Bellevue School District#Elementary schools

It includes the majority of Bellevue. Additionally it includes Beaux Arts Village, Clyde Hill, Hunts Point, Medina, and Yarrow Point. It also has a portion of Redmond and a very small portion of Kirkland.{{cite map |author=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division |date=December 21, 2020 |title=2020 Census – School District Reference Map: King County, WA |page=2 |scale=1:80,000 |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st53_wa/schooldistrict_maps/c53033_king/DC20SD_C53033.pdf |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=August 3, 2022}}

As of October 2020, there were 19,545 students enrolled in the district. 100 languages are spoken in the district, with 42.5% of students speaking a first language other than English. 17.2% of students receive MLL (Multi-Language Learner) Services. 19.0% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. The racial demographics of the district are: 3.8% Black/African American, 43.9% Asian, 14.2% Hispanic, 10.1% Multi-Ethnic, 0.2% Native American/American Indian/Alaska Native, 0.3% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and 27.0% White.{{cite web |url=https://bsd405.org/about/ |title=About |accessdate=2021-07-01 |work=bsd405.org |date=13 May 2015 }}

By February 2015 the district experienced an influx of highly educated immigrant families from East Asia and South Asia who selected the district due to its reputation for strong academics and testimonials from foreign sources. The district's number of Indian language-speaking students was 185 in 2004. As of 2015 the district had about 1,600 students who spoke Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, and/or Taiwanese Min-Nan; and the district also had over 800 speakers of Indian languages. The speakers of Chinese had increased by 91% in a ten-year span beginning around 2004, and speakers of Indian languages had increased around 400% during the same period.Thompson, Lynn. "[http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/bellevue-schools-meet-greet-high-tech-immigrants/ Bellevue schools engage influx of tech-sector immigrants’ children]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150422103941/http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/bellevue-schools-meet-greet-high-tech-immigrants/ Archive]). Seattle Times. February 16, 2015. Updated February 19, 2015. Retrieved on April 9, 2015.

Students attend elementary (primary) school from kindergarten to fifth grade, middle school from sixth to eighth grade, and high school from ninth to twelfth grade. Each of the school, except Choice schools, have a defined geographic attendance area. Students are assigned to a school based on the attendance area in which they reside.{{cite web |title=Attendance Boundary Maps |url=http://www.bsd405.org/about-us/departments/transportation-services/attendance-boundary-maps.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328022716/http://www.bsd405.org/about-us/departments/transportation-services/attendance-boundary-maps.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-03-28 }} With three exceptions, these schools are located in the city of Bellevue. Clyde Hill Elementary and Chinook Middle School are located in the city of Clyde Hill.

• Bellevue High School
• Interlake High School
• Newport High School
• Sammamish High School

• Chinook Middle School
• Highland Middle School
• Odle Middle School
• Tillicum Middle School
• Tyee Middle School

