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{{Short description|School district in Washington, U.S.}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox school district
| name = Bellingham Public Schools
| address = 1985 Barkley Boulevard
| city = [[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham]]
| state = [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
| county =
| zipcode = 98225
| country = U.S.
| coordinates = {{Coord|48.7714|N|122.4477|W|display=inline,title}}
| motto = A Collective Commitment
| grades = [[Kindergarten|K]]–[[Twelfth grade|12]], with [[preschool]] and [[pre-K]] offered for certain students.<ref>{{cite web| title=Early Childhood Education |website=[[Bellingham Public Schools]] |url=https://bellinghamschools.org/programs/early-childhood-education/ |accessdate=2023-11-12}}</ref>
| superintendent = Greg Baker
| schools = 14 elementary, 4 middle, 4 high
| budget =
| us_nces_district_id = {{NCES District ID|5300420|district_name=Bellingham School District}}
| students = 11,614 (2022–2023)
| faculty =
| teachers = 705.48 (FTE; 2022–2023)
| ratio = 16.46 (2022–2023)
| schedule =
| website = {{URL|https://bellinghamschools.org/}}
}}
'''Bellingham School District No. 501''' (operating as '''Bellingham Public Schools''') is a [[public school district]] serving [[Bellingham, Washington]]. The district enrolls nearly 12,000 students across its schools and programs,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bellingham School District |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=1&ID2=5300420 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Search for Public School Districts |publisher=[[National Center for Education Statistics]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bellingham School District |url=https://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/ReportCard/ViewSchoolOrDistrict/100020 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Washington State Report Card |publisher=[[OSPI]]}}</ref> and is the fourth-largest employer in [[Whatcom County, Washington|Whatcom County]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Whatcom County Top Employers List |url=https://cbe.wwu.edu/files/2022-04/Whatcom%20County%20Top%20Employers%202021.pdf |website=Center for Economic and Business Research |publisher=[[Western Washington University]]}}</ref> The strategic plan of Bellingham Public Schools is known as "The Bellingham Promise".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Bellingham Promise |url=https://bellinghamschools.org/about/the-bellingham-promise/ |access-date=2023-11-13 |website= |publisher=[[Bellingham Public Schools]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2006, the [[Center for Digital Education]], along with the [[National School Boards Association]], named the Bellingham School District 6th in the nation for districts with 2501-15000 students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Digital School Boards Survey |url=http://www.centerdigitaled.com/surveys.php?survey=school_boards |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061130053249/http://www.centerdigitaled.com/surveys.php?survey=school_boards |archive-date=2006-11-30 |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Center for Digital Education}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |title=Bellingham School Board Honored as Tech-Savvy |publisher=[[Bellingham Public Schools]] |url=http://www.bsd501.org/go/doc/420/138321/ |last1=Rowe |first1=Tanya Kerstiens |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927040708/http://www.bsd501.org/go/doc/420/138321/ |access-date=2023-11-12 |archive-date=2007-09-27}}</ref> They were also awarded an "excellence in equity" award in 2019, from the [[Washington State School Directors' Association]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teehan |first=Joe |date=November 25, 2019 |title=Bellingham Schools Board of Directors honored |url=https://kgmi.com/saga_news/007700-bellingham-schools-board-of-directors-honored |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=[[790 KGMI]] |language=en-US}}</ref> and a green ribbon for sustainability from the [[U.S. Department of Education]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoffman |first=Hailey |date=April 23, 2022 |title=Bellingham Public Schools awarded Green Ribbon for sustainability |url=https://www.cascadiadaily.com/news/2022/apr/23/bellingham-public-schools-awarded-green-ribbon-for-sustainability/ |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=[[Cascadia Daily News]] |language=en}}</ref>
==Schools==
===High schools===
Bellingham Public Schools includes four high schools, all serving [[High school in the United States|grades 9–12]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Our Schools |url=https://bellinghamschools.org/schools/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website= |publisher=[[Bellingham Public Schools]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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!Mascot
!Enrollment (2022–2023)
![[Washington Interscholastic Activities Association|WIAA]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bellingham School District |url=https://wiaa.finalforms.com/state_districts/18444 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=FinalForms |publisher=[[Washington Interscholastic Activities Association]]}}</ref>
!Notes
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|[[Bellingham High School (Washington)|Bellingham High School]] (BHS)
|Bayhawks
|1,218<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bellingham High School |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=530042000099 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Search for Public Schools |publisher=[[National Center for Education Statistics]]}}</ref>
|Northwest Conference (2A)
|Located in the Sunnyland neighborhood, Bellingham's attendance area includes most of Bellingham's city center, and is bound by Squalicum's area to the north and Sehome's to the south.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Attendance Areas |url=https://bellinghamschools.org/families/enrollment/attendance-areas/ |access-date=2023-11-13 |website= |publisher=[[Bellingham Public Schools]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[Options High School]] (OHS)
|Armadillos
|188<ref>{{Cite web |title=Options High School |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=530042001738 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Search for Public Schools |publisher=[[National Center for Education Statistics]]}}</ref>
|None
