197	231	204
Total Teachers:	135.89	136.38	135.57	136.87	137.45	138.80	143.30
Prekindergarten:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.28	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	6.27	5.24	6.24	5.34	6.33	6.80	4.70
Elementary:	66.96	66.42	67.18	66.75	58.70	63.40	64.20
Secondary:	60.66	62.72	60.15	61.45	57.03	64.10	59.60
Ungraded:	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.33	14.11	4.50	14.80
Total Other Staff:	131.58	124.67	123.71	123.38	123.28	124.20	125.20
Instructional Aides:	35.06	32.41	33.35	33.31	33.45	31.20	31.60
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	7.00	6.50	6.50	5.99	6.59	6.20	7.10
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	3.13	2.83	2.30	2.83	3.07	3.10	3.40
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.87	3.67	4.20	3.16	3.52	3.10	3.70
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.00	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.80	0.50
Library/Media Support:	3.12	2.99	2.88	2.88	2.87	2.80	3.10
District Administrators:	9.38	6.43	6.50	6.50	3.50	4.50	4.00
District Administrative Support:	4.00	3.75	5.37	5.34	2.66	4.00	4.60
School Administrators:	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50
School Administrative Support:	14.42	14.66	13.84	14.18	13.55	13.70	13.60
Student Support Services:	9.04	7.99	8.28	7.74	6.88	6.50	6.50
Other Support Services:	42.06	42.44	39.16	39.94	46.28	47.00	46.70
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.27	20.87	21.07	20.83	20.79	20.50	19.80

Schools

Fisher Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	501 North 14th St, Lynden WA 98264
Isom Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	8461 Benson Rd, Lynden WA 98264
Lynden Academy	Kindergarten to Grade 12	200 South Bc Ave, Lynden WA 98264
Lynden High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1201 Bradley Rd, Lynden WA 98264
Lynden Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	516 Main St, Lynden WA 98264
Lynden Special Services	Prekindergarten to Prekindergarten	205 South Bc Ave, Lynden WA 98264
Vossbeck Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1301 Bridgeview Dr, Lynden WA 98264

