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Bellingham School District OSPI Web site   Superintendent Sherrie Brown 360.676.6400   1306 DUPONT ST BELLINGHAM 98225 Northwest Educational Service District 189

Select year: 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07 2005-06 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 2000-01 1999-00 1998-99 1997-98 1996-97 2008-09 WASL Results (Administration Info) Grade Level Reading Math Writing Science 3rd Grade 70.3% 69.0%     4th Grade 74.6% 60.3% 63.6%   5th Grade 79.5% 64.7%   54.0% 6th Grade 76.6% 60.0%     7th Grade 68.1% 60.3% 74.7%   8th Grade 73.4% 61.8%   62.6% 10th Grade 84.7% 56.0% 90.8% 46.8% Student Demographics Enrollment October 2008 Student Count 10,652 May 2009 Student Count 10,750 Gender (October 2008) Male 5,444 51.1% Female 5,208 48.9% Ethnicity (October 2008) American Indian/Alaskan Native 265 2.5% Asian 651 6.1% Pacific Islander 51 0.5% Asian/Pacific Islander 702 6.6% Black 242 2.3% Hispanic 1,085 10.2% White 7,902 74.2% Special Programs Free or Reduced-Price Meals (May 2009) 3,905 36.3% Special Education (May 2009) 1,457 13.6% Transitional Bilingual (May 2009) 572 5.3% Migrant (May 2009) 0 0.0% Other Information (more info) Unexcused Absence Rate (2008-09) 2,978 0.3% Annual Dropout Rate (2007-08) 199 5.4% On-Time Graduation Rate (2007-08) 640 67.0% Extended Graduation Rate (2007-08) 679 71.1% Teacher Information (2008-09)  (more info) Classroom Teachers 611 Average Years of Teacher Experience 12.3 Teachers with at least a Master's Degree 65.5% Total number of teachers who teach core academic classes 547 % of teachers teaching with an emergency certificate 0.0% % of teacher teaching with a conditional certificate 0.0% Total number of core academic classes 1,417 NCLB Highly Qualified Teacher Information % of classes taught by teachers meeting NCLB highly qualified (HQ) definition 99.0%    % of classes taught by teachers who do not meet NCLB HQ definition 1.0% % of classes in high poverty schools taught by teachers who meet NCLB HQ definition 98.4%    % of classes in high poverty schools taught by teachers who do not meet NCLB HQ definition 1.6% % of classes in low poverty schools taught by teachers who meet NCLB HQ definition 99.1%    % of classes in low poverty schools taught by teachers who do not meet NCLB HQ definition 0.9% Financial Data (2007-08) Per Student Amounts Percent Total Revenues $9197 100% State 6236 68% Federal 728 8% Local Tax 2179 24% Other Sources 53 1%   Total Expenditures $9139 100% Central Administration 582 6% Building Administration 526 6% Maintenance and Operations 758 8% Food Services 297 3% Transportation Services 222 2% Teaching 6601 72% Other 154 2%

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