Editing Whatcom County, Washington (section)

===Primary and secondary education===
Whatcom County residents are served by public and private schools, providing preschool, primary (K-5), and secondary (6–12) education. Public schools are operated by eight school districts. Each school district is an independent local government managed by an elected school board. Seven districts serve the western portion of Whatcom County.<ref>{{Cite web |title=School Districts in Whatcom County |url=http://www.co.whatcom.wa.us/auditor/election_division/maps/school_districts.jsp |access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref> One district serves the southeast corner of Whatcom County. The remaining portion of the county is national forest or national park land, which has no permanent residents.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

These districts (including any with any portion in the county, even if the schools are not in the county) are:<ref>{{Cite map |last=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division |title=2020 Census – School District Reference Map: Whatcom County, WA |date=January 14, 2021 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |scale=1:140,000 |pages=2–3 |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st53_wa/schooldistrict_maps/c53073_whatcom/DC20SD_C53073.pdf |access-date=August 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st53_wa/schooldistrict_maps/c53073_whatcom/DC20SD_C53073.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Bellingham School District]] serves Bellingham, Chuckanut, Lake Samish, and Sudden Valley.
* [[Blaine School District]] serves Blaine, Birch Bay, and Point Roberts.
* [[Concrete School District]] serves the county's southeast corner, including [[Newhalem, Washington|Newhalem]] and [[Diablo, Washington|Diablo]].
* [[Ferndale School District]] serves Ferndale, Custer, Lummi Island, and the [[Lummi Nation]].
* [[Lynden School District]] serves Lynden and surrounding areas.
* [[Meridian School District (Washington)|Meridian School District]] serves rural communities between Bellingham and Lynden.
* [[Mount Baker School District]] serves communities along the Mount Baker Highway and Nooksack River.
* [[Nooksack Valley School District]] serves Everson, Nooksack, and Sumas.
* [[Sedro-Woolley School District]]

Numerous private schools operate in Whatcom County, including Assumption Catholic School, St. Paul's Academy, Lynden Christian Schools, Bellingham Christian Schools, and the Waldorf School.