We have tried to anticipate the questions that newcomers to Bellevue often ask; such as, location of the district and its schools, when school starts, driving directions and whom to contact. This page is a quick overview of information that will help school shoppers as they begin researching the district and its schools.
Service Area: Bellevue School District serves students in Bellevue and the smaller outlying communities of Clyde Hill, Medina, Hunts Point, Yarrow Point and Beaux Arts plus portions of Renton, Issaquah, Redmond and unincorporated King County.
Student Enrollment: 17,200 (2009-10 enrollment and demographics by school)
Current School Calendar
All School Directory : 16 elementaries; 5 regular middle schools and 2 alternative schools (Robinswood Middle School and International School); 4 regular high schools and 2 alternative schools (Robinswood High and International School). An International Baccalaureate diploma is offered at Interlake High School.
Average Class Size -- to be determined in October
Community Support
Our community strongly supports its schools by regularly passing levy and bond measures, making generous contributions to the Bellevue Schools Foundation, and volunteering in classrooms.
We use local levy money to hire more staff for our schools than are allocated by the state. This means we have more teachers, instructional assistants, counselors, psychologists, nurses, and communication disorders specialists than many other school districts.
What Sets us Apart
- Connected curriculum across grades, which is anchored to Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses at high school level
- College prep track as default curriculum
- High-quality career-technical offerings leading to industry certification
- Well-prepared teaching staff
- Support curriculum for students who struggle
- Emphasis on safe, caring school environments
- Recognition and validation of our efforts in the form of internationally-known curriculum advisors and assessments, national and regional awards, high ranking on Newsweek's Advanced Placement Challenge Index
The elementary average class size is an average of all classes K-5 at all 16 elementary schools. The class size at any particular school or grade may be larger or smaller than this district-wide average based on the actual numbers of neighborhood students at that grade level .
At middle and high school the average class size includes all classes and programs offered at each school at that level as compared to the number of classes being taken by students at that level. Individual classes at any particular school may be larger or smaller than the district-wide average based on the actual numbers of students in that school.
Location: Just 10 miles east of Seattle, Washington, the City of Bellevue is situated between Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish.