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Bellingham High School
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Bellingham High School
Bellingham High School, an average-sized 9-12 campus in Bellingham, Massachusetts, part of Bellingham, instructs 740 students, covering grades 8 through 12.
Bellingham High School is one of 6 schools operated by Bellingham, a district that hosts 2,129 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Bellingham High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment; the rest looks like 12% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial, 2% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.
On the resource side, Bellingham High School records 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.4:1 average.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Norfolk County indicate the typical household earns roughly $130,739 per year, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Norfolk County's 198 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,300 students), Bellingham High School is one campus in the mix.
Bellingham Memorial School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 763 students in 2018 compared to 740 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 87% to 79%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.
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