📍 7660 Custer School Road, Custer, Whatcom County, 98240
Custer Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Custer, Whatcom County. The school has 329 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Ferndale School District school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Custer Elem enrolls 329 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% White, 21% Hispanic or Latino and 5.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 230 | 71% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 67 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 5.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 1.5% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
182 of the school's 329 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 152 qualify for free lunch and 30 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Custer Elem is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district WA-20, state senate district 42, state house district 42.
Custer Elem is one of 13 schools in Ferndale School District, based in FERNDALE, Washington. The district serves 4,746 students district-wide and employs 288 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 329 students, Custer Elem is close to the district average of about 365 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe