Special district · Washington State
Bellingham School District 501 — School District, Whatcom County WA
Bellingham School District 501 is a school district in Whatcom county, Washington. It runs public schools and sets local school levies.
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About this district
It runs public schools and sets local school levies.
| Type | School District |
|---|---|
| Number | 501 |
| County | Whatcom |
| Voting precincts | 88 |
| Official name | BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT 501 |
| State district code | SCH370001 |
Source WA Secretary of State district and precinct files · as of 2026-08-07 · district record
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Recent elections
Election records the state publishes for this district. Board members are elected in odd-numbered years.
| Year | Candidate | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jenn Mason | 27,023 | Won |
| 2025 | Douglas W. Benjamin | 24,658 | Won, unopposed |
| 2025 | Corinne Thorsen | 8,328 | — |
| 2023 | Camille Diaz Hackler | 25,905 | Won, unopposed |
| 2023 | Scott Ritchey | 25,572 | Won, unopposed |
| 2023 | Katie Rose | 19,892 | Won |
| 2023 | Aran Clauson | 14,266 | — |
| 2021 | Jenn Mason | 26,580 | Won |
| 2021 | Douglas W. Benjamin | 26,367 | Won |
| 2021 | Philip Stockton | 8,262 | — |
| 2021 | Jeffrie Ford | 4,412 | — |
| 2019 | Camille Diaz Hackler | 24,981 | Won, unopposed |
| 2019 | Katie Rose | 23,591 | Won |
| 2019 | Kelly Bashaw | 23,094 | Won |
| 2019 | Alex Mclean | 9,489 | — |
| 2019 | Matt Serier | 8,353 | — |
8 of the 16 races on record here drew no opponent. An unopposed race still appears on the ballot and still has to be certified. It is ordinary for special districts rather than a sign of anything.
Source WA Secretary of State election results · as of 2026-08-07 · 16 races on record
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Other districts in Whatcom County
See every special district in Whatcom County — fire, school, water, port, hospital, cemetery and park districts, and which of them share a number.
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Common questions
What is Bellingham School District 501?
A school district in Whatcom county, Washington, governed by an elected board of commissioners or directors. It runs public schools and sets local school levies.
Who runs Bellingham School District 501?
Recent elected officials include Jenn Mason, Douglas W. Benjamin, Camille Diaz Hackler.
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What this page will not compute
Each of these is a number a reader might reasonably expect. None of them follow from the records we hold, so we do not publish them.
- What it levies, or spends
- Special districts set their own levies and budgets, and those filings are held by each county assessor rather than in any state-wide dataset. Nothing here is a financial figure.
- Who currently sits on the board
- We show election records where a district name matched one, which is 54% of them. A matched election tells you who won that race, not who holds the seat today — boards fill vacancies by appointment between elections, and those appointments are not published centrally.
- Where its boundary runs
- The register gives a precinct count, not a shape. Two districts of the same type in one county can be adjacent or nowhere near each other, and this page cannot tell you which.
Cite this page
This is public-records reporting. Use it, and say where it came from.
“Bellingham School District 501 — School District, Whatcom County WA,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-08-07, accessed 2026-08-08. https://washingtonindependents.org/district/whatcom-school-501/
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Where this page comes from
Every figure above is read from a primary source and rebuilt on a schedule. Nothing here is modelled or inferred; where a source is silent the page says so rather than filling the gap.
- WA Secretary of State — district and precinct files
- https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/
- WA Secretary of State — election results
- https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results.aspx