Editing Blaine, Washington (section)

==Education==
{{Main|Blaine School District}}

The [[Blaine School District]] has five public schools that serves the city as well as adjacent unincorporated communities, including [[Birch Bay, Washington|Birch Bay]] and [[Point Roberts, Washington|Point Roberts]].<ref>{{cite map |date=January 14, 2021 |title=2020 Census – School District Reference Map: Whatcom County, WA |page=2 |scale=1:140,000 |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st53_wa/schooldistrict_maps/c53073_whatcom/DC20SD_C53073.pdf |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=August 31, 2023}}</ref> The largest share of school services is consolidated on a campus in central Blaine, which has facilities for approximately 2,100 students, including [[Blaine High School (Washington)|Blaine High School]], Blaine Middle School, and Blaine Elementary School.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mittendorf |first=Robert |date=February 23, 2018 |title=Blaine schools closed after email threat – later identified as hoax |url=https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article201782689.html |work=The Bellingham Herald |accessdate=August 31, 2023}}</ref> Students from the small nearby [[exclave]] of Point Roberts above 3rd grade are bused through the border to Blaine to attend school.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bleiberg |first=Larry |date=December 2, 2019 |title=A US town only reached through Canada |url=https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20191201-a-us-town-only-reached-through-canada |publisher=[[BBC]] |accessdate=August 31, 2023}}</ref>