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Bellingham School District - BELLINGHAM, WA | Schools.now

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Regular

Suburb

NCES ID: 5300420

Bellingham School District

BELLINGHAM, WA

Source: NCES CCD + U.S. Census (open-source sync)

Year: 2025

Coverage: 100.0% (19281/19281)

Dataset refreshed: Feb 24, 2026

Enrollment

11,337

-0.7%YoY

Graduation Rate

81.6%

-5.7%vs. State

Per-Pupil Spending

$13,763

-25.4%vs. State

Student-Teacher Ratio

17.4:1

-3.3%vs. State

Free/Reduced Lunch

100.0%

+0.1%vs. State

English Language Learners

5.6%

-66.9%vs. State

Child Poverty Rate

7.5%

-31.2%vs. State

District vs. Benchmarks

Key metrics compared to state and national averages (% of national avg)

Enrollment Trend

5-year enrollment history-2.7%

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