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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Birchwood Elementary School, Bellingham, WA

CEP schoolBirchwood Elementary School is a public elementary school in Bellingham, part of Bellingham School District. It enrolled 335 students in 2024-25, with 14.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
335
Teachers (FTE)
24.0
Students per teacher
14.0
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 3.4 lower than the district figure of 17.4. The Washington average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.0
District17.4
Washington18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
3200 Pinewood Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225
Phone
(360)676-6466
District
Bellingham School District
County
Whatcom County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
530042000100
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
168
Reduced-price lunch
28
Free or reduced-price lunch
19658.5% of enrollment.
Direct certification
155Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Bellingham School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Bellingham

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.