Bellingham High School
Bellingham, WA · High School · Grades 9-12
Bellingham High School is a high school in Bellingham, WA with 1,218 students enrolled and a 62% proficiency rate. Part of Bellingham School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Bellingham High School is a high school located in Bellingham, Washington. The school serves 1,218 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 21.0:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 62% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 76% graduation rate.
34% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Bellingham High School is part of the Bellingham School District in Washington.
How This School Compares
Bellingham High School has 1,218 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Bellingham School District (465 students). Its 62% proficiency rate is 10 percentage points above the district average of 52%. Compared to the Washington state average of 49%, the school performs 13 points higher. The 21.0:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Bellingham High School has 1,218 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 21.0:1.
According to EDFacts data, 62% of students at Bellingham High School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Bellingham High School has a 76% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Bellingham High School is part of the Bellingham School District in Bellingham, Washington. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.