Summary:
ZIP code 98004 has one public high school, Bellevue High School, serving grades 9–12 in the Bellevue area. The school enrolls 1,683 students and is part of the Bellevue School District. Because it is the only public high school in the ZIP code, families are evaluating its overall performance rather than choosing among several local high schools.
Bellevue High School has a strong academic record. It ranked 27th out of 396 Washington high schools in 2025–2026 and remained in approximately the top 7%–8% statewide over the two most recent years. English Language Arts is the school’s clearest strength: 86.06% of students were proficient, compared with 73.43% in the district and 52.81% statewide. Math performance was also strong, with 70.76% proficiency—well above the state rate of 43.11% and slightly above the district rate of 69.61%.
Parents should also consider the school’s completion outcomes and recent subject-specific trends. The 2024–2025 graduation rate was 89.0%, higher than both the district’s 87.6% and the state’s 82.6%, while the dropout rate was lower than both comparison levels. Science is the main area needing attention: proficiency fell from 71.72% to 61.65% in one year, leaving the school 11.65 percentage points below the district, although still above the state average. The reported student-teacher ratio is 21.5:1, and per-student spending was $18,561 in 2023–2024. Overall, the school offers strong academics and graduation outcomes, with science performance the most important metric for families to monitor.
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