|Located directly adjacent to Bellingham High School, Options is a "school of choice" and does not have its own attendance area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Registration |url=https://options.bellinghamschools.org/registration/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Options High School |publisher=[[Bellingham Public Schools]]}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Options provides an alternative education experience, with smaller class sizes for more accessible learning.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mittan |first=Kyle |date=June 6, 2016 |title=What to know as new Options High School gets built in Bellingham |url=https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article81598902.html#storylink=cpy |access-date=2023-11-12 |work=[[The Bellingham Herald]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Showalter |first=Rachel |date=June 28, 2024 |title=Bellingham School District’s first school-based health clinic in development at Options High |url=https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article289594396.html |access-date=2024-11-02 |work=[[The Bellingham Herald]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Sehome High School]] (SHS)
|Mariners
|1,163<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sehome High School |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=530042000113 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Search for Public Schools |publisher=[[National Center for Education Statistics]]}}</ref>
|Northwest Conference (2A)
|Located in the Happy Valley neighborhood, Sehome is the southernmost of the district's high schools.<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Squalicum High School]] (SqHS)
|Storm
|1,280<ref>{{Cite web |title=Squalicum High School |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=530042002693 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Search for Public Schools |publisher=[[National Center for Education Statistics]]}}</ref>
|Northwest Conference (2A)
|Located in the Barkley neighborhood, Squalicum is the northernmost of the district's high schools.<ref name=":0" />
|}
===Middle schools===
The district includes four [[Middle school|grade 6–8]] middle schools.<ref name=":3" />
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!School
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|Fairhaven Middle School
|Grizzly Bears<ref>{{Cite web |title=Students |url=https://fairhaven.bellinghamschools.org/students/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Fairhaven Middle School |publisher=[[Bellingham Public Schools]]}}</ref>
|Sehome
|Fairhaven is located in the Edgemoor neighborhood. The school was originally Fairhaven High School, but it burned down [[New Year's Eve]] of 1935, reopening as a [[junior high]] in 1937 and a middle school in 1967.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gallagher |first=Mary Lane |date=March 15, 2012 |orig-date=November 10, 2007 |title=Milestones: Bellingham students still walk historic hallways |url=https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article22196577.html |access-date=2023-11-12 |work=[[The Bellingham Herald]]}}</ref>
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|Kulshan Middle School
|Thunderbirds<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Our School |url=https://kulshan.bellinghamschools.org/our-school/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Kulshan Middle School |publisher=[[Bellingham Public Schools]]}}</ref>
|Bellingham, Sehome, and Squalicum
|Kulshan is located in the Whatcom Falls neighborhood.
|-
|Shuksan Middle School
|Cougars<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Our School |url=https://shuksan.bellinghamschools.org/our-school/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Shuksan Middle School |publisher=[[Bellingham Public Schools]]}}</ref>
|Bellingham and Squalicum
|Shuksan is located in the Birchwood neighborhood.
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|Whatcom Middle School
|Wildcats<ref>{{Cite web |title=Whatcom: Track & Field and Cross Country Statistics |url=https://www.athletic.net/team/65285/track-and-field-outdoor/2025 |access-date=2024-11-24 |website= |publisher=[[Athletic.net]] |language=en}}</ref>
|Bellingham and Squalicum
|Whatcom is located in the Lettered Streets neighborhood. The school was originally built in 1903 and named North Side High School. It was also named Whatcom High School before becoming a middle school.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-11-05 |title=Historic Bellingham middle school destroyed by fire |url=https://www.king5.com/article/news/historic-bellingham-middle-school-destroyed-by-fire/281-332829342 |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=[[king5.com]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Whatcom Middle School history |url=https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/article22060068.html |access-date=2023-11-12 |work=[[The Bellingham Herald]]}}</ref> Whatcom Middle School burned down on November 5, 2009; due to rebuilding, the school reopened in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cox |first=Kira M. |date=August 30, 2011 |orig-date=February 9, 2011 |title=Whatcom Middle School to reopen in fall 2011, one year early |url=https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article22203033.html |access-date=2023-11-12 |work=[[The Bellingham Herald]]}}</ref>
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===Elementary schools===
[[Elementary schools in the United States|Grades K–5]]
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**The entirety of Happy Valley's attendance area feeds into Fairhaven Middle School.<ref name=":0" />
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**The entirety of Lowell's attendance area feeds into Fairhaven Middle School.<ref name=":0" />
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*Sunnyland Elementary School
*Wade King Elementary School
**The majority of the school's attendance area feeds into Fairhaven, with some feeding into Kulshan.<ref name=":0" />
=== Other programs ===
* [[Larrabee Elementary School|Family Partnership Program]]
Neighborhood references: [[City of Bellingham]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=CityIQ Online Map Viewer |url=https://cob.org/services/maps/online-mapping |access-date=2024-11-02 |website= |publisher=[[City of Bellingham]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Neighborhood Map |url=https://cob.org/services/maps/map/neighborhood-map |access-date=2024-11-02 |website= |publisher=[[City of Bellingham]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==External links==
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*[https://www.bellinghamschoolsfoundation.org/ Bellingham Public Schools Foundation]
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