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
EOC Test
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	63.2%	64.1%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	88.2%	81.7%
2011	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	64.1%	62.4%
2012	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	75.8%	71%
2013	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	80.4%	80.7%
2011	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	77.7%	72.9%
2012	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	80.8%	79.1%
2013	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	94.4%	89.4%
HSPE Test
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	47.4%	41.6%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81.7%	78.8%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87.1%	82.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85.6%	81.1%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.1%	83.5%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	52.6%	44.7%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	53.3%	49.7%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	89.5%	85.9%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	89.6%	86%
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	92.2%	85.2%
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	92.7%	84.9%
MSP Test
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.8%	61.7%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.6%	61.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.6%	65.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	65.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.6%	72%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.6%	73.1%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.4%	68.7%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.6%	73.0%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.3%	53.6%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.4%	59.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.6%	59.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.4%	62.5%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.2%	67.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.1%	67.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.7%	71.4%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.3%	72.4%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	73.2%	61%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72.1%	61.4%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	71.9%	61.3%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	81.2%	62.1%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.2%	53.6%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74%	61.2%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.1%	63.7%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	62.6%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.8%	69.5%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.9%	67.6%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.7%	71%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.6%	72.6%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	38%	34%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	67.8%	55.6%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	66.1%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73.8%	66.5%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	40.8%	51.8%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.3%	58.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.7%	61.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.6%	59.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58.5%	64.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.8%	70.6%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	70.6%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.8%	71.4%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50%	55.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50.5%	56.9%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.8%	59.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.7%	63.7%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.6%	63.3%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55%	56.4%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.4%	71.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.4%	68.7%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	78.1%	70.2%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74.8%	71%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	78.4%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	89.9%	71.0%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	39.8%	51.5%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	39.8%	50.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	46.9%	55.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	46.9%	53.2%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.6%	69.2%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	68.6%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	67.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.4%	66.2%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.8%	54.4%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.9%	61.5%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.7%	66.3%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71.4%	64.9%
WASL Test
2004	Math	10th Grade	% met std	46%	43.9%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	53%	47.5%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	58.3%	51%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	57.5%	50.2%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	53.5%	49.3%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	52.8%	45.2%
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66.4%	64.5%
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	71.4%	72.9%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.2%	81.9%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82%	80.6%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83.3%	81.3%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80%	80.9%
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	33.3%	32.2%
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	36.8%	35.8%
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	26.3%	34.9%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	37.6%	36.3%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	40.6%	39.7%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	40.2%	38.6%
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	74.4%	65.2%
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	66.2%	65.2%
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	73.4%	79.7%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	87.5%	83.6%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	88.4%	86.2%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	85.5%	86.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.9%	64.2%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	69.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.4%	68.3%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.6%	66.3%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.8%	68.2%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	70.7%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.9%	70.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	71.3%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64.9%	59.9%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64.7%	60.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.2%	58.9%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63%	57.9%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64.7%	53.4%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.4%	52.3%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.5%	74.4%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	79.5%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.3%	81.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	76.4%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.2%	72.3%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	73.5%
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	55.8%
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	56%	57.7%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	65.7%	60.3%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	69.8%	60.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	76.9%	62.1%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	70.5%	60.3%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	55.8%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.9%	59.3%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	61%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	61.9%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.2%	76.2%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77%	71.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.4%	75.3%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.7%	73.9%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	39.6%	28.2%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55.7%	35.6%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47.4%	35.7%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	44.9%	36.4%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	56.3%	42.9%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55.8%	44.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60.9%	49.4%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	51.1%	49.5%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	51.2%	48.9%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	48.6%	50.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.3%	66.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.1%	67.8%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.1%	68.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.3%	72%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	46.7%	46.3%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55%	50.8%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58.8%	48.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.3%	54.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	48.7%	50.3%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58.9%	51.8%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.9%	60.4%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.6%	69%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.8%	61.5%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.4%	68.5%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.6%	62.8%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.4%	59.3%
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	66.5%	57.9%
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	63.7%	61.2%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74.1%	64.5%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	78.2%	68.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	72.1%	69.7%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	83.8%	69.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.8%	48.8%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.1%	49.5%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.9%	51.5%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.7%	50.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.2%	70.1%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.2%	64.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.9%	65.9%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.3%	67.5%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46.3%	39.4%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.8%	36.4%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.1%	42.9%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64.2%	44.4%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	68%	47.9%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59%	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:	$24,555,000	$8,598		$25,429,000	$8,919		$26,595,000	$9,309
Federal:	$1,969,000	$689	8.0%	$2,902,000	$1,018	11.4%	$3,164,000	$1,107	11.9%
State:	$17,010,000	$5,956	69.3%	$16,667,000	$5,846	65.5%	$17,298,000	$6,055	65.0%
Local:	$5,576,000	$1,952	22.7%	$5,860,000	$2,055	23.0%	$6,133,000	$2,147	23.1%
Total Expenditures:	$24,946,000	$8,735		$24,596,000	$8,627		$24,932,000	$8,727
Total Current Expenditures:	$24,335,000	$8,521		$24,192,000	$8,485		$23,683,000	$8,289
Instructional Expenditures:	$14,576,000	$5,104	59.9%	$15,057,000	$5,281	62.2%	$14,657,000	$5,130	61.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,864,000	$1,003	11.8%	$2,331,000	$818	9.6%	$2,244,000	$785	9.5%
Administration:	$2,690,000	$942	11.1%	$2,750,000	$965	11.4%	$2,794,000	$978	11.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,205,000	$1,472	17.3%	$4,054,000	$1,422	16.8%	$3,988,000	$1,396	16.8%
Total Capital Outlay:	$462,000	$162		$99,000	$35		$982,000	$344
Construction:	$0	$0		$99,000	$35		$366,000	$128
Total Other:	$5,000	$2		$12,000	$4		$10,000	$4
Interest on Debt:	$144,000	$50		$293,000	$103		$257,000	$90

Total Salary:	$14,828,000	$5,192		$14,661,000	$5,142		$14,438,000	$5,054
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$9,840,000	$3,445	66.4%	$10,034,000	$3,519	68.4%	$9,931,000	$3,476	68.8%
Other Salary:	$4,988,000	$1,746	33.6%	$4,627,000	$1,623	31.6%	$4,507,000	$1,578	31.2%
Total Benefit:	$5,219,000	$1,827		$4,849,000	$1,701		$4,690,000	$1,642
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,373,000	$1,181	64.6%	$3,186,000	$1,118	65.7%	$3,122,000	$1,093	66.6%
Other Benefit:	$1,846,000	$646	35.4%	$1,663,000	$583	34.3%	$1,568,000	$549	33.4%

* Lynden 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.