Sehome High School

Sehome High School operates as a high-enrollment 9-12 campus in Bellingham, Washington, run under Bellingham School District. Current enrollment sits at 1,116 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 95% bigger than the state mean of about 573.

Sehome High School is one of 25 schools operated by Bellingham School District, a district that caters to 11,337 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Sehome High School records that White students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, 2% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.8:1. The state averages about 21.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Whatcom County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sehome High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.1%, the actual is 50.2%, a residual of -10.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, Whatcom County reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,784 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Whatcom County's 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,779 students), Sehome High School is one campus in the mix.

Happy Valley Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sehome High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.3%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sehome High School has declined 5%, going from 1,175 students in 2018 to 1,116 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 75% to 69% over that span.

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