Editing Bellingham, Washington (section)

==Education==
[[File:Old Main, Western Washington University.JPG|thumb|Old Main, [[Western Washington University]] in winter]]

[[Bellingham School District]] is the local school district for the vast majority of the municipality.<!--Census code for the Bellingham SD is UNI 00420--><ref name=CensusSDMap2020>{{cite map |author=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division |date=January 14, 2021 |title=2020 Census – School District Reference Map: Whatcom County, WA |scale=1:140,000 |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st53_wa/schooldistrict_maps/c53073_whatcom/DC20SD_C53073.pdf |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=March 16, 2025}}</ref> There are four public high schools in Bellingham: [[Bellingham High School (Washington)|Bellingham High School]], [[Options High School (Washington)|Options High School]], [[Sehome High School]], and [[Squalicum High School]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bellinghamschools.org/schools/?sch=high |title=Our Schools |access-date=October 22, 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228152543/http://www.bham.wednet.edu/schools/schools.htm |archive-date=February 28, 2009}}</ref> Bellingham has four public middle schools: Kulshan Middle School, Shuksan Middle School, Fairhaven Middle School, and Whatcom Middle School which was rebuilt after extensive fire damage in 2009.

A small portion of the city limits to the north is within the [[Meridian School District (Washington)|Meridian School District]].<!--UNI 05010--><ref name=CensusSDMap2020/>

Private schools in Bellingham include Whatcom Hills [[Waldorf education|Waldorf]] School (Prekindergarten through 8th grade), Whatcom Day Academy (Prekindergarten to 8th grade),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/29217|title=Whatcom Day Academy|date=March 19, 2015|work=privateschoolreview.com|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929055254/http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/29217|archive-date=September 29, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> St. Paul's Academy (Prekindergarten to 12th grade),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/29150|title=St. Paul's Academy|work=privateschoolreview.com|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924082106/http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/29150|url-status=dead}}</ref> Assumption Catholic School (Prekindergarten to 8th grade),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/28712|title=Assumption Catholic School|work=privateschoolreview.com|access-date=September 28, 2015}}</ref> and The Franklin Academy (Preschool to 8th grade).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions |url=https://thefranklin.academy/about/qa/ |access-date=February 5, 2023 |website=The Franklin Academy |language=en-US}}</ref> [[File:Western_Washington_University_Looking_North.jpg|thumb|WWU Campus, looking north to downtown Bellingham]] [[Western Washington University]] is located in Bellingham.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Visit |url=https://www.wwu.edu/visit |access-date=February 5, 2023 |website=Western Washington University |language=en}}</ref> It has more than 16,000 students. The [[Northwest Film School]] is a private, non-profit educational institution specializing in digital media production. It operates in a partnership with Western Washington University to offer a one-year certificate in Video Production.

Bellingham has two community colleges:
*[[Whatcom Community College]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatcom.ctc.edu/|title=Whatcom Community College : Home|work=ctc.edu|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129234439/http://www.whatcom.ctc.edu/|archive-date=November 29, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Bellingham Technical College]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.btc.ctc.edu/|title=Bellingham Technical College|work=ctc.edu|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629231157/http://www.btc.ctc.edu/|archive-date=June 29, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Lummi Nation School]] has a Bellingham postal address but it is away from the city limits in an [[unincorporated area]] on the [[Lummi Nation|Lummi]] reservation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lummi-k12.org/|title=Home|publisher=[[Lummi Nation School]]|access-date=July 13, 2021|quote=2334 Lummi View Drive Bellingham WA, 98226|archive-date=July 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724014730/http://lummi-k12.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref>