County / FIPS 53073
Whatcom County
Washington
Whatcom County runs 77 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
77
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
2,108
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Whatcom County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$1.6B
Per resident
$7,106
Change since FY2021
−3%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $2B |
| 2022 | $1B |
| 2023 | $1B |
| 2024 | $2B |
| 2025 | $2B |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Whatcom County ranks 367th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Whatcom County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Peacehealth St Joseph Medical Center | Bellingham |
Public schools in Whatcom County
The 40 most complete records of 77. Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acme Elementary | Mount Baker School District | Acme | 203 |
| Alderwood Elementary School | Bellingham School District | Bellingham | 291 |
| Bellingham Family Partnership Program | Bellingham School District | Bellingham | 266 |
| Bellingham High School | Bellingham School District | Bellingham | 1,218 |
| Birchwood Elementary School | Bellingham School District | Bellingham | 369 |
| Blaine Elementary School | Blaine School District | Blaine | 463 |
| Blaine High School | Blaine School District | Blaine | 609 |
| Blaine Home Connections | Blaine School District | Blaine | 64 |
| Blaine Middle School | Blaine School District | Blaine | 459 |
| Blaine Primary School | Blaine School District | Blaine | 463 |
| Carl Cozier Elementary School | Bellingham School District | Bellingham | 321 |
| Cascadia Elementary | Ferndale School District | Ferndale | 429 |
| Central Elementary | Ferndale School District | Ferndale | 311 |
| Columbia Elementary School | Bellingham School District | Bellingham | 231 |
| Cordata Elementary School | Bellingham School District | Bellingham | 393 |
| Custer Elem | Ferndale School District | Custer | 329 |
| Eagleridge Elementary | Ferndale School District | Ferndale | 452 |
| Everson Elementary | Nooksack Valley School District | Everson | 271 |
| Fairhaven Middle School | Bellingham School District | Bellingham | 597 |
| Ferndale High School | Ferndale School District | Ferndale | 1,323 |
| Fisher Elementary School | Lynden School District | Lynden | 527 |
| Geneva Elementary School | Bellingham School District | Bellingham | 432 |
| Happy Valley Elementary School | Bellingham School District | Bellingham | 456 |
| Harmony Elementary | Mount Baker School District | Bellingham | 309 |
| Horizon Middle School | Ferndale School District | Ferndale | 449 |
| Intergenerational High School | Intergenerational High School | Bellingham | 69 |
| Irene Reither Elementary School | Meridian School District | Everson | 707 |
| Isom Elementary School | Lynden School District | Lynden | 424 |
| Kendall Elementary | Mount Baker School District | Maple Falls | 327 |
| Kulshan Middle School | Bellingham School District | Bellingham | 623 |
| Lowell Elementary School | Bellingham School District | Bellingham | 303 |
| Lummi Elementary School | Lummi Elementary School | Bellingham | 277 |
| Lummi High School | Lummi High School | Bellingham | 131 |
| Lynden Academy | Lynden School District | Lynden | 407 |
| Lynden High School | Lynden School District | Lynden | 962 |
| Lynden Middle School | Lynden School District | Lynden | 643 |
| Lynden Student Services | Lynden School District | Lynden | 87 |
| Meridian High School | Meridian School District | Bellingham | 487 |
| Meridian Middle School | Meridian School District | Lynden | 382 |
| Meridian Parent Partnership Program | Meridian School District | Bellingham | 217 |