Bellingham School District 鈥� Whatcom County, WA

Key statistics

11,337

Students enrolled

25

Public schools

652

Classroom teachers (FTE)

17.4:1

Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

Pre-K 114
Kindergarten 874
Grade 1 744
Grade 2 786
Grade 3 864
Grade 4 827
Grade 5 775
Grade 6 849
Grade 7 829
Grade 8 823
Grade 9 914
Grade 10 942
Grade 11 983
Grade 12 1,013

By race/ethnicity

White 63%
Hispanic/Latino 20%
Two or more races 9%
Asian 5%
Black or African American 2%
American Indian or Alaska Native <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

41% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 4,641 of 11,337 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 34%
Reduced-price lunch 7%

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

$18,143 spent per student on day-to-day operations Washington median: $18,433 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $10,897
Support services $6,680
Other (food service, etc.) $566

Where the money comes from

Local 36%
State 58%
Federal 5%

Total revenue $265.4 milliontotal spending $268.4 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)

City: SmallStudents: 91% city, 9% suburb

Total staff (FTE)

1,332

District office

1985 BARKLEY BLVD, Bellingham WA 98226

Phone

(360) 676-6400

County

Whatcom County

Official website

NCES District ID

5300420

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About Bellingham School District

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The Bellingham School District has approximately 10,600 students and 1,300 staff members. Mission: We collectively commit that our students are cared for and respected, and that they will graduate from our schools prepared for success in the global community. Each will be exceptional in his or her own way, with strong character, a passion for learning, and ready for the widest range of educational and vocational options to support a diversity of life choices.

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