# Meridian Special Programs

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Full profile (human-readable): https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/meridian-special-programs-bellingham

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `530501002697`
- **School name**: Meridian Special Programs
- **Location**: BELLINGHAM, WA 98226
- **Address**: 214 W LAUREL ROAD
- **District**: Meridian School District (LEAID `5305010`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Special education
- **Coordinates**: 48.85541, -122.49220
- **Phone**: (206)398-7111

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 26
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 0
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 53.8%

## Attendance
- **2020**: chronic absence 9.4% (3 students) [source: crdc_2020]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 0
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 7.1%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 17.9%
- **Black/African American**: 3.6%
- **Asian**: 7.1%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 50.0%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.0%
- **Two or more races**: 14.3%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 24.0%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 85.7% — 27 students


## Finance
### School-level (ESSA 2023-24)
- **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $4,616
- **Federal share**: $67
- **State + local share**: $4,548
- **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 24
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $17,627,606
- **Federal share**: 13.5%
- **State share**: 64.1%
- **Local share**: 22.5%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $8,539,155

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $120,242
- **Poverty rate**: 6.5%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 27.1%
- **Unemployment**: 4.6%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,449
- **Foreign-born residents**: 11.8%
- **Single-parent households**: 5.9%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 6.0 miles (OESER CO)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 5
- **Nearest brownfield**: 6.23 miles (LITTLE SQUALICUM)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: BELLINGHAM-WATER DIVISION CITY OF
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 5.65172 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 6.8 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **Meridian Middle School** — 2.3 mi away, 7.22% (this school: 9.38%)
- **Lynden Academy** — 6.3 mi away, 6.7% (this school: 9.38%)
- **Columbia Elementary School** — 6.3 mi away, 5.36% (this school: 9.38%)
- **Bellingham Family Partnership Program** — 9.4 mi away, 5.16% (this school: 9.38%)
- **Nooksack Valley Special Services** — 11.3 mi away, 3.45% (this school: 9.38%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/meridian-special-programs-bellingham
- **Performance**: https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/meridian-special-programs-bellingham/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/meridian-special-programs-bellingham/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/meridian-special-programs-bellingham/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/meridian-special-programs-bellingham/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/meridian-special-programs-bellingham/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/meridian-special-programs-bellingham/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/meridian-special-programs-bellingham/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/meridian-special-programs-bellingham/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/meridian-special-programs-bellingham/workforce

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*Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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