Bellingham School District

Bellingham School District No. 501 (branded as Bellingham Public Schools) is a public school district in Whatcom County, Washington, United States that serves the city of Bellingham. As of, the district has an enrollment of 11,623 students.

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. 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 in 2022.

The strategic plan of Bellingham Public Schools is known as "The Bellingham Promise".

High schools
Grades 9–12
 * Bellingham High School (BHS)
 * Bellingham's attendance area is a strip, with Squalicum's area to the north and Sehome's to the south.
 * Options High School (OHS)
 * Options High School is directly adjacent to Bellingham High, and does not have its own attendance area. It provides an alternative education experience. It has lower class sizes for more accessible learning.
 * Sehome High School (SHS)
 * The southernmost of the district's high schools.
 * Squalicum High School (SqHS)
 * The northernmost of the district's high schools.

Middle schools
Grades 6–8
 * Fairhaven Middle School
 * This 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.
 * Kulshan Middle School
 * Shuksan Middle School
 * Whatcom Middle School
 * The school was originally build in 1903, and named North Side High School, later named Whatcom High School, all before becoming a middle school. Whatcom Middle School burned down on November 5, 2009, and classes were originally closed until the 12th, but due to rebuilding, the school was eventually reopened in 2011.

Elementary schools
Grades K–5
 * 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