# Squalicum High School *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/squalicum-high-school-bellingham/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/squalicum-high-school-bellingham --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `530042002693` - **School name**: Squalicum High School - **Location**: Bellingham, WA 98226 - **Address**: 3773 E McLeod Rd - **District**: Bellingham School District (LEAID `5300420`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Regular - **School level**: High - **Grade range**: 9–12 - **Coordinates**: 48.78420, -122.42280 - **Phone**: (360)676-6471 - **Wikidata QID**: Q7581916 — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squalicum_High_School - **Founded**: 1998 ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 1,273 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 60 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 21.2:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 43.2% ## State accountability rating - **System**: WA WSIF - **Year**: 2025 - **Overall rating**: Foundational - **Indicators**: - proficiency_ela_decile: 8 - proficiency_math_decile: 4 - proficiency_combined_decile: 6 - grad_combined_decile: 6 - el_progress_decile: 3 - regularattendance_decile: 2 - ninthgradeontrack_decile: 6 - dualcredit_decile: 9 - sqss_combined_decile: 5.666666 - _2025_score: 5.8 - overall: Foundational ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2025 - **Overall (WA WSIF)**: 62.0% proficient ## Graduation rates - **2023**: 90.9% (cohort of 274) ## SAT/ACT participation (2020) - **SAT/ACT takers**: 28 ## Attendance - **2020**: chronic absence 25.7% (332 students) [source: crdc_2020] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **In-school suspensions**: 0 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **White**: 1.1% - **Hispanic/Latino**: 20.2% - **Black/African American**: 10.5% - **Asian**: 1.6% - **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 58.0% - **Pacific Islander**: 0.2% - **Two or more races**: 8.4% - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 49.2% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 13.8% — 178 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Specific Learning Disability**: 81 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 47 students - **Autism**: 18 students - **Emotional Disturbance**: 14 students - **Intellectual Disability**: 6 students - **Multiple Disabilities**: 4 students ## Programs & enrichment - Advanced Placement (AP) ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2023-24) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $18,391 - **Federal share**: $342 - **State + local share**: $18,049 - **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 1,169 ### District F-33 (2022) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $20,862,663 - **Federal share**: 9.9% - **State share**: 59.5% - **Local share**: 30.7% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $10,367,689 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $106,613 - **Poverty rate**: 4.9% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 50.6% - **Unemployment**: 3.2% - **Median gross rent**: $2,362 - **Foreign-born residents**: 7.0% - **Single-parent households**: 13.5% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 4.3 miles (OESER CO) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 14 - **Nearest brownfield**: 2.92 miles (MARITIME HERITAGE CENTER FISH HATCHERY) ### 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**: 2.3 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### chronic absence - **Northern Heights Elementary Schl** — 0.2 mi away, 16.99% (this school: 25.72%) - **Silver Beach Elementary School** — 1.1 mi away, 12.53% (this school: 25.72%) - **Roosevelt Elementary School** — 1.4 mi away, 24.25% (this school: 25.72%) - **Sunnyland Elementary School** — 2.2 mi away, 23.02% (this school: 25.72%) - **Geneva Elementary School** — 2.7 mi away, 21.09% (this school: 25.72%) ### ela proficiency - **Silver Beach Elementary School** — 1.1 mi away, 73.2% (this school: 69.4%) - **Bellingham High School** — 3.0 mi away, 74.8% (this school: 69.4%) - **Columbia Elementary School** — 3.5 mi away, 69.9% (this school: 69.4%) - **Sehome High School** — 4.7 mi away, 76% (this school: 69.4%) ### graduation rate - **Sehome High School** — 4.7 mi away, 94.36% (this school: 90.88%) ### math proficiency - **Northern Heights Elementary Schl** — 0.2 mi away, 46.1% (this school: 33.6%) - **Silver Beach Elementary School** — 1.1 mi away, 62.8% (this school: 33.6%) - **Roosevelt Elementary School** — 1.4 mi away, 36.1% (this school: 33.6%) - **Sunnyland Elementary School** — 2.2 mi away, 40.3% (this school: 33.6%) - **Geneva Elementary School** — 2.7 mi away, 52% (this school: 33.6%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/squalicum-high-school-bellingham - **Performance**: https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/squalicum-high-school-bellingham/performance - **Finance**: https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/squalicum-high-school-bellingham/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/squalicum-high-school-bellingham/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/squalicum-high-school-bellingham/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/squalicum-high-school-bellingham/context - **Attendance**: https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/squalicum-high-school-bellingham/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/squalicum-high-school-bellingham/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/squalicum-high-school-bellingham/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.wa.whatschool.ai/en/wa/school/squalicum-high-school-bellingham/workforce --- *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). 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