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Blaine, Washington - 7 schools
An equity score of 47/100 ranks Blaine School District #130 of 238 districts in Washington (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,524 per pupil, Blaine School District ranks #132 of 309 Washington districts by per-pupil spending (Washington districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,081
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$17,524
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Blaine School District operates 7 public schools serving 2,081 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Washington. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 2 elementary, 2 combined, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Whatcom County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,524 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 309 Washington districts by per-pupil spending. See how Washington compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 25.2% local, 57.5% state, and 17.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 47/100, ranked #130 of 238 in Washington against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 364.9:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 51.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 67.3% White, 14.7% Hispanic or Latino, 3.8% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Blaine Middle School, with a diversity index of 54.3/100.
Its largest campus is Blaine High School, enrolling 566 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Point Roberts Primary, at 5 students, a 113x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Blaine High School accounts for 27.2% of all Blaine School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Blaine School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Blaine School District school enrollment varies 113× across entities
Blaine School District school enrollment ranges from 5 students (lowest) to 566 students (highest), a spread of 561 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Blaine School District student-counselor ratio is 365:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Blaine School District chronic absenteeism rate is 51.3% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Blaine School District has 7 schools, including 2 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 2 combined. Total enrollment is 2,081 students.
How much does Blaine School District spend per student?
Blaine School District spends $17,524 per student. The district has an equity score of 47/100, ranking #130 in Washington.
What is the demographic composition of Blaine School District?
Blaine School District students are 67.3% White, 14.7% Hispanic or Latino, 3.8% Asian, 1.0% African American, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Blaine School District?
Blaine School District has an equity score of 47/100, ranking #130 out of 238 districts in Washington.