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Bellingham High School

Serves grades 8 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
2020 Cornwall Ave
Bellingham, WA 98225
Phone
(360) 676-6575
District
BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
WHATCOM COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1172
Classroom Teachers
61

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Washington

9

(10 is best)

Better than 81.1% of all WA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Bellingham High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
57%
47%
73%
62%
40%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
17
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 272 23.2%
Grade 10 296 25.3%
Grade 11 314 26.8%
Grade 12 290 24.7%
Total 1172 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 75.7% 72.5% 55.0%
Black 1.3% 1.6% 5.3%
Hispanic 18.7% 19.1% 27.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.2% 5.5% 9.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.1% 1.3% 2.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 27.6% 30.8% 42.5%
Free lunch eligible 23.4% 26.0% 35.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.2% 4.8% 7.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 111,803 7,785,786
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,145.7 115
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.8% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.3% 18.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 42.2% 35.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 21.2% 24.6%
65 OR OLDER 16.5% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 47,824 2,979,272
Single Parent Households With Children 5.8% 7.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.9% 92.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 46.8% 38.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 14.4% 26.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.4% 19.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.1% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.1% 15.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.5% 11.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.0% 8.1%
$15,000 or less 11.4% 6.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,843 $106,354,761 49.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,071 $12,880,917 6.0%
Staff $945 $11,365,515 5.3%
General Administration $82 $986,214 0.5%
School Administration $890 $10,704,030 5.0%
Operation $1,035 $12,447,945 5.8%
Transportation $343 $4,125,261 1.9%
Other $465 $5,592,555 2.6%
Total Support $4,830 $58,090,410 27.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,231 $50,886,237 23.6%
Total Expenditures $17,904 $215,331,408 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,986 $9,744,631,794 46.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,217 $1,319,633,091 6.3%
Staff $1,134 $1,230,185,842 5.8%
General Administration $148 $160,712,680 0.8%
School Administration $902 $978,095,459 4.6%
Operation $1,153 $1,250,589,826 5.9%
Transportation $569 $616,642,523 2.9%
Other $696 $755,170,389 3.6%
Total Support $5,820 $6,311,213,282 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,630 $5,021,166,137 23.8%
Total Expenditures $19,436 $21,077,045,714 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%