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Meridian High School

Serves grades 9 - 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
194 W Laurel Road
Bellingham, WA 98226
Phone
(360) 398-8111
District
MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
WHATCOM COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
497
Classroom Teachers
26

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Washington

7

(10 is best)

Better than 60.3% of all WA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

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

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
46%
47%
58%
62%
34%
31%
46%
47%
58%
62%
34%
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
18
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 150 30.2%
Grade 10 136 27.4%
Grade 11 113 22.7%
Grade 12 98 19.7%
Total 497 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 67.4% 69.4% 55.0%
Black 0.6% 1.0% 5.3%
Hispanic 22.8% 22.1% 27.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 7.7% 6.0% 9.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.5% 1.3% 2.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 24.1% 24.4% 42.5%
Free lunch eligible 20.3% 20.8% 35.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.8% 3.5% 7.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 12,667 7,785,786
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 337.8 115
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.2% 18.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.1% 35.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.6% 24.6%
65 OR OLDER 18.4% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 4,555 2,979,272
Single Parent Households With Children 8.0% 7.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.7% 92.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 23.6% 38.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 21.2% 26.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 23.7% 19.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 8.3% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 21.7% 15.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.9% 11.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.0% 8.1%
$15,000 or less 3.3% 6.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,756 $14,333,088 53.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,060 $1,958,880 7.3%
Staff $377 $696,696 2.6%
General Administration $460 $850,080 3.2%
School Administration $890 $1,644,720 6.2%
Operation $1,080 $1,995,840 7.5%
Transportation $598 $1,105,104 4.1%
Other $578 $1,068,144 4.0%
Total Support $5,042 $9,317,616 34.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,649 $3,047,352 11.4%
Total Expenditures $14,448 $26,699,904 100.0%
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%