Meridian High School

Meridian High School is a senior high of middle-of-the-pack scale in BELLINGHAM, Washington, run under Meridian School District, enrolling 534 students in grades 9 through 12.

Across the 6 schools in Meridian School District (1,904 students total), Meridian High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Meridian High School shows that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 22% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Meridian High School lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Whatcom County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Meridian High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.0%; this one delivers 48.1%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Whatcom County put median household earnings sit near $81,784, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Whatcom County's 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,779 students), Meridian High School is one campus in the mix.

Meridian Special Programs is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Meridian High School. On composite proficiency, Meridian High School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 35.1%.

Meridian High School operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Meridian High School's enrollment has rose 5% since 2018, when it stood at 509 (now 534). Class-load math has tightened: from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.