Elementary · Washington

Central Elementary

Free meals for all

Central Elementary, a public elementary school in Ferndale, Washington: grades pre-k–5, 315 students, 17.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Ferndale School District.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 315
Teachers (FTE): 18.1
Students per teacher: 17.4
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 82% of elementary schools in Washington

Median 15.7 · 1,220 schools compared

More students per teacher than 76% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 74% of elementary schools in Washington

Median 405 · 1,229 schools compared

Smaller than 70% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize suburb
Run by: Ferndale School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Ferndale School District.

Location

Address: 5610 Second Avenue, Ferndale, WA 98248
Phone: (360)383-9600
City or town: Ferndale
County: Whatcom County

Website Quality of life in Ferndale Schools in Ferndale

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Mountain View ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	101	9.4	0.7 mi
Skyline Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	496	17.7	1.3 mi
Cascadia ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	440	15.3	1.9 mi
Eagleridge ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	457	17.0	1.9 mi
North Bell Learning Center	Pre-K–K	0	—	2.5 mi
Meridian Parent Partnership ProgramAlternative	K–8	208	26.3	4.5 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

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