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Meridian High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
194 W Laurel Road
Bellingham, WA 98226
Phone
(360) 398-8111
District
Meridian School District
County
WHATCOM COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
537
Classroom Teachers
26

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Washington

8

(10 is best)

Better than 76.7% of all WA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Meridian High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
57%
45%
70%
60%
43%
30%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
20
18
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 155 28.9%
Grade 10 116 21.6%
Grade 11 142 26.4%
Grade 12 124 23.1%
Total 537 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 67.7% 67.9% 53.3%
Black 0.8% 1.0% 5.4%
Hispanic 21.9% 23.7% 28.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 8.6% 6.6% 10.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.0% 0.8% 3.1%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 24.8% 30.2% 49.8%
Free lunch eligible 24.8% 30.2% 49.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 12,031 7,812,880
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 324.5 116
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.0% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.7% 18.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.3% 35.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.7% 24.3%
65 OR OLDER 19.3% 16.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 4,446 3,020,558
Single Parent Households With Children 6.7% 7.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.4% 92.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 31.5% 38.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 27.8% 28.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 23.6% 19.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.7% 12.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.4% 14.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.0% 11.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.9% 7.5%
$15,000 or less 5.5% 6.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,965 $15,157,000 49.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,229 $2,339,000 7.6%
Staff $501 $953,000 3.1%
General Administration $633 $1,205,000 3.9%
School Administration $1,026 $1,952,000 6.3%
Operation $1,442 $2,745,000 8.9%
Transportation $591 $1,125,000 3.6%
Other $694 $1,320,000 4.3%
Total Support $6,116 $11,639,000 37.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,126 $4,046,000 13.1%
Total Expenditures $16,207 $30,842,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,824 $10,764,786,000 47.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,388 $1,520,446,000 6.7%
Staff $1,197 $1,311,743,000 5.8%
General Administration $173 $189,960,000 0.8%
School Administration $990 $1,085,309,000 4.8%
Operation $1,353 $1,482,398,000 6.5%
Transportation $630 $690,492,000 3.0%
Other $808 $884,903,000 3.9%
Total Support $6,539 $7,165,251,000 31.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,398 $4,818,542,000 21.2%
Total Expenditures $20,761 $22,748,579,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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