Regular local school district · Whatcom County
Bellingham School District, WA: schools, enrollment and spending
Bellingham School District runs 25 public schools with 11,337 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.4 students per teacher is about the same as the Washington figure of 18.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 25
- Students
- 11,337
- Teachers (FTE)
- 651
- Students per teacher
- 17.4
- WA: 18.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1985 Barkley Blvd, Bellingham, WA 98226
- Phone
- (360)676-6400
- County
- Whatcom County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5300420
- State district ID
- WA-37501
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,331
- School counselors (FTE)
- 35.0About 324 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 33.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.4
Washington18.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (11,484), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $216.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $16.2 million
- State revenue
- $131.4 million
- Local revenue
- $68.6 million
- Total spending
- $255.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $22,238
- Salaries
- $112.5 million44.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $283.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.5%
- State: 60.8%
- Local: 31.7%
Washington overall
- Federal: 8.1%
- State: 67.2%
- Local: 24.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$22,238
Washington$19,323
United States$16,826
Schools in Bellingham School District
By level: 6 high, 4 middle, 14 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alderwood Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 305 | 14.5 |
| Bellingham Family Partnership Program | Other | K to 12 | 258 | 28.7 |
| Bellingham High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,165 | 21.6 |
| Bellingham Re-Engagement Program | High | 9 to 12 | 110 | |
| Birchwood Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 335 | 14.0 |
| Carl Cozier Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 325 | 14.8 |
| Columbia Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 187 | 17.0 |
| Cordata Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 357 | 12.8 |
| Fairhaven Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 588 | 18.4 |
| Geneva Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 412 | 18.7 |
| Happy Valley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 455 | 18.2 |
| Kulshan Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 575 | 18.0 |
| Lowell Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 338 | 17.8 |
| Northern Heights Elementary SchlCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 396 | 15.8 |
| Options High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 176 | 8.8 |
| Parkview Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 422 | 16.9 |
| Roosevelt Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 348 | 14.5 |
| Sehome High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,116 | 21.9 |
| Shuksan Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 606 | 16.8 |
| Silver Beach Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 357 | 21.0 |
| Squalicum High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,273 | 21.2 |
| Sunnyland Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 288 | 15.2 |
| Visions (Seamar Youth Center) | High | 6 to 12 | 11 | |
| Wade King Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 297 | 16.5 |
| Whatcom Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 637 | 18.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Whatcom County
- Ferndale School District 4,746 students
- Nooksack Valley School District 2,033 students
- Blaine School District 1,983 students
- Meridian School District 1,904 students
- Mount Baker School District 1,580 students
- Intergenerational High School 107 students
- Western Washington University
More in Washington
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.