Summary:
The Meridian School District in the Bellingham area has two listed high schools serving grades 9–12: the 534-student Meridian High School and the 21-student Meridian Impact Re-Engagement. Most high school students attend Meridian High, which accounts for about 96% of the district’s listed high school enrollment.
Meridian High School is the district’s primary comprehensive high school and has the most complete set of reported results. Its biggest strength is English Language Arts: 73.83% of students were proficient in 2025–2026, more than 21 percentage points above both the district and state results. Graduation was 85.3%, above the state’s 82.6%, while the dropout rate was 8.9%, below the state’s 9.8%. Math proficiency was 43.92%, roughly in line with state performance. Science was 49.07%, slightly below the state and down from 53.33% the prior year, making science the clearest area to monitor. The school has also maintained a strong statewide position, ranking around the 77th–78th percentile in recent years.
Meridian Impact Re-Engagement is a much smaller specialized program. It reports 21 students, a 33.33% free- or reduced-price lunch rate, and $4,616 in per-student spending, compared with 36.14% and $19,937 at Meridian High School. Graduation, dropout, assessment, and student-teacher data are not reported for Impact Re-Engagement, so its academic outcomes cannot be fairly compared. Overall, families will find a district high school profile centered on strong ELA achievement and favorable completion rates, with math and especially recent science results deserving continued attention.
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