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Ferndale School District

Ferndale, Washington · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

4,746
Students enrolled
14
Public schools
266
Classroom teachers (FTE)
17.9:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 108
  • Kindergarten 429
  • Grade 1 331
  • Grade 2 334
  • Grade 3 368
  • Grade 4 356
  • Grade 5 353
  • Grade 6 361
  • Grade 7 318
  • Grade 8 332
  • Grade 9 341
  • Grade 10 361
  • Grade 11 350
  • Grade 12 404

By race/ethnicity

  • White 54%
  • Hispanic/Latino 25%
  • Two or more races 7%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native 7%
  • Asian 5%
  • Black or African American 1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

54% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 2,580 of 4,746 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 43%
  • Reduced-price lunch 11%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$19,473 spent per student on day-to-day operations Washington median: $18,433 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $11,506
  • Support services $7,312
  • Other (food service, etc.) $655

Where the money comes from

  • Local 19%
  • State 73%
  • Federal 8%

Total revenue $111.3 milliontotal spending $119.3 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: MidsizeStudents: 91% suburb, 9% rural

Total staff (FTE)

543

District office

6041 VISTA DRIVE, Ferndale WA 98248

County

Whatcom County

Official website

NCES District ID

5302850

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About Ferndale School District

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Our Mission Statement: Ferndale School District, in partnership with families and the larger community, will educate each student to develop the knowledge, skills and character necessary to lead a self-reliant, socially responsible life.
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