Summary:
ZIP code 98008 has one middle school, Tillicum Middle School, serving students in grades 6–8 in Bellevue; the school enrolls 676 students and is part of the high-performing Bellevue School District.
Tillicum Middle School has a strong academic profile, especially compared with Washington state averages. In 2025–2026, 72.01% of students were proficient in English Language Arts, 67.73% in Math, and 74.78% in Science. These results were about 19, 25, and 24 percentage points higher than state rates, respectively. The school’s performance is broadly similar to the district’s results: it was slightly below district averages in ELA and Math but above the district in Science. Families should view the school as a strong option within an already high-performing district, rather than as a school that dramatically exceeds its district peers.
The school’s statewide standing is also notable. It ranked 30th out of 514 schools in 2025–2026, placing in the 94th percentile and earning five stars; it also received five stars in each of the two prior years. Results improved from the previous year in all three subjects, with the largest gain in Math. Science was the strongest subject overall, while 8th-grade ELA and Math were particularly good. The clearest area for improvement is 7th-grade Math, where proficiency was 60.66%, compared with 68.83% in 6th grade and 73.04% in 8th grade; it also trailed the district’s 7th-grade rate by 7.46 points. The school reported a 18.2-to-1 student-teacher ratio and $21,640 in per-student spending, useful context but not direct measures of instructional quality.
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