Best Public Schools in Bellevue, WA

Bellevue, Washington, has 31 schools serving approximately 22,000 students from elementary through high school, along with alternative and reengagement programs, with most schools belonging to the highly rated Bellevue School District and two elementary schools belonging to the even higher-ranked Issaquah School District. Families will find a wide range of performance levels across the area. The strongest elementary results come from Cherry Crest Elementary School and Somerset Elementary School, ranked second and third statewide, respectively. Newport Senior High School is the leading large high school, with a 95.5% graduation rate, while Tyee Middle School is the top-ranked middle school.

Achievement varies substantially among schools. At the elementary level, Cherry Crest Elementary School posted 90.21% proficiency in English language arts, 91.13% in math, and 96.49% in science. Somerset Elementary School, Woodridge Elementary, and Cougar Ridge Elementary also reported especially strong results. In contrast, Lake Hills Elementary, Stevenson Elementary, and Ardmore Elementary School had considerably lower proficiency. Among middle schools, Tyee Middle School and Odle Middle School led the group, while Highland Middle School remained lower despite notable improvement in all three subjects.

For high schools, Newport Senior High School combines the strongest graduation rate with excellent test scores, and International School is another consistently high-performing option. Math is the clearest challenge at several schools, particularly Sammamish Senior High and Bellevue Big Picture School. Interlake Senior High School has a lower graduation rate and higher dropout rate than the district overall, while Bellevue Digital Discovery reports a lower graduation rate but serves a specialized program population. Alternative schools should be evaluated separately, and suppressed test results should be treated as unavailable rather than zero.