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Meridian School District

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Meridian School District is located in northwest Washington. Meridian School District has 37.07 square miles of land area and 0.42 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Meridian School District population is 9,030. Meridian School District median household income is $55,071 in 2010-2014. Meridian School District median house value is $272,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Meridian School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (100 out of 238, top 42%) Elementary/Middle School: (126 out of 274, top 46%)* Rank: #138
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	9,030 (2010-2014), rank #127
Population Growth	4.53% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	240.86/sq mi, rank #64
Median Household Income:	$55,071 at 2010-2014—-1.48% increase since 2005-2009, rank #115
Median House Price:	$272,700 at 2010-2014—-15.05% increase since 2005-2009, rank #63
Time Zone:	Pacific GMT -8:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	37.07 sq mi, rank #255
Water Area:	0.42 sq mi (1.13%), rank #235
State:	Washington
County:	Whatcom County
City:	Bellingham, Lynden, Ferndale, Everson
Zip:	98226, 98264, 98248, 98247
Area:	Bellingham, WA

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Meridian School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

214 West Laurel Rd

Bellingham WA, 98226, Whatcom County

Phone: 360-398-7111

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,801	2,407	2,243	2,347	2,127	1,873	1,667
English Language Learner Students:	104	106	108	124	81	131	127
Total Teachers:	77.77	83.71	81.46	87.10	84.54	81.80	84.00
Prekindergarten:	1.50	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	3.31	2.85	2.54	3.94	3.25	2.20	2.50
Elementary:	36.63	39.44	39.98	39.65	36.58	37.40	40.00
Secondary:	36.33	40.42	37.94	39.16	39.05	33.60	33.50
Ungraded:	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.35	5.66	8.60	8.00
Total Other Staff:	77.96	79.19	78.87	77.81	75.66	78.60	75.80
Instructional Aides:	14.14	13.93	13.96	13.85	14.40	15.90	15.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.19	0.78	0.78	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.20
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.80	3.40	3.40	3.04	2.99	3.70	3.30
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.33	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.93	1.80	1.40
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.47	2.47	2.47	2.11	2.06	1.90	1.90
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	2.34	2.47	2.60	2.28	2.19	2.40	2.00
District Administrators:	5.22	4.00	4.84	4.83	2.00	3.00	2.90
District Administrative Support:	4.92	4.27	4.92	4.72	4.49	4.50	4.30
School Administrators:	6.40	6.75	7.75	7.00	7.00	5.00	5.10
School Administrative Support:	4.04	7.60	4.75	6.41	5.07	4.80	4.10
Student Support Services:	3.65	3.30	3.35	3.63	2.30	3.80	3.80
Other Support Services:	32.26	32.69	32.52	32.05	35.22	34.50	33.60
Student-Teacher Ratio:	23.16	28.75	27.54	26.95	25.16	22.90	19.85

Schools

Irene Reither Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	954 East Hemmi Rd, Bellingham WA 98226
Meridian High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	194 West Laurel Rd, Bellingham WA 98226
Meridian Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	861 Ten Mile Rd, Lynden WA 98264
Meridian Parent Partnership Program	Kindergarten to Grade 12	960 East Hemmi Rd, Everson WA 98247
Meridian Special Programs	Prekindergarten to Grade 12	214 West Laurel Rd, Bellingham WA 98226
Ten Mile Creek Elementary	Grade 4 to Grade 5	960 East Hemmi Rd, Everson WA 98247

