Bellingham School District No. 501 (operating as Bellingham Public Schools) is a
public school district
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serving
Bellingham, Washington
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. The district enrolls nearly 12,000 students across its schools and programs, and is the fourth-largest employer in
Whatcom County
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. The strategic plan of Bellingham Public Schools is known as "The Bellingham Promise".
In 2006, the
Center for Digital Education
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, along with the
National School Boards Association
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, named the Bellingham School District 6th in the nation for districts with 2501-15000 students. They were also awarded an "excellence in equity" award in 2019, from the
Washington State School Directors' Association, and a green ribbon for sustainability from the
U.S. Department of Education
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in 2022.
The district includes the vast majority of the Bellingham city limits, as well as the unincorporated areas of
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and
Sudden Valley and most of
Marietta-Alderwood. A small piece of
Ferndale extends into the district.
Schools
High schools
Bellingham Public Schools includes four high schools, all serving
grades 9–12.
Middle schools
The district includes four
grade 6–8 middle schools.
Elementary schools
Grades K–5
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*Alderwood Elementary School
*Birchwood Elementary School
*Carl Cozier Elementary School
*Columbia Elementary School
*Cordata Elementary School
*Geneva Elementary School
*Happy Valley Elementary School
**The entirety of Happy Valley's attendance area feeds into Fairhaven Middle School.
*Lowell Elementary School
**The entirety of Lowell's attendance area feeds into Fairhaven Middle School.
*Northern Heights Elementary School
*Parkview Elementary School
*Roosevelt Elementary School
*Silver Beach Elementary School
*Sunnyland Elementary School
*Wade King Elementary School
**The majority of the school's attendance area feeds into Fairhaven, with some feeding into Kulshan.
Other programs
*
Family Partnership Program
Neighborhood references:
City of Bellingham
Bellingham ( ) is the county seat of Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It lies south of the U.S.–Canada border, between Vancouver, British Columbia, to the northwest and Seattle to the south.
The population was 91,482 at th ...
.
References
External links
*
Bellingham Public Schools Foundation
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School districts in Washington (state)
Schools in Bellingham, Washington
Education in Whatcom County, Washington
Education in Bellingham, Washington
School districts established in 1884
1884 establishments in Washington Territory