Northern Heights Elementary Schl

Located at 4000 Magrath Rd, in Bellingham, Washington, Northern Heights Elementary Schl is a reasonably sized primary school that caters to 396 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Bellingham School District.

Across the 25 schools in Bellingham School District (11,337 students total), Northern Heights Elementary Schl accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Northern Heights Elementary Schl logs that White students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school lists 15% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Northern Heights Elementary Schl records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Whatcom County (around 47%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Northern Heights Elementary Schl sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.1%; this one delivers 52.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Whatcom County shows median household income runs about $81,784, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Northern Heights Elementary Schl is one of 78 public schools in Whatcom County (combined enrollment of about 27,779 students).

Squalicum High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Northern Heights Elementary Schl comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.4%.

Northern Heights Elementary Schl operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northern Heights Elementary Schl has decreased 7%, going from 425 students in 2018 to 396 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked up from 59% to 64% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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