Meridian School District
Key statistics
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.
Students
By grade
- Pre-K 26
- Kindergarten 159
- Grade 1 134
- Grade 2 160
- Grade 3 159
- Grade 4 141
- Grade 5 150
- Grade 6 131
- Grade 7 131
- Grade 8 158
- Grade 9 157
- Grade 10 145
- Grade 11 107
- Grade 12 146
By race/ethnicity
- White 62%
- Hispanic/Latino 23%
- Two or more races 7%
- Asian 6%
- Black or African American <1%
- 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
- Free lunch 33%
- 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
Spending per student
- Instruction $8,766
- Support services $7,160
- Other (food service, etc.) $548
Where the money comes from
- Local 23%
- State 72%
- Federal 5%
Total revenue $33.8 milliontotal spending $33.2 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)
Rural: FringeStudents: 99% rural, 1% city
Total staff (FTE)
213
District office
214 W LAUREL RD, Bellingham WA 98226
Phone
County
Whatcom County
Official website
NCES District ID
5305010
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About Meridian School District
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