Bellevue School District
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Bellevue School District No. 405 is a public school district in King County, Washington, USA and serves the communities of Bellevue, Clyde Hill, Medina, Hunts Point, Yarrow Point, Beaux Arts Village, and portions of Renton, Newcastle, Issaquah, Kirkland and Redmond.
Bellevue also has a curriculum web that is being developed with courses, units and lessons for every subject k-12 [1]
As of October 10, 2005, the district has an enrollment of 16,088 students.
All four of the public high schools (Bellevue High, Interlake, Newport and Sammamish), as well as the 6-12 International School are ranked in the top 1%) of the Nation's schools as ranked by Newsweek by dividing the # of AP tests taken by the number of seniors. Bellevue School District is regionally and national renowned for its excellent academics and AP test taking.
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[edit] Schools
[edit] High schools
- Bellevue High School [2]
- Interlake High School [3]
- Newport High School [4]
- Sammamish High School [5]
[edit] Middle schools
- Chinook Middle School [6]
- Highland Middle School [7]
- Odle Middle School [8]
- Tillicum Middle School [9]
- Tyee Middle School [10]
[edit] Primary schools
- Ardmore Elementary School [11]
- Bennett Elementary School [12]
- Cherry Crest Elementary School [13]
- Clyde Hill Elementary School [14]
- Eastgate Elementary School [15]
- Enatai Elementary School [16]
- Lake Hills Elementary School [17]
- Medina Elementary School [18]
- Newport Heights Elementary School [19]
- Phantom Lake Elementary School [20]
- Puesta del Sol Elementary School [21]
- Sherwood Forest Elementary School [22]
- Somerset Elementary School [23]
- Spiritridge Elementary School [24]
- Stevenson Elementary School [25]
- Woodridge Elementary School [26]
[edit] Alternative schools
- International School (6-12) [27]
- Kelsey Creek Home School Center (1-12) [28]
- Robinswood Middle School [29]
- Robinswood High School [30]
[edit] Demographics
Bellevue is often considered by others in the region to be affluent and White, except for the Lake Hills neighborhood. However the Bellevue School District is one of the most diverse school districts on the Eastside. As of October 2005, there were 16088 students enrolled in the district... 3% are African American, 25% are Asian, 9% are Hispanic, 8% are Multiracial, <1% are Native American and 55% are White. 27% of students speak a first language other than English, there are over 66 languages spoken in the district. 9% of students are ESL (English as a Secondary Language) learners. 4% of students are ETL (English as a Tertiary Language) learners. 1% are EDL (English as a Duodenary Language) learners. 19% of the district's students have free or reduced lunch.