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
EOC Test
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	61.8%	64.1%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	82.2%	81.7%
2011	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	68.2%	62.4%
2012	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	84%	71%
2013	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	85.5%	80.7%
2011	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	83.1%	72.9%
2012	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	81.8%	79.1%
2013	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	95.8%	89.4%
HSPE Test
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	40.8%	41.6%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.2%	78.8%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81.1%	82.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82.2%	81.1%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89.8%	83.5%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	49%	44.7%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	51.9%	49.7%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	94.2%	85.9%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	86.1%	86%
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	87.3%	85.2%
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	88.7%	84.9%
MSP Test
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	52.1%	61.7%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60.8%	61.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	56.6%	65.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	46.2%	65.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	72%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.1%	73.1%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	57.9%	68.7%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.4%	73.0%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	49.6%	53.6%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52%	59.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	56.4%	59.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.7%	62.5%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.7%	67.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57.6%	67.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.4%	71.4%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.3%	72.4%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	54.9%	61%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	61.6%	61.4%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	60.9%	61.3%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	58.7%	62.1%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	53.6%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	61.2%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.7%	63.7%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	62.6%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.8%	69.5%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.6%	67.6%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	71%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	72.6%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	26%	34%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47.7%	55.6%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	66.1%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	66.5%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	47.7%	51.8%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	58.7%	58.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	58.6%	61.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.5%	59.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	46.8%	64.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.3%	70.6%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.3%	70.6%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.8%	71.4%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50.5%	55.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58.9%	56.9%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.3%	59.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.0%	63.7%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49.5%	63.3%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.3%	56.4%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.8%	71.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.1%	68.7%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	79%	70.2%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74.8%	71%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	54.4%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	83.0%	71.0%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38.6%	51.5%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	46.4%	50.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.4%	55.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.0%	53.2%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.3%	69.2%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.3%	68.6%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	67.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.9%	66.2%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45%	54.4%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.3%	61.5%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70.1%	66.3%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	75.2%	64.9%
WASL Test
2004	Math	10th Grade	% met std	49.2%	43.9%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	53.2%	47.5%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	48.1%	51%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	47.5%	50.2%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	55.7%	49.3%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	58.9%	45.2%
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	65.4%	64.5%
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.8%	72.9%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80%	81.9%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76.7%	80.6%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83%	81.3%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.8%	80.9%
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	36.2%	32.2%
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	30.6%	35.8%
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	22.3%	34.9%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	33.9%	36.3%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	43.5%	39.7%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	36.3%	38.6%
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	61.5%	65.2%
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	63.7%	65.2%
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	80.6%	79.7%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	82.6%	83.6%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	87.5%	86.2%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	88.1%	86.3%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61.5%	69.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64.1%	68.3%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	66.3%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.1%	70.7%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	70.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.2%	71.3%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	45%	59.9%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	39.3%	60.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	48.6%	58.9%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	49.1%	57.9%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55.9%	53.4%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	47.6%	52.3%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67%	74.4%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72%	79.5%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.1%	81.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	76.4%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.2%	72.3%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.2%	73.5%
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	53%	55.8%
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	45.8%	57.7%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	53.3%	60.3%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	50%	60.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	68.3%	62.1%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	51.4%	60.3%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	49.5%	55.8%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.1%	59.3%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	61%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.1%	61.9%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.2%	76.2%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	71.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.8%	75.3%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.3%	73.9%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	25.2%	28.2%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	35.7%	35.6%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	32.1%	35.7%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	37%	36.4%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	38.1%	42.9%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	28.3%	44.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	47.4%	49.4%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	43.5%	49.5%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	48.2%	48.9%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50.5%	50.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.9%	66.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.7%	67.8%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58.6%	68.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.2%	72%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	33.1%	46.3%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47.7%	50.8%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	39.2%	48.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.1%	54.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53.9%	50.3%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	43%	51.8%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.6%	60.4%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.2%	69%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	47.3%	61.5%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.6%	68.5%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.8%	62.8%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.9%	59.3%
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	57.9%
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	61.2%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	57.7%	64.5%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	80.2%	68.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	66.1%	69.7%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	83.2%	69.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.7%	48.8%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49.2%	49.5%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	51.5%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	46.5%	50.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.1%	70.1%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.6%	64.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.9%	65.9%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.4%	67.5%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	35.6%	39.4%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	34.9%	36.4%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	29.9%	42.9%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	30.3%	44.4%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.4%	47.9%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38.3%	51.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$22,885,000	$10,203		$18,849,000	$8,031		$18,072,000	$8,496
Federal:	$1,300,000	$580	5.7%	$1,553,000	$662	8.2%	$1,653,000	$777	9.1%
State:	$16,947,000	$7,556	74.1%	$13,290,000	$5,663	70.5%	$12,693,000	$5,968	70.2%
Local:	$4,638,000	$2,068	20.3%	$4,006,000	$1,707	21.3%	$3,726,000	$1,752	20.6%
Total Expenditures:	$32,024,000	$14,277		$19,650,000	$8,372		$17,164,000	$8,070
Total Current Expenditures:	$15,950,000	$7,111		$16,391,000	$6,984		$15,836,000	$7,445
Instructional Expenditures:	$9,540,000	$4,253	59.8%	$10,472,000	$4,462	63.9%	$9,943,000	$4,675	62.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,293,000	$576	8.1%	$1,156,000	$493	7.1%	$1,145,000	$538	7.2%
Administration:	$2,220,000	$990	13.9%	$2,057,000	$876	12.5%	$2,087,000	$981	13.2%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,897,000	$1,292	18.2%	$2,706,000	$1,153	16.5%	$2,661,000	$1,251	16.8%
Total Capital Outlay:	$15,058,000	$6,713		$1,764,000	$752		$1,305,000	$614
Construction:	$14,734,000	$6,569		$1,763,000	$751		$769,000	$362
Total Other:	$1,000	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$847,000	$378		$1,305,000	$556		$23,000	$11

Total Salary:	$9,170,000	$4,088		$9,506,000	$4,050		$9,081,000	$4,269
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$5,895,000	$2,628	64.3%	$6,282,000	$2,677	66.1%	$6,009,000	$2,825	66.2%
Other Salary:	$3,275,000	$1,460	35.7%	$3,224,000	$1,374	33.9%	$3,072,000	$1,444	33.8%
Total Benefit:	$3,137,000	$1,399		$3,144,000	$1,340		$2,910,000	$1,368
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,937,000	$864	61.7%	$2,017,000	$859	64.2%	$1,885,000	$886	64.8%
Other Benefit:	$1,200,000	$535	38.3%	$1,127,000	$480	35.8%	$1,025,000	$482	35.2%

* Meridian School District was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.