• Ardmore Elementary School{{cite web |url=http://www.bsd405.org/Default.aspx?tabid%3D80 |title=Ardmore : Elementary : Schools : Bellevue School District |accessdate=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005200553/http://www.bsd405.org/default.aspx?tabid=80 |archivedate=2006-10-05 }}
• Bennett Elementary School{{cite web |url=http://www.bennettelementary.org/ |title=Bennett |accessdate=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004011652/http://bennettelementary.org/ |archivedate=2006-10-04 }}
• Cherry Crest Elementary School{{cite web |url=http://www.bsd405.org/cherrycrest/homepage/ |title=Welcome to Cherry Crest |accessdate=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016212528/http://www.bsd405.org/cherrycrest/homepage/ |archivedate=2006-10-16 }}
• Clyde Hill Elementary School{{cite web |url=http://www.bsd405.org/clydehill/homepage/ |title=Clyde Hill Elementary |accessdate=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061013142841/http://www.bsd405.org/clydehill/homepage/ |archivedate=2006-10-13 }}
• Eastgate Elementary School{{cite web |url=http://www.bsd405.org/Default.aspx?tabid%3D117 |title=Eastgate : Elementary : Schools : Bellevue School District |accessdate=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005210234/http://www.bsd405.org/default.aspx?tabid=117 |archivedate=2006-10-05 }}
• Enatai Elementary School{{cite web |url=http://www.bsd405.org/Default.aspx?tabid%3D118 |title=Enatai : Elementary : Schools : Bellevue School District |accessdate=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005210247/http://www.bsd405.org/default.aspx?tabid=118 |archivedate=2006-10-05 }}
• Lake Hills Elementary School{{cite web |url=http://www.bsd405.org/lakehills/homepage/ |title=Homepage |accessdate=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061014050640/http://www.bsd405.org/lakehills/homepage/ |archivedate=2006-10-14 }}
• Medina Elementary School{{cite web |url=http://www.bsd405.org/medina/homepage/ |title=Home |accessdate=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061014235348/http://www.bsd405.org/medina/homepage/ |archivedate=2006-10-14 }}
• Newport Heights Elementary School{{cite web |url=http://www.bsd405.org/newportheights/homepage/ |title=Newport Heights Elementary |accessdate=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061014191624/http://www.bsd405.org/newportheights/homepage/ |archivedate=2006-10-14 }}
• Phantom Lake Elementary School{{cite web |url=http://www.bsd405.org/Default.aspx?tabid%3D128 |title=Phantom Lake : Elementary : Schools : Bellevue School District |accessdate=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005210424/http://www.bsd405.org/default.aspx?tabid=128 |archivedate=2006-10-05 }}
• Sherwood Forest Elementary School{{cite web |url=http://www.bsd405.org/Default.aspx?tabid%3D132 |title=Sherwood Forest : Elementary : Schools : Bellevue School District |accessdate=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005210513/http://www.bsd405.org/default.aspx?tabid=132 |archivedate=2006-10-05 }}
• Somerset Elementary School{{cite web |url=http://www.bsd405.org/Default.aspx?tabid%3D133 |title=Somerset : Elementary : Schools : Bellevue School District |accessdate=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005210525/http://www.bsd405.org/default.aspx?tabid=133 |archivedate=2006-10-05 }}
• Spiritridge Elementary School{{cite web |url=http://www.bsd405.org/Default.aspx?tabid%3D135 |title=Spiritridge : Elementary : Schools : Bellevue School District |accessdate=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005210550/http://www.bsd405.org/default.aspx?tabid=135 |archivedate=2006-10-05 }}
• Stevenson Elementary School{{cite web |url=http://www.bsd405.org/Default.aspx?tabid%3D136 |title=Stevenson : Elementary : Schools : Bellevue School District |accessdate=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005210601/http://www.bsd405.org/default.aspx?tabid=136 |archivedate=2006-10-05 }}
• Woodridge Elementary School{{cite web|title=Woodridge Elementary|url=http://www.bsd405.org/Default.aspx?tabid%3D166|url-status=dead|accessdate=2006-10-05|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005210638/http://www.bsd405.org/default.aspx?tabid=166|archivedate=2006-10-05}}
• Wilburton Elementary{{Cite news|url=https://bsd405.org/wilburton/|title=Wilburton Home|date=2017-07-17|work=Wilburton Elementary School|access-date=2018-11-06|language=en-US}}

• Bellevue Big Picture School (6–12){{cite web| title=Ring My Belle with Rachel Belle | url=http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=577&a=37764}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bsd405.org/schools/alternative-schools-programs/bellevue-big-picture-school.aspx |title=Bellevue Big Picture School |accessdate=2012-02-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209020942/http://www.bsd405.org/schools/alternative-schools-programs/bellevue-big-picture-school.aspx |archivedate=2012-02-09 }}
• International School (6–12){{cite web |url=http://www.bsd405.org/international/homepage/info.html |title=International School Front Page |accessdate=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061013143101/http://www.bsd405.org/international/homepage/info.html |archivedate=2006-10-13 }}
• Puesta del Sol Elementary School (K-5 Spanish immersion){{cite web |url=http://www.bsd405.org/sunset/homepage/ |title=Sunset/Puesta del Sol |accessdate=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061013142946/http://www.bsd405.org/sunset/homepage/ |archivedate=2006-10-13 }}
• Jing Mei Elementary School (K-5 Chinese immersion){{Cite web|url=https://www.bsd405.org/jingmei/|title = Jing Mei Elementary School}}
• Bellevue Digital Discovery (K-12 All Online){{Cite web |title=Bellevue Digital Discovery |url=https://bsd405.org/bellevue-digital-discovery/ |access-date= |language=en-US}}

Over the years, the district closed several schools. In many cases, declining enrollment after the baby boomers graduated led to closure. The district leased some schools to private schools or non-profit organizations. Some properties were transferred to other local governments.Google Maps: Bellevue, WA.

• Ashwood Elementary School is the Bellevue Regional Library and two sports fields.{{citation |title=Crossing the Corridor |url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/bellevue-pi/category.asp?category=3028&page=2 |date=2010-04-21| accessdate=2011-01-22 }} {{Dead link|date=April 2014|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}{{citation |title=Crossing the Corridor Part II |url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/bellevue-pi/category.asp?category=3028&page=2 |date=2010-04-24| accessdate=2011-01-22 }} {{Dead link|date=April 2014|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}{{citation |title=Ashwood Playfield |url=http://www.ci.bellevue.wa.us/ashwood_playfield.htm |accessdate=2011-01-22}}
• Ivanhoe Elementary School is a performing arts center and public park.{{citation |title=Ivanoe Park |url=http://www.ci.bellevue.wa.us/ivanhoe.htm |accessdate=2011-01-22}} Ivanhoe Elementary School opened in 1962 and closed in 1981.{{Cite web

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• Kelsey Creek Home School Center (1–12) closed in June 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.bsd405.org/Default.aspx?tabid%3D122 |title=Kelsey Creek : Alternative Schools : Schools : Bellevue School District |accessdate=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005210336/http://www.bsd405.org/default.aspx?tabid=122 |archivedate=2006-10-05 }}
• Lake Heights Elementary School became a YMCA location. In 2008, it traded sites with Newport Heights Elementary.{{citation| title= Newport Heights Construction| url= http://www.bsd405.org/default.aspx?tabID=1282| accessdate= 2011-01-22| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101213064353/http://bsd405.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1282| archivedate= 2010-12-13| url-status= dead}}
• Ringdall Junior High School was Eastside Catholic School and is now used as a temporary location for schools whose regular buildings are under construction. Currently, Ringdall is the temporary home of Cougar Mountain Middle School of the Issaquah School District.{{citation|title=BSD Middle Schools FAQ's|date=13 May 2015|url=https://bsd405.org/schools/middle/|accessdate=2018-11-05}}
• Robinswood Middle School and Robinswood High School were closed and replaced by The Big Picture School.
• Surrey Downs School is now a local park for the neighborhood as of 2020.{{citation |title=Surrey Downs Park|url=http://www.ci.bellevue.wa.us/surrey_downs_park.htm |accessdate=2011-01-22}}Google Maps: satellite images of Bellevue, WA
• Three Points Elementary School, located in Medina, is now an elementary school for Bellevue Christian Schools.{{citation| title= Three Points Elementary| url= http://www.bellevuechristian.org/three_points| accessdate= 2011-01-22| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101212101646/http://bellevuechristian.org/three_points| archivedate= 12 December 2010| url-status= dead}}
• Union S High School is now Bellevue Downtown Park. It was once known as Overlake High School.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7xWaAwAAQBAJ|title=Bellevue: Post World War II Years|last=Center|first=Eastside Heritage|date=2014-06-02|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781439645451|language=en}}
• Wilburton School is now District offices and a City park.{{citation| title= WISC Construction| url= http://www.bsd405.org/default.aspx?tabID=1531| accessdate= 2011-01-22| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101213043044/http://bsd405.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1531| archivedate= 2010-12-13| url-status= dead}}{{citation |title=Wilburton Hill Park |url=http://www.ci.bellevue.wa.us/willburton.htm |accessdate=2011-01-22}}

On June 10, 2008, Bellevue teachers voted almost unanimously to go on strike if a new contract could not be reached by the end of the summer. On the evening of September 1, the day before classes would have started, the Bellevue Education Association (BEA) announced the beginning of the strike.{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008151953_webbellevue01m.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905044817/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008151953_webbellevue01m.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-09-05 |title=Bellevue teachers go on strike |date=2008-09-01 |accessdate=2009-10-13 |work=The Seattle Times }} On September 14, BEA members agreed to the tentative agreement that school was to begin on September 15. The dispute between the BEA and BSD had three main issues: compensation; benefits; and use of the Curriculum Web, a strictly enforced curriculum for all teachers to follow.{{cite web |url=http://www.bsd405.org |title=BSD Homepage with information on the strike |accessdate=2008-09-11 |format=pdf |work=bsd405.org | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080910172842/http://bsd405.org/| archivedate= 10 September 2008 | url-status= live}}

In 2023, the Bellevue School Board considered merging 3 schools; Ardmore, Wilburton and Eastgate into other schools following low fertility rates and lack of students. The request was to move students from Ardmore to Bennett, Cherry Crest and Sherwood Elementary, move students from Eastgate to Spiritridge and Somerset Elementary, and moving the Spiritridge AL program to Woodridge, and finally moving Wilburton students to Clyde Hill and Entai Elementary. The Board rejected the Ardmore request but finally accepted the Eastgate and Wilburton request. The move is scheduled for the 2023–2024 school year.{{Cite web |last=Molmen |first=Brock |date=2023-02-09 |title=Planning for the Future – Recommendations to the Board |url=https://bsd405.org/2023/02/planning-for-the-future-recommendations-to-the-board/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Bellevue School District |language=en-US}}

President Barack Obama visited Medina Elementary School on February 17, 2012. He spent 10 minutes at the school, greeting about 450 students with hand shakes and high fives.{{citation |title=President Obama Visits Medina Elementary |url=http://www.bsd405.org/news-events/president-obama-visits-medina-elementary.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326230944/http://www.bsd405.org/news-events/president-obama-visits-medina-elementary.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-03-26 }}

In March 1967, the school district acquired 30 acres of private land through condemnation and eminent domain action. The land owners sued and lost.{{Cite web |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/washington/supreme-court/1967/38845-1.html |title=BELLEVUE SCHOOL DIST. v. Lee |date=1967-03-30}}

In 2008, the school district was involved in a truancy action in which the student had no representation at their initial hearing. The processes proceeded without representation which drew the attention of the ACLU

{{cite web |url=https://www.aclu-wa.org/news/court-rules-children-do-not-have-right-counsel-truancy-hearings |title=Court Rules Children Do Not Have Right to Counsel in Truancy Hearings |date=2011-06-29}} and the Juvenile Law Center{{cite web |url=https://jlc.org/cases/bellevue-school-district-v-es |title=Bellevue School District v. E.S. |date=2009-12-18}} and went to the Supreme Court of Washington State.{{cite web |url=https://cases.justia.com/washington/supreme-court/830240.no1.pdf?ts=1396151899 |title=Bellevue School District v. E.S. No. 83024-0 |website=justia.com |first1=Thomas |last1=Chambers}}

In 2024, Robert Scroggs, formerly a special-education teacher in the district, was arrested for multiple counts of child molestation.{{cite web |url=https://bellevuebeatblog.com/2024/07/09/update-child-sex-crime-case-about-teacher-for-bellevue-public-schools/ |title=UPDATE: Child Sex Crime Case About Teacher for Bellevue Public Schools |publisher=Bellevue Police Department |date=2024-07-09}}{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/bellevue-elementary-school-teacher-charged-with-child-molestation/ |title=Bellevue elementary teacher charged with child molestation |date=2024-06-13 |work=The Seattle Times}}

A student who was the victim of bullying at school in 2022 filed a lawsuit against the district for its failure to act against the bully, who was his ex-girlfriend.{{cite web |url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/family-sues-bellevue-school-district-deliberate-indifference-alleged-bullying-harassment/5Z4ZTOUXFVB5VGWV6WULVBOZAE/ |title=Family sues Bellevue School District for 'deliberate indifference' to alleged bullying, harassment |first1=Deedee |last1=Sun |work=KIRO-TV |date=2022-06-14}}{{cite web |url=https://komonews.com/news/local/bellevue-student-files-3m-suit-against-school-district-over-false-assault-accusations-newport-high-school |work=KOMO-TV |date=2022-06-14 |title=Bellevue school district hit with lawsuit by student over ex-GF's accusations}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{Official website|http://www.bsd405.org/}}
• [http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/?schoolId=108 Bellevue School District Report Card]
• [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18757087/site/n Newsweek listing of top public high schools]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20111021023021/http://www.eastsideheritagecenter.org/pdf/BellevueSchoolsTimeline%201883-Present.pdf Bellevue Schools Timeline: 1883–Present], from the Eastside Heritage Center

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